Research/Poster Project

RESEARCH/POSTER PROJECT

This semester you will be working on creating a research project on the Rodger Young Village in Griffith Park. While you will not be writing a research paper, you will be conducting historical research and organizing it for public discussion.

Objective: We will be reading about government intervention on matters of gender, housing, labor, poverty and race this semester. Your assignment for this semester is to examine the policies, practices, and programming at the Roger Young Village. As you move through your research you will

DEVELOP A RESEARCH QUESTION DUE: September 21, 2023

After reading some preliminary materials on the Roger Young Village, you will create a research question regarding one of the key themes of this semester: gender, housing, labor, poverty or race.

10 points

PEER REVIEW/ROUGH DRAFT OF JOURNAL DUE: October 10, 2023

You will work in a group of three peers to discuss your choices, and key elements of your reflection journal. You will complete a worksheet for each peer on their project.

10 points

FINAL VERSION OF REFLECTION JOURNAL DUE: October 19, 2023

You will create a reflection journal, where you critique and comment on class assigned articles on the Rodger Young Village. In addition to this, you will find:

Two tertiary sources (Wikipedia, Credo, encyclopedias, general about.com pages)
Three secondary sources (articles, monographs)
Seven Primary Sources:
One object from the Autry
Three primary sources directly linked to the Rodger Young Village
Three national newspaper articles (for context)

45 points

PRODUCE A POSTER DUE: November 21, 2023

You will choose three primary sources from your reflection journal and create a panel for the Autry. On your panel, you must engage your research question and explain why three of your primary sources (from your reflection journal) help answer it.

35 points