You will have a great deal of freedom for this project. You will have options about both the form and content. For the form you can choose:
–a 6-8 page paper (double-spaced)
–a 12 minute podcast or video
–a curated photo collection
In any case, you will be expected to give a 10 minute presentation on your findings. Presentations will start Nov 28. Here is the presentation schedule.
As far as the topic, you can choose whatever you want as long as it relates to bicycling and uses the themes of this course.
You can use Powerpoint if you want for your presentation, but what I don’t want is for your presentation to just be you reading off the Powerpoint slides. I would like the presentation to be more informal and interactive.
Some possibilities include:
A more indepth exploration of any topic we covered in this class
An examination of biking in xxx (city/country)
The development of a specific greenway project done by Greenways Inc, using the special collections at NCSU.–For Example The East Coast Greenway, American Tobacco Trail, Grand Canyon…
Critical Mass and Bike Civil Disobedience–Aid or Hindrance to Biking?
Ghost Bikes and their significance (bikes painted white in memory of a biker killed on the road)
Biking to School–Can it be Done? Is it Done?
A short story or a play
Bikesharing
Vision Zero
Complete Streets
E-Bikes–A revolution in biking?
The Bike Boom of the 1970s
Mass, Long Distance Bicycle Rides–RAGBRAI
Biking Across America–Bikecentennial and the TransAmerica Bicycle Trail
Bicycle Parking
Bicycling and Social Justice Worldwide (pick a specific place)
Key Dates:
October 31–One paragraph description of project–topic, questions, two sources and media due through Moodle
Nov 28 Final Project Due
If you are doing a podcast/video, upload it here.
Resources:
If you are doing a project on Raleigh or Charlotte, you can get online access to the Raleigh and Charlotte Papers by getting a library card at the NC State Library. This is free.
Greenways Inc Collection
Bill Flournoy Collection
NCSU Bicycle Club
Rubric:
This project will be graded based on the following items:
Connections to Course Material
Sources Used (Have serious and appropriate sources been found to support this project)
Quality of Analysis
Effort