SCS 200 Presentation Progress Check Guidelines and Rubric
Throughout the first six modules, you have been guided through your work on Project Two , which you will continue to work on in
In Module Four: Performing the Research Investigation , learning block 4–2 and learning block 4–3; and Module Five: Tailoring
the Message to an Audience, learning block 5–3 , you completed the following work:
I. Provide a brief overview of the social scientific background of your issue and research question. How is the issue situated within the social sciences?
In Module Five: Tailoring the Message to an Audience, learning block 5–2 , you completed the following work:
II. Explain how the issue impacts the audience. In other words, how is the issue relevant to members of the audience? Why should the audience care about
the response to your question or the outcome of your investigation? Support your response with specific examples from your research investigation.
In Module Six: Tailoring the Message to an Audience , learning block 6–1 (page 4), you contributed to the following prompt:
III. Describe the evidence you have to support your conclusions about the impact of the issue on you personally and on your audience. Support your
response with specific examples from your research investigation.
IV. Explain why this issue is important to you personally. In other words, why did you select this issue to investigate?