week7_Assignment

Throughout the term you've learned about the different issues families struggle with on a daily basis. Quite often, people struggle with issues simply because they don't know where to turn for help. Imagine you had the opportunity to be a community educator. If you could go into your community and help families by educating them, what topic would you focus on? What resources would you give them? 

For this project you will pick one issue that was covered in the textbook, (teenage pregnancy, dating, marriage, becoming parents, working parents, single parents, divorce, family violence, aging, retirement, etc.), and develop an informational PowerPoint Presentation about it. Your presentation should cover the following:

Start your presentation with a brief introduction by telling your audience who you are and what you're going to be talking about. 

Give the audience some information about the issue (who is affected, important facts/statistics about the issue, laws that relate to the issue, etc.)

Find 2-4 intervention/support programs for that issue in your community. Provide the audience with a brief summary of each program (name of program, services they provide, cost, and how clients access those services).

Wrap up your presentation with any other information you'd like to include and provide a summary for your audience.

On the last slide, provide a summary for your instructor. What did you learn from this assignment? Did anything surprise you? Was it difficult for you to find resources in your community for the issue you picked? Any other information you'd like to share. 

The textbook is your main source of information for this project. You'll also need to cite the sources you find in your community and any other resources you use. Your presentation should be a minimum of 6 slides and you need to use APA format to cite your sources. 

General Writing Requirements

·       Use appropriate APA formatting, in-text (parenthetical), and Reference citations. APA tips are posted in the Announcements. APA tutorials are also available on the APUS Library page.  We highly advise taking the APA tutorial available in the APU library.

·       APA formatting requires a separate cover page (slide) and a separate References page (slide). Neither counts toward the page length.

·       Sources must be cited in the body of your slides (in-text or parenthetical citations) and on a slide titled: “References” (without the quotation marks).

·       Paraphrases should be used instead of quotes unless the quote is VERY short and necessary for complete understanding or to make a particular point. Place quotes inside quotation marks and properly cite them. Failure to correctly quote or cite, even if not intended is plagiarism and will result in a zero on the paper for a first instance and course failure for a second occurrence in any other assignment. Rewrites are not permitted for plagiarized work.

·       Size 10 - 12 point font in Times New Roman, Arial, or Courier new must be used for all parts of the paper.

·       One–inch margins are required.

Please see the grading rubric below for how your PPP will be graded: