There is probably no better way to come to fully understand something than to have to explain it to someone else. As a class I want you to decide on three to six great political ideas (not current policy issues) discussed in Tinder that are shaping the world today and to present and explain clearly those ideas (and the controversies surrounding them) to an audience using all the presentation/multimedia methods that you can assemble to engage the audience in the ideas. You will be successful if the audience leaves talking and thinking about the ideas.
So, as a class I want you to plan, pre-test (at least two complete dress rehearsals in the actual program venue), and organize an evening on-campus program (book Hamblin Auditorium--Robinson 115--or other appropriate venue) in early November to present and discuss the ideas--using PowerPoint, role play, participatory games, miniature plays (you may need to recruit actors and musicians), and/or other appropriate presentation methods. Organize sufficiently effective publicity to insure that at least 60 persons (not including your classmates in POLI 390) come to the program. Do not balkanize the project--everyone should be involved in all aspects but only your best spokespersons should be the "on camera" people at the presentation.

Remember that this is not about history or about current events. It is about ideas, only ideas, and nothing but ideas.

The entire class will work together on this project--unless there are more than twenty students in the class in which case the class will split into two rival project presentation teams. They will compete to produce the highest quality evening program with the highest attendance.