For your second speech and fourth essay, you will work in groups on a topic based on your own expertise. Each group will decide exactly how the group will approach its topic. The only ground rules are as follows:

1. the speeches must take the form of a coordinated group presentation;
2. in the group presentation, each individual member of the group must speak for at least 3 minutes and no more than 5 minutes;
3. the group presentation must constitute a single, coherent argument of some kind (with reasons and evidence in support of an evaluation, a call to action, a recommendation, or a controversial claim);
4. each member of the group must write an individual paper of 3 typewritten pages on the group's topic;
5. the paper must also present a single, coherent argument (with reasons and evidence in support of an evaluation, a call to action, a recommendation, or a controversial claim).