This is a research project which gives students a choice of modalities and platforms and encourages them to share their research with either the class or a wider public audience based on their interests, comfort with technology, openness, and preferences. Their focus can be: (1) answering a clearly defined research question related to the course topic, or (2) curating and writing material for a new or redesigned weekly unit plan for the course, including a detailed rationale for the unit. If students license a unit (re)design for reuse, it may make its way into a future version of the course. Image: "Typewriter Letters" by Laineys Repertoire, used under CC-BY-2.0. 

Scaffolded large assignment in which students watch a concert video of their choice, analyze one song from it, and review the concert as a whole. Students may choose to submit their final product as a written review or in podcast form. Designed for online asynchronous class during COVID-19 pandemic.

Final project in which students create and annotate a playlist of twenty songs, either representing at least two migrant groups studied in class, or representing one or two communities not studied in class. Given to students near the end of the semester – they have about ten days to complete it.