The Library of Congress

Doing the Decades:
Group Investigations in Twentieth Century U. S. History

Project Evaluation

Please respond candidly and comprehensively to these questions. Your comments will be of great value in our efforts to improve the project for future classes.

1. Describe the benefits you gained by participating in this research project. Be specific.
   • Content (historical knowledge):
      
      
      
      

   • Skills (research, cooperative behaviors, creative design, oral presentation):
      
      
      
      
      

2. If you were to do the project again as it was assigned, what changes would you make in your own work, and in that of your group?
    
    
    
    
    

3. Rate the quality of your experience in this project for each category, and provide comments that illustrate your rating.

    Rating:  1 (lowest) to 5 (highest)

   _____Group interaction/cooperative behaviors:
    
    

   _____Guidance and assistance by teacher(s) during project:
    
    

   _____Understanding of how to use American Memory sources:
    
    

   _____Evaluation of your work from beginning to end by teacher(s) and students:
    
    

4. Now that you've completed the project, what specific suggestions do you have for improving it? Address content, organization and role of the teacher(s).
    
    

Thanks for your insights! It has been our pleasure to learn with you this semester.