BTS Immo 1 - The Katrina Project - Your Work

WHAT?

Your work will consist in doing a research into the effects of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans from a real estate point of view.

You can choose your angle (destruction / emergency housing measures / diaspora from the housing perspective / reconstruction & speculation / the African-American and the poor population excluded from the reconstruction / future perspectives).

WHO?

You can work by yourself or in a team of two or three maximum. If you work in a team, you have two possibilities: 1) either you do half of the work and your friend does the other half (you will need to specify on your work who did what) and you each get a grade for your part of the work; 2) or, you do the work entirely together and you will all have the same grade.

HOW?

I will give points for the quality of the research, the quality of the English and the amount of effort you put into the work. I will expect the work to be at least 3000 words long and to contain illustrations. Please mention all your sources (bibliography, image sources, photographers). Be aware that plagiarism will get you a failing grade. Include a specific title, an introduction, various developments, a conclusion, a bibliography.

WHEN?

I want your essays in typed form, with illustrations (please choose only photos that really illustrate what you are writing about), for  Tuesday 6th May 2008. I will not accept late essays. If you wish to hand them in earlier, you can ask a teacher to put them in my locker (n°128). Since I am placing all the resources online, I will not accept any excuse for not doing the work, you'll get a zero. If you cannot be in class on Tuesday 6th May 2008, you will need to send me the work by email.