Messmer High School

 

Microsoft PowerPoint Project -

Due Date: To be announced.

Specifications

Topic: You will be assigned a topic. Topics may relate to the history of American Jazz with a focus on a particular musician or composer or to African history with a focus on a particular people or region..

Research: Begin to research relevant information using the Internet and other sources. Keep track of the websites and other sources that you use, as you will need to cite them.

Outline: Create an outline in Microsoft word that shows your research information.

Slides: You must have a minimum of 10 total slides in your presentation. These slides must incorporate the following items.

Animation

Clip Art

Pictures from the Internet

Slide Transition

Creative Background

Bulleted Points

Speakers Notes

Speaker’s Notes: You must write out your presentation, word for word, of the things you are going to say. This presentation must follow the outline and also conform to the slides you prepare. These notes must be created in MS-Word and will be graded as any other written essay for content, organization and usage. This essay should be written so that it stands on its own, without the slides or your verbal presentation.

Oral presentation: You must make an oral presentation to the other members of the class using the slides and talk you created.

Remember:

Identify the purpose of your presentation. For example, will it be used to share information, persuade opinions or present ideas?

Identify your audience so that appropriate language and speech styles can be determined.

PowerPoint slides should not display paragraphs of information, rather, they should include short to the point ideas that you can expand on during your presentation.

Limit your design to two or three fonts and avoid using all uppercase letters.

Keep your remarks short and to the point.

 

Presentation Outline Example

Topic - The Beni people  of West Africa

 

Slide1. - The Beni People

            A Brief Overview

Slide 2 - History of the Beni,

            Prehistory

            Legends
Slide 3 - Neighbors of the Beni
             The Yoruba
             The Dahomey

Slide 4 - The Beni folk religion

            Ancsetor worship,

            Nature spirits,

Slide 4 - The Beni and Christianity
             Early  contacts

                  Modern trends

                   Blending with traditional values

Slide 5 - The Beni and Islam

            First exposures

            Less influence than Christiantiy

            Three traditions  living side by side

Slide 6 - Beni Art

            Masks

            Bronze 

Slide 7 - More Bronzes

Slide 8 - More masks
Slide 9 - Beni Musical instruments
                Drums
                Singing styles

Slide 10 - Slide Beni Life today
                Politics of Benin
                Living with AIDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name___________________ Date_______Hour_________

 

Criteria:	Possible Points	Total Points Earned
Research/Knowledge	20
Speaker’s Notes	15
Outline	10
Bulleted Points	10
Animation	5
Clip Art	5
Internet Pictures	5
Slide Transition	5
Background	5
Delivery of Topic	20
Total Points	100