Instructions
CC 5.1 Create a project using primary and secondary sources to relate historical events to a field of study or a professional field of interest
LO5.1.1 Identify key components of a presentation
Presentations, like essays, have three basic parts: Introduction, Main Body, and a Conclusion.
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It has a clear objective.
It’s useful to your audience.
It’s well-rehearsed.
Your presentation deck uses as little text as possible.
Your contact information is clearly featured.
It includes a call-to-action.
Just as every presentation has a clearly defined goal, so too must it have a clear call-to-action. What do you want your audience to do at the end of your presentation? You’ll need to give them an easy way to follow through on next steps.
LO5.1.2 Explain where to find good sources
Mastery Assessment 5: Presentation
Students will demonstrate their knowledge and mastery of the Learning Objectives through application in the Mastery Assessment.
The student will create a presentation highlighting something or someone they learned about in the module. The presentation may be a slideshow or a video.
Note: Students will not perform a presentation. The work will be submitted through Canvas to an audience of one, the course instructor.
Informational Material includes the following: images, video clips, audio clips, other graphics, written or copied information.
SLIDESHOW Requirements
MASTERY ASSESSMENT 5 TOPIC MUST BE FROM MODULE 5
HERE CH15 The Era of Reconstruction, 1865-1877 is what we can use as topic.
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Create a 11-18 slide slideshow highlighting something or someone you learned about in the module.
Text: You may use text on slides or submit a script. It should be consistent, legible and informative. If you write a script it must be turned in.
Script Example: Slide 1: During a Plains Indian buffalo hunt …
The slideshow must have:
1 Title slide:
Title of Presentation
Your Name
HIST 130__- __ __ __ (your course rubric)
Instructor Name
Date
2 Topic Introduction Slides:
Introduce the topic to your audience. Tell them what it is, why it is important, what your objective is, and why it interests you. Explain why it is useful to them
9-14: Main Body slides
This is where you tell the story of your topic with words, images, and sound. Make sure the images/video clips actually apply to your topic. (A picture from the US Civil War of the 1860s isn’t relevant to the First Gulf War of 1991).
12-15 non-repeating images or graphics must be used. They must be large enough to be seen but not distorted. Where possible correctly identify the image or what is shown in the image. Audio recordings other than yours should be identified.
Identify and explain any ethical dilemmas related to your topic and how those dilemmas were addressed and resolved at the time.
Text use does not block or overwhelm images/graphics.
1 Conclusion/Call-to-Action Slide
Identify your beliefs on this topic and explain why your audience should share and support those beliefs through action. And tell them what action can be taken.
1 How/where to find good sources on this topic slide
Just saying, “Do a Google search” is not enough. Tell the audience what you did to locate and identify good sources.
1 Conclusion slide
Bring your story to an end. Did everyone live happily ever after or is it more complicated? Were the problems and dilemmas resolved forever or do they arise in our society?
1+ Bibliography/Works Cited slide(s)
This is a list of the sources you used to learn about your topic. You should have 3-5 sources with full CSM citations. At least one must be a primary or secondary source.
Images: 15-20 must be identified and without distortion.
Sources: 3-5 with full CSM citation in Bibliography (at least one must be a primary or secondary source)
Text: You may use text on slides or submit a script. It should be consistent and legible. Throughout the slideshow.
Script Example: Slide 1: During a Plains Indian buffalo hunt….
