Instructions:
Create a PowerPoint from researching scholarly articles about a sociological topic that relates to marriage and the family that you find especially interesting.
Organization: The slides need to be clearly organized from an introduction to the conclusion. The content needs to be well written with little to no errors by proofreading all work before submitting. The last slide will be a reference slide that will list all citations in APA format.
Voiceover: In order to better understand your presentation, please provide a voiceover of your project. This should be structured as if you are presenting to the class. Therefore, it should be professional and limit background noise for the audience (your instructor) to hear better. It is optional if you would like to include a video, but a voiceover is required.
Select the following link to learn how to Add or Record Audio in Powerpoint. Please note that you cannot upload files larger than 250 MB to Blackboard.
If you decide to create a video presentation, then you must be professionally dressed; keep eye contact with the audience; and be poised and confident. You may create a video recording (250 MB maximum) and upload it to Blackboard using the title link of this assignment. Alternatively, you may create a video recording, upload it to YouTube, and provide a link to it.
The Introduction slide/slides will identify the topic that is being analyzed. The topic needs to be described comprehensively, delivering all relevant information necessary for full understanding.
The Body Slides need to examine the empirical evidence related to the topic being explored. Slides should answer the questions that you posed earlier in the class by using academic sources to support your presentation. The following must be addressed:
Definition: Define the topic (Ex. If you are researching family homelessness, define the term “homeless” and other important terms associated with your research).
Significance: Provide a statement of how this topic is significant to society (Ex. Provide statistics on your topic and use visuals).
Use of Empirical Research: Within your presentation, there needs to be evidence that the topic has been researched thoroughly by the use of academic content that supports your work.
Sociological Theory: Evidence of at least one sociological theory has been applied to the project. Select a theory that relates to the topic. This can be found within the previous research that has been completed on the subject or through your textbook.
The conclusion slide/slides will summarize the main points of the analysis and will reflect the final findings.
The PowerPoint project should be a minimum of 12 slides in length (1 title slide, 10 information/content slides, and 1 References slide). Students are welcome to extend past this minimum.
Use quotation marks when quoting and cite appropriately with in-text citations when quoting or paraphrasing. APA 7th ed. writing style should be used when citing references in context.
THREE (3) empirical references (minimum) in addition to your textbook are to be used, therefore, a minimum total of FOUR references. For the references slide, APA 7th Ed. writing style should also be used.
