Power Point/Oral Presentations

In addition, each student is required to make a 3-5 minute presentation on a topic of his/her

choice. It could be a book, a scholarly article, a film, something on art, music, literature,

personal account of a visit to a historical site – any topic students want to share with their

classmates and the instructor – as long as it is

relevant to the content and the post- World

War II timeframe of the course (please check all chapters in the text assigned under

Topics X, and XI

). Students will need to select a topic, based on their interest, identify the

format they are going to present (oral/PowerPoint presentation), and upload the

audio/video/PowerPoint presentation/YouTube video by the due date. Notice there are

two

days

set aside at the end of the semester for the presentations. This is only for emergencies.

The presentation is due on the first of the two dates for consideration of full credit; if it is

submitted the second day, it will be considered for 50% of the credit. The dates are included

in the Important Dates section of the syllabus and will be posted under

Instructions/Announcements during the course of the semester. Students will be required

to provide a 2-3 sentence summary of what they are going to present after the first couple

of weeks of the semester and

get their topics approved

by the instructor. Students may

change topics with prior approval and a resubmission of their brief description via email

before the date of their second Journal entry submission where they talk about, among other

things, how their oral presentation preparation is going. Generally, students seem to be

interested in more contemporary issues, including Human Rights issues, and can opt to

present on events/causes that are ongoing or they are actually involved in as we speak.

Presenters MUST have a written version of their oral presentation with all references and

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citations listed, which they must email to the instructor at least 24 hours prior to the

presentation. It is important to remember that the duration of the actual oral presentation is

to be

3-5 minute

s. The write-up should include a brief paragraph introducing the

country/region in which the topic is based; a paragraph about the country/region’s overall

history, a paragraph emphasizing the historical period in which the topic is contextualized,

and lastly it should include the written version of what is orally presented. The first three

paragraphs may be briefly summarized at the beginning of the oral/ Power Point

Presentation to save time. The presentation and the 1-2 page write-ups will account for

10% of the class grade. Students have the option of doing a Power Point presentation

instead of the oral presentation. However, a write-up is still required and the specifications

are the same as that of the oral presentation. Students are cautioned against inadvertent

non-acknowledgement of sources and repeating verbatim the language of their sources as

they prepare for their slideshow/ copy paste captions and/or pertinent information as they

put together their presentation. Please review district policy about plagiarism carefully

prior to submission and presentation. Please check Important Dates section at the end of

the syllabus and the calendar