Africa Power Point

Things Fall Apart 5-2 Power Point Research Project

HA English 9

OReilly

Work in groups of two to five. One member of your group must have previous experience with the application Microsoft Power Point or the Google docs version of PowerPoint.

 

Choose a topic that you and your group will research. You will need to find five (5) key ideas (reasons, details, or facts) about your topic, and two (2) distinct examples or explanation of each key idea. (Yes, that is why it’s called a “5-2” project!)

Choose one of the following topics:

 

The Boar Wars
The Huguenots in South Africa
Bryce Courtney
Apartheid
The English/Dutch in South Africa

African religions

African mythology

African dancing

African rituals/mysticism

African masks

Tribal culture in Africa

African clothing

Missionaries  in Africa

African foods and recipes

African music, especially South African choirs

African art

Oral storytelling traditions

African folktales

African languages

Colonization of Africa

Something else? See me.

History of South Africa

The San Bushmen

Zulum Shangan, or some other African tribe

 

Your presentation must have at least twelve slides as described below:

5 points: Slide one introduces your topic and outlines the five key ideas that will be discussed in your presentation. (background, thesis, and plan). Include your full names and period number.

25 points: The next ten slides will present and describe five (5) key points about your topic and two (2) examples or explanations for each key idea (ten slides total). You will have at least two slides for each key idea, which contain your two explanations/examples in the form of brief, simple, bulleted explanations with an illustration, graphic, or visual aide. You may have more than ten slides, but no less.

10 points: You must have at least ten (10) illustrations as part of your ten slides

5 points: After your key idea and example slides, have a slide or two that discusses, with specific examples, your topic’s connection to the text The Power of One.

10 points: Turn in one hard copy of your Power Point presentation formatted as described by the librarian during your Power Point tutorial. Include your names and period number. Pay special attention to when the librarian describes how to save your work. If you don’t save your work correctly, you will be unable to present your power point. The librarian will also show you how to merge your work with your partners.

5 points: Works Cited: On the last page of your hard copy that you turn in when you present, using MLA format, include a final page listing the source/s of your information. You must have at least two sources. You need not cite the sources of your illustrations

10 points: Individual Score—Each person in your group must be responsible for and present one of the key ideas. Someone must also present the opening and concluding slide.

 

Due dates and time line:

 

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Determine your topic and begin figuring out your five key ideas and who is responsible for each key idea.

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• Research your group’s topic and create an outline with at five key ideas with two examples for each key idea that you will explore in your presentation. Find websites and/or URLs from which you can download illustrations and create your Works Cited and outline.

 

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• Work on your power point in library

• Have your outline and Works Cited checked off

 

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• Last day to work on your power point in library.

• Make sure you print up a properly formatted hard copy (see rubric)

 

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• Assignment due: Present Power Points

• Turn in hard copy when presenting