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The required elements: Your outline should contain the following elements in this order:

I.             The Introduction: This section previews your topic and the details you will cover in the body of your presentation. It should be very brief, but include:

     A.   The food, cuisine, invention or idea that you are going to discuss. – Pizza

     B.   Why you chose this topic. – Favorite food, interest in origin, interest in others’ preferences of dish,

     C.  A preview of the regions where your topic has developed and then diffused to. – Believed to be birthed in Southern Europe, radically modified in the Canadian Shield, diffused to just about every region in the world.

    

II.           The Body (Content Sections): In the body, you must address how the four geographic concepts mentioned in the presentation instructions (regions, cultural landscapes, diffusion, and distance decay) relate to your topic.

A. Regions: Discuss the origin region or regions of your topic, with specific attention to the geographic qualities of the region that influenced the development of your topic. The origin is said to have come as a request from royalty in the Southern Europe region of Europe; specifically in the Italian Province of Naples. Italy’s herbs, spices, and regional ingredients revolutionized the dish we know today as Pizza.

B.   Cultural Landscape: Discuss how the landscape in the region(s) described above has been shaped by the culture that gave rise to your topic, and how your topic might be reflected in that landscape. – No coincidence that the main ingredients of pizza share the same color of the Italian flag. The architects of pizza in Napoli were also the first to authenticate pizza’s round shape.

     C.   Diffusion: Discuss how your topic has diffused from its origin. Where has it diffused to? What factors led to its diffusion there? What kind of diffusion has it experienced? – Pizza was diffused to most of the regions of Europe as Italians migrated to Spain, France, and England. It’s diffusion to the U.S. however, is a result of our Soldiers eating this dish while abroad.

    

D.   Distance Decay: Discuss how your topic has changed as it has diffused away from the region(s) of its origin. Explain these changes with reference to the geographic qualities of the regions it has diffused to. – Distance Decay can be viewed as ambiguous when regarding pizza because this very aspect is what makes pizza great. Yes, the original blueprint for the creation of pizza has changed since the diffusion of the dish. Canada added pineapples, Mexico added jalapenos, and Asia added crab sticks.   

III.       The Conclusion Section: this section should contain four to six points that sum up the main points from the body of the outline.

A. Start your conclusion with one sentence summarizing some basic information about your topic. – Pizza is a universally loved dish that became one of Italy’s most prominent and patent foods.

B. Continue with a brief summary (1-2 sentences) about the important characteristics of its origin region(s). – Although the aesthetic of its creation cannot be pinpointed, Southern Europe (specifically Italy) is given credit for pizza’s emergence.

C. Include a brief note about relevant cultural landscapes. – Southern Italy’s climate lead to the flourishing and organic vegetable gardens that transcended the commodity we know as pizza.

D. Include a brief summary (1-2 sentences) about the diffusion of your topic and the distance decay it experienced. Diffusion isn’t very active with pizza today due to its rapid widespread over the last century. Distance decay, however, is an aspect that is still affecting Pizza 100 years later.

E. Wrap up the conclusion section with a closing note that provides brief information about why this topic was of interest to you, and a fact about your topic you found interesting.

IV.       Reference section: This is not just the reference page; rather, referencing should occur throughout the outline as it will in your presentation.  Therefore, your outline should include both a separate reference page containing a minimum of five sources listed in proper APA reference list format AND internal citations throughout the outline where appropriate.  Please be sure to see the resources below for assistance regarding in-text citations and reference list formatting, and/or ask me if you have any additional questions.

Bellis, M. (2020, January 9). Ordering Pizza for Dinner? Thank This Guy. Retrieved February 3, 2020, from http://inventors.about.com/od/foodrelatedinventions/a/pizza.htm

Fantozzi, J. (2017, November 3). Pizza styles around the world. Retrieved February 3, 2020, from https://www.insider.com/pizza-styles-around-the-world-2017-11

Gajanan, M. (2017, June 11). Pizza: The Man Who Invented Hawaiian Pies Died. Retrieved February 8, 2020, from https://time.com/4814056/hawaiian-pizza-pineapple-sam-panopoulos-death/

Ide, E. (2017, December 7). What makes Neapolitan pizza one of the world's cultural treasures? Retrieved February 3, 2020, from https://www.thelocal.it/20171207/history-of-neapolitan-pizza-naples-italy

Turim, G. (2012, July 27). A Slice of History: Pizza Through the Ages. Retrieved February 3, 2020, from http://www.history.com/news/hungry-history/a-slice-of-history-pizza-through-the-ages