HUM 200 Project Part Two: Presentation Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
We all share common experiences that can be generally classified within the major themes of art. Examples of these themes include love, mortality, identity,
truth, and beauty. The representation of these themes through various media reveals central beliefs shared by a common people. The comparison of objects
from the humanities with similar themes helps to uncover not only the uniqueness of each respective cultural artifact, but also a shared human consciousness
that transcends time and place.
Your project for this course has two parts. In Project Part One, you will complete an exploration document examining two cultural artifacts that you select,
identifying a theme common to both of them and developing a thesis statement related to the theme and artifacts. You will also identify an audience who would
be interested in your artifacts, theme, and thesis statement. In Project Part Two, you will develop a presentation for your audience. In your presentation, you
will discuss the impact of the cultural artifacts, theme, and thesis statement on both individuals and society, supporting your claims with evidence. You will also
explain how study of the humanities has impacted you both personally and professionally.
In Project Part Two, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:
● Illustrate the impact of the humanities on personal and professional experiences
● Communicate effectively to specific audiences in examining fundamental aspects of human culture
● Utilize evidence from subjective and objective cultural analysis in drawing conclusions about the impact of cultural artifacts on individuals and society
Prompt
Your presentation assignment should answer the following prompt: Based on your exploration document, create a presentation that explains how the
humanities have impacted you both personally and professionally and discusses the impact of your theme on your audience.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
I. Provide a brief overview of your artifacts, theme, and thesis statement. How are they situated within the domain of the humanities?
II. Explain how the theme, as it is expressed in the cultural artifacts, and thesis statement impact the audience. In other words, how is the theme relevant
to members of the audience? Why should the audience care about your thesis statement? Support your response with specific examples from your
exploration document.
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III. Describe the evidence from subjective and objective cultural analyses that you have to support your conclusions about the impact of the theme and
cultural artifacts on you personally and on your audience. Support your response with specific examples from your exploration document.
IV. Explain why the theme and cultural artifacts are important to you personally. In other words, why did you select these artifacts to study? Why did you
select your theme, especially if there are other themes that could apply?
V. Explain how studying the humanities can give you both a personal and professional advantage. In other words, what is the benefit of studying the
humanities?
VI. Explain why the humanities are important to society. In other words, what do the humanities tell us about our own culture and experiences? How do
the humanities impact us? Support your response with specific examples from your exploration document and your own personal and professional
experiences.
VII. Communicate your message in a way that is tailored to your specific audience. For instance, you could consider your vocabulary, your audience’s
potential current humanities knowledge or lack thereof, and what is specifically important to the audience.
Project Part Two Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Upload the PowerPoint file of your presentation that you downloaded from Soomo to the course submission link for instructor
grading and feedback. Your presentation should have approximately 5 to 7 slides that include speaker notes.
Critical Elements
Exemplary (100%)
Proficient (85%)
Needs Improvement (55%)
Not Evident (0%)
Value
Overview
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
response expertly balances
necessary detail with brevity
Provides brief overview of
artifacts, theme, and thesis
statement and explains how they
are situated within the domain of
the humanities
Provides brief overview of
artifacts, theme, and thesis
statement and explains how they
are situated within the domain of
the humanities but with gaps in
detail or clarity
Does not provide brief overview
of artifacts, theme, and thesis
statement and does not explain
how they are situated within the
domain of the humanities
13.5
Impact the
Audience
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
explanation demonstrates
sophisticated understanding of
relationship between theme and
audience
Explains how theme, as it is
expressed in cultural artifacts,
and thesis statement impact the
audience, supporting response
with examples from exploration
document
Explains how theme, as it is
expressed in cultural artifacts,
and thesis statement impact the
audience, but with gaps in clarity,
detail, or support
Does not explain how theme, as it
is expressed in cultural artifacts,
and thesis statement impact the
audience
13.5
Evidence
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
response demonstrates strong
understanding of using evidence
from subjective and objective
Describes evidence from
subjective and objective cultural
analyses that supports
conclusions about impact of
Describes evidence from
subjective and objective cultural
analysis that supports
conclusions about impact of
Does not describe evidence from
subjective and objective cultural
analysis that supports
conclusions about impact of
13.5
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Critical Elements
Exemplary (100%)
Proficient (85%)
Needs Improvement (55%)
Not Evident (0%)
Value
cultural analyses in drawing
conclusions about impact of
cultural artifacts
theme on self and audience,
supporting response with
examples from exploration
document
theme on self and audience but
with gaps in clarity, detail, or
support
theme on self and audience
Personally
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
explanation demonstrates keen
insight into impact of humanities
on personal experiences
Explains why theme and cultural
artifacts are personally important
Explains why theme and cultural
artifacts are personally important
but with gaps in clarity or detail
Does not explain why theme and
cultural artifacts are personally
important
13.5
Studying the
Humanities
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
response demonstrates deep
understanding of relationship
between humanities and
personal and professional
experiences
Explains how studying the
humanities can give both a
personal and professional
advantage
Explains how studying the
humanities can give both a
personal and professional
advantage but with gaps in clarity
or detail
Does not explain how studying
the humanities can give both a
personal and professional
advantage
13.5
Humanities
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
explanation demonstrates keen
insight into importance of
humanities
Explains why the humanities are
important to society, supporting
response with examples from
exploration document and
personal and professional
experience
Explains why the humanities are
important to society but with
gaps in clarity, detail, or support
Does not explain why the
humanities are important to
society
13.5
Message
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
presentation demonstrates
understanding of effectively
communicating with specific
audiences by tailoring message
Communicates message
effectively in a way that is
tailored to specific audience
Communicates message to
audience but communication is
not effective or is not tailored to
specific audience
Does not communicate message
to audience
13.5
Articulation of
Response
Submission is free of errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, and organization
and is presented in a professional
and easy-to-read format
Submission has no major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
Submission has major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that negatively impact readability
and articulation of main ideas
Submission has critical errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that prevent understanding of
ideas
5.5
Total
100%
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