Power Point

PowerPoint Presentation Instructions

For the duration of this course, you will submit 2 PowerPoint presentations. You will be evaluated on the following points:

· Content of presentation.

· Organization of presentation.

· Appearance of presentation.

See the PowerPoint Presentation Grading Rubric for a full description of each point.

You will then develop a PowerPoint presentation with 10–12 slides. You must not exceed the assigned amount of slides. It is important for you to be concise and clear on the slides, and present relevant and organized information in the notes.

TOPIC: The Civil War in Virginia and Maryland, 1861–1862

Each of the PowerPoint Presentations has 2 components:

A. Select a topic from the PowerPoint Submission Topics document, and develop your PowerPoint Submission.

a. You may use materials from the class, scholarly resources, and Internet sources; however, you must be careful to ensure that the source material is providing correct information. 

b. Unless an image is copyrighted, you may use images from the Internet.

c. Use an attractive and effective background in your PowerPoint presentation.

d. The last slide of the presentation must be a bibliography. This will include all resources utilized. You must apply current Turabian formatting. 

e. Do not include links to videos (e.g. YouTube), or to other websites.

B. Submit presentation notes that further develop each slide. 

a. 250–300 words for each slide’s notes.

b. This submission may be in an extended outline format. 

c. You must include your notes in the “Notes” section of each PowerPoint slide. 

Submit the corresponding assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Modules/Weeks 3 and 7.