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Western Hemisphere Presentation

Preparation for your oral presentation is essential. Take a moment and review all that you know about your country. Now ask yourself what does your audience need to learn in order to understand your country’s unique characteristics. As you plan your presentation, be sure to collect the specific details that will help you show how and why the images are important. Remember your slides had less than ten words on them - your presentation notes have no such limitation. In order for you presentation to be informative and easy to follow, it needs include an introduction, specific information to help you add value to each slide and an effective ending.

• Your presentation should run between 2 and 5 minutes in length.
• Your presentation notes will receive a grade.

Grade based on the following:

• ease of use / organization
• inclusion of all important components (introduction, each theme….)
• specific details that show why and how the ideas are important

Format: While you do have a great deal of choice in terms of format, your notes need to be clear and concise. Please avoid complete sentences and paragraphs. Instead rely upon bullet points and short phrases to help you remember the most important details. You may use lined paper or note cards, but please only write down the facts and challenging details. Stay away from using sentences and paragraphs, as this will lead to reading rather than presenting and a lower grade for your notes. ** Your presentation notes will be turned in for a grade. **You will not receive full credit if you do not use presentation notes during your presentation

Sample Outline (Arrange the order to suit your needs)

Introduction

• introduce self
• introduce country (the hook is important to capture audience’s attention)
• provide audience with a reason to listen intently

Location

• Absolute… of the capital city is approximately

25˚ N and 65˚ 30’ W

• Relative … -Western Hemisphere
• Caribbean Sea
• North of …

Place

• important physical characteristics (show why/how)
• important cultural characteristics

Movement (get past the wheels)

• ideas and information
• people and products

Human Environment Interaction

• consider all sides (positive and negative)
• Region
• add some details to compare one or two elements of your country

to the United States or Alaska Interesting Facts

• Religion
• Government
• Economy / Industry

Conclusion

• pull together the most important information or encourage the audience

to recall important details

• leave you audience with a something to think about, remember etc...

USE YOUR PRESENTATION NOTES TO PRACTICE – DON’T FORGET TO HAVE SOMEONE EVALUATE YOUR PERFORMANCE

PRESENTATIONS BEGIN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6

Name Country Exceeds Requirements Meets Requirements Falls Short of Requirements Introduction/Conclusion:

• introduced self+topic
• introduced self + topic
• did not introduce self / topic

clearly established purpose tried to establish purpose

• wrapped up presentation +
• wrapped up presentation
• did not wrap up presentation

took full advantage of last effort made to leave lasting just stopped

• pportunity with audience

impression

Content:

• included all required elements
• included all required
• did not include all required

(title, 5 Themes, Rel/Gov/Econ (title, 5 Themes, interesting elements added additional information fact, citation)

Description:

• presenter explained the value
• presenter explained the value
• presenter did not add value /
• f all elements / choices made
• f some but not all of elements

explain to items - lots of reading for presentation clearly and / choices made rather than presenting effectively

Organization:

• information was presented
• information was clear and
• information was either unclear

in a creative fashion that was presented in a logical

• r lacked organizational structure

highlighted its importance

• rder

Clarity:

• presenter was articulate and
• presenter spoke loud / clearly
• presenter did not speak loud /

spoke in clear voice. enough but not loud / clearly clearly enough enough

Outcome:

• audience learned a great deal
• audience learned a great deal
• audience did not learn a great deal

from the presentation. Very but there was room for more from this presentation - thoroughly covered all level / quality of information information was at superficial / information-made connections fluctuated basic

Keynote Grade (20 points) Presentation Grade (30 points) Presentation Notes (15 points) Participation/Behavior (15 points)

Keynote Final Product Evaluation

Organization

Exceeded Expectations Met Expectations Needs Improvements

• logical progression of information
• user-friendly layout
• transitions and actions (controlled not random)
• font (choice, size and color)

Use of Visuals

Exceeded Expectations Met Expectations Needs Improvements

• prominent
• organized

Basic Set UP

Exceeded Expectations Met Expectations Needs Improvements

• automated the easy / limited the number of clicks
• controlled the flow of information
• controlled the use

Citations

Exceeded Expectations Met Expectations Needs Improvements

• complete
• correctly formatted
• lost points

Yes ( %) / No On Time

Met Expectations Needs Improvements