Due Oct 16
Presentation
As a “dry run” for the upcoming essay, a Pecha Kucha style presentation of your research findings: 20 slides at 20-second intervals. Slides should consist of images alone, or images with minimal text to keep track of dates or key events.
Plan to deliver your presentation from a written script. Practice presenting several times, and edit your script so that your words are timed closely to your slide transitions. For added bonus, memorize your script —but keep in mind that doing so requires significant practice.
Prep your slides on slides.google.com, setting transitions to “none.” When you’re done, choose “Publish to the Web” from the Google Slides File menu (NOT Share), setting “Auto-advance slides” to “every 10 seconds” and check the box for “Start slideshow.” Paste the link you get in the comments below, along with a .pdf of your script. In the middle of the link you paste, look for “ms=10000” and change that number to “ms=20000” to get 20-second slide intervals.
Presentations will be scored based on:
- Engaging Historical Narrative
- Compelling Fragments of the Past
- Prior Scholarship Referenced
- Interesting Order of Slides/Points
- Delivery