Fifth Grade Power Point Presentation

Mrs. Danaher

European Explorer

You and your partner will use your research to create a 8-12 slide Power Point Presentation

The two of you will create the presentation in school, and then present the Power Point to your homeroom in Social Studies class

You will both receive two grades:One for the research (what you say)One for your presentation (how you say it)

Project Explanation

What was the explorer’s purpose, goal, or motivation?

Was he sent by someone or was he influenced by someone else?

What was the voyage/s like?Was it successful?Did the explorer have a crew?

In what ways did the explorer contribute to his or her home country?

Did the explorer encounter anyone upon landing at his destination? What did he see/find?

Any additional interesting facts

Your project must answer these questions:

8-12 slides, including one title slide and one bibliography slide

Must include a map of the voyageEach slide must have a heading Corect seplling and punctution?Final presentation must be printed out in the 3-slide

layout (just like this handout) to give to Mrs. DanaherPresentation should be visually appealing by including

the following:A picture of your explorerOne Clipart or imageOne mapOne transition

Project Guidelines

Marco Polo’s MotivationInspired by father who traveled to Cathay(Ancient China)

When he got older he traveled there with his father and brothers

Upon arriving he was welcomed by Kublai, the ruler of China at that time

His travels led him to find:PaperSpicesGunpowdersilks

Motivation cont.

Marco Polo was probably the first European to see eyeglasses, fireworks, ice cream, and spaghetti

He is known for saying, “I did not tell half of what I saw because no one would have believed me.”

Interesting Details

Marco Polo’s Travels

Having too much text on a slide can make a presentation hard to follow. This is where synthesis of information is useful. By synthesizing your information before putting it on a slide, you can shorten

what you have to say. Synthesizing will also leave more space, making your slides easier to read for

your audience Try to shorten your slides. Remember, a synthesis is information from one source

+ information from another source + information from a third source + information from a fourth source + information from a fifth source + information from a sixth source + information from a seventh source + information from an eighth source + information from a ninth source + information from a tenth source (if you so choose, but remember – only three sources are required) + plus your own thoughts/words/reactions/reflections

Your bullet points should be the main ideas and then you can elaborate on them when you speak

Throw in all of these ingredients, mix them all together, and you have a tasty “salad.”

This slide is an example of having too much text on a slide. Don’t do this

Slides Must Be Easy to Read

You will present your research with your partner with a tag-team approach

Decide who wants to talk about what and divide it up that way

Be sure to balance reading off slides and talking freely

Things to keep in mindEye contactVolume

Presentation

Mrs. Danaher and Mrs. Bremner understand that this is probably your first time working with Power Point. We are here to help.

You will receive assistance in the creation of your presentation through Social Studies and the use of laptops/computer lab.

There are certain technology requirements of this project, but you are encouraged to try other “tricks” depending on your level of comfort with Power Point

Support

Keep track of your sources!These websites will help you create your

works cited:

http://www.easybib.com/

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/

Bibliography