Guidelines for Power Point Presentation Slides

Below is how your Power Point Presentation Slides should be organized.

Slide information vs. Presentation notes: Remember to limit slides to essential information in simple bullet point form. The majority of your presentation should be dictated orally by you, so any explanations of your bullet points should go in the notes section of each slide.

# Of Slides, Font, Font & Image Sizes: There should be 6 slides in your presentation only. Font sizes should not exceed 48 for titles and 32 for bullet points/other text. The font should be Times New Roman, Arial, or Garamond. Images should be no larger than 3 X 4 approximately.

Slide 1: Introduction

This slide should give your audience an introduction to the presentation.

Slide should include:

¨ Title including the dates of the important person’s life

¨ Group Members’ Names

¨ Date

Slide 2: Biography

This slide should give your audience an introduction to the person you are presenting, and where they come from.

Slide should include:

¨ Title

¨ No more than three bullet points introducing your listeners to the person/group you will be presenting.

¨ An image

Slide 3: Sub Question 1

This slide will answer the first sub question as part of the essential question: “During the time period in which this person lived, what geo and sociopolitical events and/or trends were happening that were important to this person’s life?”

Slide should include:

¨ Title

¨ Three bullet points addressing sub question above

¨ Image

Slide 4: Sub Question 2

This slide will answer the second sub question as part of the essential question: “What events in this persons’ life were instrumental in making them influential in the Hispanic world?”

Slide should include:

¨ Title

¨ Three bullet points addressing sub question above

¨ Image

Slide 5: Answer to Essential Question

This slide will answer the essential question “How were the accomplishments of this person/group influenced by their personal lives and the geo and sociopolitical environment of their country during the time they lived? This slide will tie together the whole picture from two slides above, and may include your insights or new information.

Slide should include:

¨ Title

¨ Two to four bullet points tying information from slides 2 and 3 into cohesive and comprehensive answers to essential question

Slide 6: Conclusion:

This slide is a conclusion of what you have learned about this person or country and may include information about how this person’s legacy carries on today. You should include information about how this person is seen in the Hispanic world today considering what you presented in slides 2-5.

Slide should include:

¨ Title

¨ One to three bullet points

¨ Image