This document provides instructions and guidelines for a group presentation project on American history up to 1880. It outlines the requirements for the presentation, including using PowerPoint with no more than 5 bullets per slide and 8 words per bullet. Students must include their topic title, names, and a works cited slide. The document reviews examples of good and bad PowerPoint techniques from previous student presentations. It also lists 10 potential topics for the presentations and notes they will be evaluated on using custom animations correctly.

1. REVIEW PRESENTATION/GENERAL INFORMATION
RULES OF POWER POINT
PRESENTATION NOTES - #4 IN NOTEBOOK
(ONE PAGE MINIMUM)
America to 1880

2. Important
The Presentations will begin on _______________
 America to 1880 Notes / In your Notebook
 Google Apps(Docs) & Upload to Canvas
- Group: Fact Sheet
 Group PPT on Google Docs / Invite Me
 Any updating after the 1st Group Begins their
Presentation will result in a late grade for that part of
the project

3. Don’t Assume Your Audience Knows Much
 The Joy of Cooking – One of the Best Selling Books
in History / Made Cooking Simple
 One of the first lines of the Book
“ Face the Oven when Cooking”
Make Sure they know that the North won the Civil War
Think about the “Big Picture” – What do you want
your audience to know

4. Power Point Presentation-Format
 1st slide: must have a topic title and names of
all group members
The Rules of Power Point
1. each slide should contain no more than:
5 Bullets (use custom animation)
2. each bullet should consist of no more than:
8 words
 Custom Animation – do you know how to use it?
 Last slide: Work’s Cited/Bibliography Page Include
at least 3 Sources / Textbook is One

5. Do’s & Don’ts of Power Point
 Look at a few of the following presentation slides
from previous years.
 See if you can spot any do’s or don'ts
 Here’s slide #1

6. Battle of Bull Run
 First battle on July
21, 1861, in Virginia
 Confederates held their
ground until
reinforcements came
 Forced Union to retreat
 Union didn’t quickly
recover

7. Slide #1
Don’ts
 Blurry Background Picture
 Picture over Picture
 Small Text
Do’s
 Used Custom Animation

8. Cont. (Slide #2)
 No victors
 Sometimes called war Second War for Independence.
 Stimulated pride and confidence in the U.S.
 Marked end of interaction with European conflicts.

9. Slide #3

10. The Conquest of Mexico and Peru
Slaughtered Aztec and the Inca.
Both had well-organized social
systems.
By 1540, Catholics laid claim.
Started enslaving Natives.
They were brutal.

11. Slide #4

12. Boston Massacre
 Townspeople were taunting British Sentry.
 Gun shot rang out and the British Sentry started to
fire. Crispus Attucks died.
 Parliament passed the Tea Act only allowing East
India Company to sell tea.
 Boston Tea party- 342 chests of tea were dumped
to the Harbor by Sons of Liberty
 As a result Boston harbor was closed till debt was
paid.

13. Slide #5

14. Union vs. Confederacy
 Union had 22 million people in army
 Confederacy had 9 million
 With 3 million being slaves
 Had skill to make up for lack of people
 Confederates had Robert E. Lee from West
Point

15. Topics for the Presentations
 1. Discovering America & Colonial America
 2. The American Revolution
 3. The Articles of Confederation to the Constitution
 4. Federalist & Republicans
 5. Growth & Division
 6. Spirit of Reform
 7. * Manifest Destiny
 8. Sectional Conflicts Intensify
 9. The American Civil War
 10. Reconstruction of America