rules for slideshow early middle age

1. RULES FOR THE SLIDESHOW & EXPOSITION
EARL MIDDLE AGE
-Time for the presentation: between 15 and 20
minutes (max.).
- Number of slides: at least 20 slides (you could include
more).
- Text available in each slide: 40-50 words max.
- Images must be big enough to be seen in the
classroom.
- Textbook is the best source of information to begin
with for most of the works.
- 70% per cent of the work must be in English.

2. RULES FOR THE SLIDESHOW & EXPOSITION
EARLY MIDDLE AGE
ANY DELAYS IN THE DAY OF PRESENTATIONS WILL BE
HARDLY PUNISHED
Cualquier retraso en el día de la presentación será
penalizado con 3 puntos. Tenéis cuatro minutos de
máximo entre una presentación y otra.
Causas no justificadas:
-No traéis el USB.
- El USB no tiene el archivo o está incompleto.
-No se abre porque no es el formato adecuado.
- Un compañero falta.

3. RULES FOR THE SLIDESHOW & EXPOSITION
EARL MIDDLE AGE
1. The Germanic tribes and the Huns.
2. The Byzantine Empire.
3. The Visigoths.
4. The Muslim religion: Muhammad.
5. The Muslim expansion.
6. The Muslims in Spain. Art.
7. The Frankish kingdom: Charlemagne.
8. The kingdom of Asturias.
9. The Vikings.
10. China and Japan till the 11th century.

4. CONTENTS
1. MAP & TIMELINE: W,W,W. What, where, when.
Most important events.
2. The POLITICS. Political system, main kings or leaders,
administration, main battles…
3. The SOCIETY. Different social groups, hierarchy of the
society. Position of women, children, minorities…
4. The ECONOMY. Main means of production,
inventions, importance of trade,
5. The CULTURE. Arts, religion, fashion, material
culture, way of life.
6. ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS. Examples of the main
archaoelogical remains of this culture.
7. SOURCES.

5. AT WORK…
1. RESEARCH:
- Underline your textbook.
- Search in wikipedia or history webs.
- Don’t read only the first paragraph of a post or
article.
- Don’t cut and paste if you don’t understand
anything.
- Synthetize what you are reading in main ideas.
- Don’t forget to develop all the requested
aspects and topics of your work.

6. AT WORK…
2. WRITE AND DESIGN THE PRESENTATION:
- Remember one slide for the introduction with
an index and the last for the sources.
- Search templates (plantillas) in the Internet for
the timelines.
- Don’t waste time with design.
- Don’t write too many words. Try to talk using
the images.
- Use images with the right definition (800x1000)

7. AT WORK…
3. WRITE AND DESIGN THE PRESENTATION:
- Don’t read except quotations.
- Try to speak to the audience.
- Talk using the pictures. Interact with the
audience. Ask questions. F.i. what can you see
here?
- The day before, prepare it well at home. Read it
there twice or three times at least.
- Be serious, but don’t be boring. Try to find
curiosities that could interest the audience.
- Every group must create a mental map about
the subjects of the other teams.

8. Ejemplo de template sacada de internet
SmartArt con escala de tiempo básica
Primer día
de clase
•15 de agosto
Prueba 1
•9 de octubre
Fecha de
entrega del
trabajo de
investigación
•10 de enero
Prueba 2
•18 de marzo
Fecha de
entrega del
proyecto
final
•26 de mayo
Usamos cut and paste
(opción copy – paste)para el
template.

9. Muslim religion.
1. Timeline. Eight important events in the history of Islam (till
now)
2. Biography of Muhammad (Mahoma). Four important
events: Isra and Mi’raj (revelation of St.Gabriel), Hegira (run
from Mecca to Medina), fight (conquest of Meca), and
triumph. Pilgrimage.
3. The precepts of Muslim Religion: the five pillars. The holy
book of Corán.
4. The division after Muhammad: shia and sunna.
5. he Cult: the Mosquee. Parts of a mosquee. The most
important mosquees in the world nowadays (and why they
are famous).
6. The position of women in Islam.
7. The Islam in the 21st century. Countries, population, beliefs.
The thread of fundamentalism.
8. Bibliography. Sources.