Slide Presentations (Assign. 3/12)
This semester, you will be responsible for a slide presentation based upon a global topic.
Presentations must:
- Run at least 10 minutes—you may utilize any presentation program you like (e.g. PowerPoint, Slides)
- Be 10-12 slides in length, excluding cover slide and works cited—introduction and conclusion slides are mandatory; presentations without an introduction and/or conclusion cannot receive full points
- Include at least one multimedia clip—no longer than 2 minutes in length
- Include an MLA Style works cited slide—not to be presented
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Include a one-page handout—to be distributed to the class the day before your presentation via Canvas - Be crafted in Packback before presenting
- Be submitted to Canvas no later than the day of your presentation
IMPORTANT:
- To present on Zoom, you will be made a co-host. Be sure to select "Share Sound" before sharing your screen.
- Not required, but presenting with your camera on can significantly improve class engagement
Topics:
- Travel the Sustainable Way: All About Eco-Tourism
- Who are the Uyghurs?
- Buyer Wanted: Why Nobody Wants to Host the Olympics Anymore
- Cricket 101
- How it Works: Human Trafficking
- Dark Tourism: The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Aokigahara Forest, and La Isla de las Muñecas
- Hip Hop Goes Global: Three International Acts to Watch
- How it Works: The Heroin Trade
- Blood in the Water: Inside the Taiji Dolphin Trade
- Safe Havens: The Five Most Climate Change-Resilient Global Cities
- If You Have to Ask How Much it Costs ... : Inside the World’s Most Exclusive Resorts
- In Too Deep: What is the Mariana Trench?
- Australian Rules Football 101
- Eurovision, the World’s Biggest Music Competition (That America Knows Nothing About)
- Life in South Sudan, the Poorest Country on the Planet
- Inside Global Sex Tourism
- "One Country, Two Systems": Understanding China and Hong Kong Tensions
- Access Forbidden: Snake Island, Poveglia Island, and North Sentinel Island
- Lost Cities: Derinkuyu, Angkor, Pompeii, and Palenque
- Mind Your Manners: Etiquette Around the World
- The Great Canal Cities of the World (That Aren’t Venice)
- Amnesty International and the Fight for Human Rights
- Divorce Proceedings: The Secession Movements of Quebec, Sicily, Northern Ireland, and Chiapas
- What to Know About Vladimir Putin
- Four Places to Visit—Before They Disappear
- Strange Places: Hoia Baciu, The Mapimí Silent Zone, and The Nazca Lines
- The Cup Comes to the Americas: The 2026 FIFA World Cup
- Striking Terror: Boko Haram, al-Qaeda, and Islamic State
- What to Know About Kim Jong-un
- Take Us to Your Leader: What are the Plans for Alien First Contact?
- Should American Students Take Gap Years?
- A World of Cryptids: Orang Pendek, Champ, and Mokèlé-mbèmbé
- Le Paris Alternatif: What Most Tourists Don’t Do or See
- The Great Barrier Reef: System Failure
- How it Works: The Ivory Trade
- Hoof!: All about the English Premier League
- The Hunt is On: 21st Century Treasure Hunters
- The Svalbard Global Seed Vault—and Why We Need It
- What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
- World Festivals: Buñol’s La Tomatina, Siena’s Il Palio, and Oaxaca’s Dia de los Muertos
Schedule:
Week 10: Fri 3.29
Ben Pin - What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?Michelle N: - How it Works: The Ivory Trade
Week 12: Fri 4.12
Fady S: Hoof!: All about the English Premier League-
Andrew B: Strange Places: Hoia Baciu, The Mapimí Silent Zone, and The Nazca Lines
Week 13: Fri 4.19
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Shwun H: What to know About Kim Jong-un
Week 14: Fri 4.26
Cameron C: Access Forbidden: Snake Island, Poveglia Island, and North Sentinel IslandEthan P: The Great Barrier Reef: System FailureVictoria C: In Too Deep: What is the Mariana Trench?Krish V. Lost Cities: Derinkuyu, Angkor, Pompeii, and PalenqueYash K: What to Know About Vladimir Putin
Week 15: Fri 5.3
- ET H: Safe Havens: The Five Most Climate Change-Resilient Global Cities
- Pasha S: How it Works: The Heroin Trade
Kevin PO: World Festivals: Buñol’s La Tomatina, Siena’s Il Palio, and Oaxaca’s Dia de los Muertos- Darin M: Blood in the Water: Inside the Taiji Dolphin Trade
Jayden M: Take Us to Your Leader: What are the Plans for Alien First Contact?
Week 16: Fri 5.10
- Ty G: A World of Cryptids: Orang Pendek, Champ, and Mokèlé-mbèmbé
- Eddie B: How It Works: Human Trafficking
- Martina S: Mind Your Manners: Etiquette Around the World
- Muzzammil M.: Who are the Uyghurs?
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