Monday, November 27, 2017

Playlist #073


Today's Playlist: November 27, 2017


  1. Quiz on Friday covering everything since playlist #067.
  2. Complete an Adobe Spark presentation on one of the following topics, today is your only class time for this presentation:
    1. The Whiskey Rebellion
    2. The Undeclared War against France
    3. The XYZ Affair
    4. The Alien and Sedition Acts
    5. Jefferson’s Embargo
    6. Revolutionary War Debt and Hamilton’s plan to eliminate it
  3. DO NOT use TYPED words in your presentation other than a title and your name. Complete a script in Google Docs first with the points you plan to make, what you will say, and the visuals you will look for. Use your voice and the visuals that you choose for the presentation to make your points. Once you have your script written add the visuals you plan to use in your presentation. You must turn the script in before you leave class today.
  4. Next, go to https://spark.adobe.com/ and begin to put your presentation together.
  5. You must use the Video option and MUST include a voiceover in your presentation. Your video will be around 1 minute (it must not be less than 45 seconds and not more the 1 minute and 15 seconds).
  6. You must include a voiceover (where you record your voice and explain your topic), which you can record at home or before or after school or during lunch, but you may not record it in class. Make sure you record somewhere where it is quiet.
  7. Possible questions to answer in your presentation. What was this event? Who was involved? What was the long-term impact on the United States? How did it affect our relationship with other countries?
  8. Turn in a link to your video through Google classroom before class starts on Wednesday. Any student who does not turn in a completed video will be required to give the presentation live in class. Those not turning in a presentation will go first.
  9. We will present these in class on Wednesday if you have any technical problems you need to talk to Mr. Welch in class no later than tomorrow.