Assignment: PowerPoint Presentation, Sec. 43

As you know, this semester you and a classmate will be responsible for a 15-minute PowerPoint presentation and a class hand-out.

By Saturday the 3rd at midnight, you and a partner should have signed-up for a topic and date. Anyone that has not chosen by this time, will automatically be assigned a partner, topic, and date. Groupings are determined by whomever signs up first.

Follow these steps:

1. Click on "Comments" at the end of this post.
2. In the "Post a Comment" box, leave both your and your partner's name (first and last), section, topic, and the preferred date—only one entry per pair is required.

Example: David Cortez & Will Jameson, The Quakers at Sea, Friday 10.7

Dates and topics are first-come, first-served. Follow these are the guidelines for the presentation:

Requirements:

1. The work distribution is up to you and your partner, though it should be somewhat equitable
2. Must be approximately 10 minutes in length
3. Should have no less than 10 slides, including one video clip (no more than 4 minutes in length)
4. Must include a handout outlining your presentation (25 copies) 

On the day of your presentation, email both your presentation and handout to me at dhdelao@gmail.com.
The best presentations will:

• First contextualize information, then present relevant facts
• Avoid a heavy use of animation and effects, choosing instead a simpler visual style (illustrations are highly recommended)
• Engage the class through a conversational style, utilizing questions and/or activities
• Utilize multimedia, such as YouTube or Google Video
• Conclude with a summarization of the information presented 

Remember, you are responsible for providing your own laptop.

Choose from a list of topics, then dates, below:

1. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
2. Sea Monsters: Fact and Fiction
3. Cannibalism at Sea: An Overview
4. A Look at Maritime Superstitions
5. Piracy: Then and Now
6. Submarines of the Civil War: The Monitor and the Merrimack
7. Exploring the Great Barrier Reef
8. The Legend of Atlantis
9. Sea Shanties Remembered
10. Water Gods of the Pacific: Mazu, Kamohoalii, Sedna, and Tangaroa
11. Legendary Ships: The Mayflower
12. Early Sea Explorers: The Vikings
13. Treasure Hunting Today
14. The Tragedy of the RMS Titanic
15. Famous Ghost Ships: The Octavius, the Mary Celeste, and the Carroll A. Deering
16. Shark Attacks: What You Should Know
17. What is the Bermuda Triangle?
18. Haunted Ships: The USS Hornet, the USS Lexington, and the RMS Queen Mary
19. A History of Surfing
20. Cryptids of the Sea: The Kappa, Taniwha, Ningen, and the Lusca
21. Legendary Ships: The RMS Lusitania
22. The Great Canal Cities of the World
23. Early Sea Explorers: The Chinese
24. Life at Sea: Situational Homosexuality
25. Pollywogs and Shellbacks: The King Neptune Ceremony

Presentation dates:

Week 5
Fr 9.23
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Week 6
Fr 9.30
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Week 7 
Fr 10.7
1. Makenzie Norton and Julian Tongol: A History of Surfing*
2. Ashley G and Taylor B: Famous Ghost Ships: The Octavius, the Mary Celeste, and the Carroll A. Deering
3. Krista Yee and Mari Kaneshima: The Great Barrier Reef

Week 8 
Fr 10.14
1. Ciara V. and Sai J.: Sea Monsters: Fact and Fiction
2. Gurleen and Yvo Chen: The Legend of Atlantis
3. Jaime Devargas and Richard Jo: Shark Attacks: What You Should Know

Week 9 
Fr 10. 21
1. Justin Fontaine and Court Roberts: Cryptids of the Sea: The Kappa, Taniwha, Ningen, and the Lusca
2. Sarah Souksamphanh and Angela Azpiroz: Life at Sea: Situational Homosexuality
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Week 10 
Fr 10.28
1. Gage Rodriguez and Cynthia Wong: Haunted Ships: The USS Hornet, the USS Lexington, and the RMS Queen Mary
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Week 13
Fr 11.18
1. Sam McLeod, Onur Olmez, and Ha Lam: The Tragedy of RMS Titanic
2. Marlyn and Diana: What is the Bermuda Triangle?
3. Kevin Nguyen: Piracy: Then and Now