World War I PowerPoint Projects
In your selected groups of two or on your own, you will be researching one of the topics
below and creating a PowerPoint presentation to present to the rest of the class. Project
topics, listed below, will be chosen through a drawing.
Life in the Trenches
War and Medicine
War in the Air
War at Sea
Spies and Codes
Home front
Poison Gas
Weapons and New Technology
Up close and Personal –
Soldiers Perspective
Art and War
Project Requirements:
1. Presentations should be at least 5-8 minutes in length – see rubric.
2. Presented information is factual – see rubric.
3. Presentation is organized and concepts are understood – see rubric.
4. Presentation is created using PowerPoint (required) or Prezi (if you know how to use it)
5. Group dynamics are positive and group goals are reached – see rubric.
6. A student note sheet of your topic is created and provided for remaining students to
take notes on your topic
Checklist
 Research chosen topic (Do we have all the research to explain the subtopics? )
o Do more than a definition but don’t write a book
 Collect your research individually and then come together and decide what to include
PowerPoint and Note sheet Requirements
 ALL POWERPOINTS ARE DUE on Monday, October 7 by midnight!
o If not emailed to me (perellahg@svsd.net) or given me a copy of your Powerpoint
notes - - 4 points
 At least 5-8 minutes long
 Must have at least 2 pictures per slide (relevant to the slide) -2 pts per picture missing
 DO NOT COPY AND PASTE DIRECTLY FROM WEBSITE – quotes are fine
o If found to be copy and pasted - -20 points off total score earned
 No requirement for number of slides but MAKE THEM READABLE and INTERESTING
 Is it CREATIVE?
 Student Note sheet (Skeletal notes) – other students will fill in as you are giving your
presentation
o 1 copy of note sheet is due to Mrs. Perella no later than the day BEFORE you
present
o – 3 to 5 points if you turn in note sheet the DAY you are presenting
 Only 1 partner needs to speak during presentation (both can if you want)
 Make sure you know what you are talking about
 May include Youtube or other video link to ENHANCE your presentation (BONUS +5)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
October
Sept 30
1
Rubric and topics
7 MOVIE – Letters
3
4
Research and Presentation Creation with laptops
8
POWERPOINTS
DUE
NO in-class time
14 NO SCHOOL
2
9
10
11
Presentations (3 per class period)
15
16
17
18
Presentations (3 per class period)
Project Deadlines: * LOOK ABOVE OR CHECK CLASS WEBSITE
Note – A 5% grade deduction will be assessed for each day late that you don’t present
- If you partner is absent on assigned day – either:
1) You can do the presentation and partner will receive a 5% deduction on score earned
*even if your partner was not going to say anything, still a deduction (not there
for support and/or answering questions)
2) You don’t do the presentation and both receive a 5 % deduction on score earned
Any questions that you need to ask
Teacher Scoring Rubric
Daily Research & Creating Present.
Daily Research & Creating Present.
Daily Research & Creating Present.
Daily Research & Creating Present.
Project is accurate to
WW I standards FACTS
Project exemplifies
effort in research
Slides are neat (not
too wordy) and
organized enhancing
understanding;
2 pictures per slide
requirement
- 2 pts per missing
Project is creative and
utilizes PowerPoint
technology
Presentation is ten
minutes in length
with questions
Audio or Video Clip
Project is presented
on assigned day
Student Note sheet
4
4
4
4
4
Power Point is emailed or
copy of pages turned in by
MIDNIGHT of October 7th
10
Accurate and All
subtopics
discussed
10
Very complete
information;
well researched
obvious;
knowledge of
topic evident
10
Slides are neat
and organized;
easy to
understand
7
Accurate but 1 -2
subtopics not discussed
All slides have
required 2
pictures
10
Creativity and
time/effort
obvious
10
5-8 minutes+
+5
Audio/Video clip
included
10
Day assigned
10
Turned in day
before
presentation and
includes
important info.
7
Information somewhat
complete (missing some
important facts);
somewhat well
researched; knowledge of
topic evident
7
Slides are somewhat neat
and organized (font too
small; too many words)
0
0
0
0
0
NOT submitted by
midnight of October 7th
5
Obvious incorrect facts
and/or 1 -2 subtopics
not discussed
5
Information is missing;
not well researched;
Somewhat familiar with
their topic
TOTAL 20 pts
2
Obvious incorrect facts
and 3 or more subtopics
not discussed
2
Information is missing;
poor research; Is not
familiar with their topic
5
Slides are not neat and
not well organized (font
too small, too many
words, too many errors)
2
Slides are not neat and
not well organized (font
too small; too many
words, too many errors)
______ slides were missing
1 picture
______ slides were
missing 2 pictures
TOTAL DEDUCTION
7
Creative but more
time/effort should have
been put into it
7
4 minutes
5
Somewhat creative and
more time/effort should
have been put into it
5
3 minutes
2
Not very creative (too
plain) and evident that
little time put into it
2
Less than 2 minutes
_
BONUS
+
_____ day(s) late
- 5% of score
7
Turned in day before
presentation but is
missing important info.
TOTAL DEDUCTION
5
Student note sheet
turned day of
presentation and
important information
included
2
Student note sheet
turned in day of
presentation and is
missing important info.
TOTAL 70 pts
Teacher’s Score
*Pds 4,7 - Average
Partner or Self
Evaluation Score
TOTAL
________/ 90 pts
10
See eval sheet
7
See eval sheet
_________100 pts
5
See eval sheet
2
See eval sheet
Partner Evaluation Sheet
TOPIC:__________________________________________________
YOUR NAME:____________________________________________________
PARTNER’S NAME:_____________________________________________________
10
Partner did
excellent job;
covered all their
material; never
doubted research
or presentation
creation
7
Partner did a good job;
covered most of all their
material; had some doubt
about their research or
presentation creation but
trusted he/she would
come through
5
Partner did an ok
job; covered some
of their material
but I had to step
in and finish the
research; doubted
that he/she would
come through
based on
observations
2
Partner did little
to nothing to
contribute to this
project; I did
most research and
creation of the
presentation
Self Evaluation Sheet
TOPIC:__________________________________________________
YOUR NAME:____________________________________________________
10
I feel that I did an
excellent job; I
covered all the
material; never
doubted my
research or
presentation
creation
7
I feel that I did a good
job; covered most of all
the material; had some
doubt about my research
or presentation creation
but came through ok; I
could have put more time
into it
5
I did an ok job;
covered some of
the material but I
didn’t finish the
research; I should
have put more
time into it
2
I did very little to
nothing to
prepare for this
project even
though I had time
in class
PowerPoint Project Rubric
_____Daily Research (2 pts per day)
_____Creating Presentation (2 pts per day)
TOTAL 16 pts.
_____Project is accurate to WW I standards - FACTS (up to 10 pts.)
_____Project exemplifies effort in research (up to 10 pts.)
_____Slides are neat (not too wordy) and organized enhancing understanding ( up to 10 pts.)
_____Project is creative and utilizes PowerPoint technology (up to 10 pts.)
_____Presentation is 5 to 8 minutes in length (up to 10 pts.)
TOTAL 50 pts.
_____Group Scoring [evaluate each group partner(s) on overall effort/effectiveness ] (10 pts.)
_____Project is presented on assigned day (5 pts.)
Total 15 pts.
Earned Group Points: ________________/ 115 Points