Queen Elizabeth: 1558-1603
……Elizabethan Era......Shakespeare: 1564-1616
Power Point Partner Presentation
200 points for the PowerPoint and Oral Presentation + 100 points for team and individual work =
300 points
Presentations begin Friday June 3
Objective: 1. Augment students’/classmates’ understanding of background information useful in
the study of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. 2. Develop technology/research/presentation skills
through the creation and performance of a PowerPoint presentation (either computer or hard
copy slides). 3. Practice reading, understanding and executing written directions.
Directions:
With your partner(s), create a 8-10 slide PowerPoint presentation covering the topic you have
chosen.
RESEARCH AND SLIDES- check off directions as you complete them
You can either do your slides on the computer PowerPoint OR hard copy (a half-sheet of paper
under the document camera).
In BOTH OPTIONS each slide must have:
 A visual example of something you have researched (picture, drawing, chart, etc.)
 As well as brief textual support for the slide
 The text may not be longer than a sentence or two on any slide
 The text must be paraphrased, IN YOUR OWN WORDS! NO CUT AND PASTE!
 You may use two direct quotes in the PowerPoint presentation; these may not be more than a
sentence or two.
 You must have at least one non-internet source (book, encyclopedia, magazine or Journal
article)
 All research notes and source information must be on index cards (minimum six cards)
 Your final slide must be a “Works Cited” page (bibliography) on which you provide your
sources. You must have at least 3 sources (use citationmachine.net for MLA formatting).
ORAL PRESENTATION
 Your actual oral presentation will be from 5-10 minutes in length in which you will elaborate
on the information displayed in your slides.
 You may not read from the slides.
 Oral presentation should be mostly MEMORIZED, but may be aided by the use of note cards
(BUT no straight reading).
TEAM WORK (partners are encouraged to exchange phone #s and email)
 Each member of the team must contribute fairly to the project.
 If one person contributes more to the slide-making due to superior expertise, the other member
should contribute more to the oral performance.
INDIVIDUAL WORK
 Work to the best of your ability. Meet deadlines and communicate with your partner and the
teacher before it is too late.
 Write a reflection about the experience.
If you have ideas not covered in the general assignment guidelines, consult the teacher for
approval. Creativity is encouraged.
Elizabethan Era
Queen Elizabeth: 1558-1603; Shakespeare: 1564-1616
Power Point Partner Presentation
Topics: sign up with Ms. Hopkins (no more than two groups to one topic).
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Architecture – Tudor style homes- “priest holes,” castles and palaces
The break in the church of England (Anglican) and the Roman Catholic Church
Privateers and Pirates
The Spanish Armada
Tower of London (castle and prison) and the medieval London Bridge
Food, Fish Markets, and Diet
Diseases and medical treatment, dentistry
Port of London and Trade (markets and business)
Fashion and Clothing
Henry VIII
Shakespeare’s Life: family history and overview of literary work
Elizabethan Theatre (The Globe Theatre)
Elizabethan Crime and Punishment
Espionage (Spying) during Queen Elizabeth I’s reign
Mary Queen of Scots
Historical Highlights of Queen Elizabeth I’s reign
Social Class system of Elizabethan England
Sports
The Bubonic Plague (The black death)
Great Chain of Being (belief in hierarchy from dirt to God)
Religious beliefs in England
Apothecaries and the Four humours (medicine and psychology)
Barber-Surgeons
Marriage customs
Superstitions
Education/schooling
Ptolemaic Chart (astronomy)
Master of Revels (organization of court festivities)
Beliefs around death and burial
Dissection and Body Snatching
Elizabethan Era
6-8 slide PowerPoint presentation Evaluation Rubric
Please provide one copy to Ms. Hopkins the day of your presentation
Partners:_____________________________________
Topic:_______________________________________
RESEARCH AND SLIDES (includes the following):
/ 20 A visual example of something you have researched (picture, drawing, chart, etc.) as well as
brief textual support for the slide.
/ 20 The text is no longer than a sentence or two on any slide.
/ 20 The text is paraphrased, IN YOUR OWN WORDS! NO CUT AND PASTE!
 +10 Optional: You used two direct quotes in the PowerPoint presentation; these are not more
than a sentence or two.
/ 20 All research notes and source information is on index cards: minimum six cards (or three
cards per person)
/ 10 Your final slide is a “Works Cited” page (bibliography) on which you provide your
sources in MLA format.
□/ 20You have at least 3 sources (use citationmachine.net for MLA formatting).
/ 20 You have at least one non-internet source (book, encyclopedia, magazine or Journal article)
ORAL PRESENTATION
/ 10 Your actual oral presentation is from 5-10 minutes in length in which you elaborate on
the information displayed in your slides.
/ 10 You did not read from the slides.
/ 10 Oral presentation is mostly MEMORIZED, but aided by the use of note cards.
□/ 10 You give an introduction to your topic (what is it, why did you choose it, how does it relate
to the Elizabethan Era?)
□/ 10 Pace is not too fast or too slow
□/ 10 Volume is loud enough for everyone to hear
□/ 10 You are both standing to face the audience, not leaning or sitting
_____ / 200 Total (PowerPoint presentation)
TeamworkEach member of the team should contribute fairly to the project
/ 60 In class and worked every day to the best of your ability.
__/20 Listened, asked questions, took notes on the other presentations.
__/10 Turned in research index cards.
/ 10 Wrote a reflection about the experience (we will do this in class).
_____/ 100 Total (Team-player)