Informative Speech
100 Points
Learning Targets:
I can identify important facts relevant to my topic and my audience.
I can incorporate research into a presentation.
I can speak with credibility on a topic of significance.
Purpose/Goal:
To increase audience knowledge or understanding of some idea, issue, or process
To enhance speaker credibility
Time Requirement:
4-6 MINUTES
Sources:
At least TWO internet sources (not to exceed 4)
At least TWO non-internet sources (not to exceed 4)
Quotations:
Appropriately quote/credit sources
Notecards:
Front Side of 3 NOTECARDS (100 Words or Less on Each Notecard)
Visual Aid:
PowerPoint
Possible Topics:
 Objects: People, place, animal, or product
Examples:
Alcatraz
Justin Bieber
Warthogs
The Beatles
Xbox 360
Iowa

Events: Things that have happened, are happening, or will happen
Examples:
1963 Civil Rights March on Washington
September 11
Holocaust
Battle of the Bulge
Hurricane Katrina
2016 Presidential Elections

Concepts: Focus on beliefs, ideas, and theories
Examples:
Democracy
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Feminism
Big Bang Theory
Anorexia
Child Abuse