POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

OVERVIEW

Each student will develop and submit a PowerPoint presentation over an assigned chapter/topic

from the textbook (Sports in American Life: A History Richard O. Davies chapter 1-9) Pick ONE CHAPTER. There must be a minimum of 10 slides and no more than 15 slides per

presentation.

INSTRUCTIONS

Your PowerPoint presentation should be based off a SINGLE CHAPTER from Sport in American Life

(student choice). The presentation needs to follow the outline of the chapter and should include a

brief introduction that provides the audience with a frame of reference of the overall theme of the

chapter and end with a strong conclusion slide.

 Keep your visuals clear and simple.

 Use simple graphics, charts, and diagrams wherever possible.

 Avoid using too many colors, patterns, and graphics in one frame.

 Use a minimum of words for text and title frames.

 Upper and lower-case lettering is more legible than all capital letters.

 Avoid using more than two font sizes per frame.

 Try to maintain the same or similar font size from frame to frame.

 Contrasting use of color is best.

 Keep color schemes consistent throughout the presentation.

 Graphics – Photographs, graphs and illustrations of artwork are excellent means of

communicating complex ideas, providing that they are meaningful and relevant.

 Each graphic should be cited and documented on the slide with the graphic as well as its

source on the final reference slide.

 All material should be presented in APA format, including but not limited to the title

slide, material should be cited if appropriate and it is encouraged to write in your own

words as much as possible.

Note: Your assignments will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool. The

tool is a starting point for instructors to check overall Academic Integrity and higher scores

generally indicate a higher probability of Academic Misconduct. The higher a score the

higher the probability that there are too high a percentage of quotations included in the

narrative, and/or there are passages that have not been properly cited.