Your Final Project will consist to select a topic and develop a research paper and a power point including a small video (could be from youtube) about the topic selected. The two parts need to be connected. It is a mostly free topic. You may choose whatever you would like to talk about, keep it fun.

Keep the assignment fun and light. Something of interest, a hobby, favorite place, favorite past time, etc. Be specific on a topic. Grade: - Presentation (100 points, included a video that will be 10 points) The video should be part of the presentation, not a link. - Research Paper (100 points)

Rules for the Final Project 1. Research Paper: Should be between two and four pages not included the Work Cited. The MLA documentation style must be used. (40 points) 2. PowerPoint, you must: (60 Points) o Find photographs o Your Presentation should not be your entire research assignment. o USE THE 7X7 RULE 7 lines per slide (maximum) seven words per line (maximum) o Use key words and/or phrases to make your point o DO NOT crowd the slides with too much text or pictures o Use the NOTES Pages underneath each slide to include some information you are going to talk about if/when presenting in front of an audience. o The purpose of the presentation is to give details, information or teach about a subject. o Be sure that your slides contain both text and pictures o There should not be any slides with pictures only o Be sure to submit a PowerPoint Presentation and not a Slide Show. (Be careful on how you save it!) o DO NOT make the slides change automatically o The Presentation MUST have a minimum of 10 slides. Slide 1: Title Slides 2 - 9: Presentation Slide 10: Works Cited, Links a video that need to be related to the topic (10 points) o Be sure to add your picture somewhere in the PowerPoint Presentation