Day you were born Assignment
You will be creating a PowerPoint that presents the information that you have learned from the Internet research you completed on the day you were born.
General Requirements:
Title Slide
The Day I was Born
Created by: Your Name
Introduction Slide
What the slide show is about.
Personal Statistics
A. Name/grade/meaning of name
B. Birthday (Month dd, yyyy--ex: February 28, 1989)
C. Age in years & days
D. Moon phase on date of birth--drawing
E. Viking name
Shared Birthdays
A. Literary figure
1. Name/year born
2. Occupation/Accomplishment
B. Historical or popular figure
1. Name/year born
2. Occupation/ Accomplishments
Events Occurring on Your Birthday
A. Year/place
B. Description
Entertainment
A. Television--Top Shows
1. Name of show
2. Plot/setting/characters
3. Years on TV--How long?
B. Movies
1. Name of popular movie
2. plot/setting/characters
C. Music
1. Name of popular song
2. Name of Band
Nostalgia
A. Cost of things: house, car, gas, stamp, etc.
B. President then
C. Vice-president then
D. 3 Toys
1. name of each
2. description of each
Summary/Evaluation
A. Did you enjoy working on this project? Why? Why not?
B. Most interesting things learned by doing this project.
C. Additional comments.
Ending Slide,
THE END, I hope you enjoyed……
Specific Requirements:
· 10 card minimum, prefer 15
· Consistent background or design on all slides
· animation/effect: example your title “fly’s in from the bottom right”
· 1 sound or background music
· 2 or more pictures from Clip Art
· 3 pictures saved from the WWW. Example: a picture of the t.v. guide from the week you were born.
· 1 or more digital images (either scanned or taken w/ digital camera)
· Slide Transitions
· 1 or more Hyperlinks to a WWW sites that correlates with your information
Extra Credit Ideas (5 points for each) (Maximum 10)
· Table of Contents with Action buttons to each slide
· Music from that era playing in the background
Evaluation: 100 Points (See Rubric)
A Exceptionally creative development of the presentation.
B Well crafted development of the presentation.
C Inclusion of at least one example of each of the development elements covered.
D Poorly conceived presentation, many elements missing.
F Unacceptable development.