Latin American Struggles for Democracy

PowerPoint Project

Task:
Working individually or with one partner, you will research the struggle of a current Latin American nations
attempts to create a democratic government during the 19-21st centuries. Your task is to research, create a
PowerPoint along with a note quiz [with answers] that could be used for presenting your product to the class. Your
project will cover a particular nations political and economic struggles during this time period after independence,
ending with their current political status. The case study will include one of the following nations:
1) Brazil
2) Mexico

5) Chile
6) Venezuela

3) Argentina

7) Columbia

4) Cuba

8) Nicaragua

Check List:
a.

For your PowerPoint:

___Minimum of 25 slides:

25 slides DO NOT include title or citation pages!

Individual slides may not have more than 20 words

Each slide must include an applicable picture or graph [must cover material discussed on slide]

___ Minimum of 1 video which is specifically related to the topic. [List citation under the video]
___ Citation page must be included at end of PowerPoint project.

Minimum of 4 sources

Must be in MLA format

[Good source to begin your research is the Modern World History text on my book shelf]

____ Creation of a mini-page on your Weebly for titled: [your nation]s struggle for democracy

b.

Page must have appropriate picture at top

Upload on your page as both: Document and a link..this is important!

Create a note quiz [most important points/6 question minimum] along with the answers to your quiz on the
bottom of this document. Upload this as a document under your PPT.

Possible Points: 45

Name[s]: __________________________________

Topic assigned: ________________________________________

Rubric PowerPoint Project

30
Content

26-24

23-21

Includes essential
information about the
topic. Subject
knowledge appears to
be good

Includes essential
information about the
topic but there are some
errors, or important
information is missing.

Includes information
about the 3 topics,
however, not enough
date to adequately
portray topics.

Excellent note quiz with

answers

Good note quiz with

answers

Viable note quiz with

answers

Note quiz less than

expected

More than the required

25 slides

25 minimum slides are

included

At least 20 slides are

included

19-18 slides are included

Mechanics

29-27

Covers topic in-depth

with details and
examples.
Subject knowledge is
excellent.

One or two misspellings

or grammatical errors

Three misspellings or
grammatical errors

Four or more spelling or

grammatical errors

Slides are set up as

required 20 words or
less per slide

Slides are set up as

required 20 words or
less per slide

Most slides are set up as

required 20 words or
less per slide

Slides are too wordy

Pictures and/or graphs

are included on each of
the slides

Pictures and/or graphs

are included on each of
the slides

Most slides include

pictures and graphs

Little use of pictures and

graphs

5
Sources

Attractiveness

Makes excellent use of

font, color, graphics,
effects, etc. to enhance
presentation

4
Four required sources in
MLA format

3
Makes good use of font,
color, graphics, etc. to
enhance presentation

3
Four sources but not in
proper MLA format

2
Makes use of fonts,
color, graphics, effects.
etc. but occasionally
they detract from the
presentation content

Note quiz less than

expected, or not
included
Less than 18 slides are
included

3-0

No misspellings or
grammatical errors.

More than four sources;

all in proper MLA format

20-0
Content is minimal OR
there are several
errors.

2
Less than four sources,
but in MLA format

0
No sources, or less
than four and NOT in
MLA format

1-0
Use of font, color,
graphics, effects. etc.
but

Total Points: ___________

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