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PowerPoint Project: 1984 and Its Connection to the Modern World 

Emmons & Cain:  AP English IVB

 

PowerPoint Project:  1984 and Its Connection to the Real World

 Project Due:        Tuesday, October 27, 2009

                                    Oct. 19-21 in the library conducting research

                                    Oct. 22- COW – Working on PowerPoint in the classroom

                                    Oct. 23 – Computer Lab – Room 424 – Finishing PowerPoint

                                    Oct. 27-30 – Student Presentations              

 Project:  PowerPoint Presentation over 1984 with a cover slide and at least 6 body slides along with a typed Works Cited page. 

ü  Choose 2 topics or issues raised in the novel 1984 and find a “real world connection” to those issues, present or past, as long as your connection is researched and documented, and present those connections in a PowerPoint presentation. 

ü  Some issues are: civil rights violations, political assassinations, improper surveillance, political torture, dishonesty of government, dishonesty of leadership, polarizing of citizens, political propaganda, hate propaganda, etc.  

ü  Each topic should be explained in a separate PowerPoint slide.  

ü  PowerPoint slide 1 has the 1984 topic and explanation.  

ü  PowerPoint slide 2 has the real world connection and explanation with documentation. 

ü  Use images, music, sound effects, etc.  (See sample PowerPoint slides) 

ü  Refer to sample PowerPoint for better understanding of task

 

 
Updated 10/14/09