8-5 Project Part Two: Presentation

Be sure to add the images you pulled together. Your presentation should have approximately 5 to 7 slides using Prezi, PowerPoint, or another comparable presentation tool.

1. Your presentation assignment should answer the following prompt: Based on your exploration document, create a presentation that explains how the
   
   humanities have impacted you both personally and professionally and discusses the impact of your theme on your audience. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
   
   
   
   1. Provide a brief overview of your artifacts, theme, and thesis statement. How are they situated within the domain of the humanities?
   
   
   2. Explain how the theme, as it is expressed in the cultural artifacts, and thesis statement impact the audience. In other words, how is the theme relevant to members of the audience? Why should the audience care about your thesis statement? Support your response with specific examples from your exploration document.
   
   
   3. Describe the evidence from subjective and objective cultural analyses that you have to support your conclusions about the impact of the theme and cultural artifacts on you personally and on your audience. Support your response with specific examples from your exploration document.
   
   
   
   

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1. Explain why the theme and cultural artifacts are important to you personally. In other words, why did you select these artifacts to study? Why did you select your theme, especially if there are other themes that could apply?


2. Explain how studying the humanities can give you both a personal and professional advantage. In other words, what is the benefit of studying the humanities?


3. Explain why the humanities are important to society. In other words, what do the humanities tell us about our own culture and experiences? How do the humanities impact us? Support your response with specific examples from your exploration document and your own personal and professional experiences.


4. Communicate your message in a way that is tailored to your specific audience. For instance, you could consider your vocabulary, your audience’s potential current humanities knowledge or lack thereof, and what is specifically important to the audience.