The Failure of Absolutism in England

Introduction

In this assignment, you and an assigned partner will be covering the Failure of Absolutism in England. You will be using Google Slides and Docs to complete your assignment. You will cover a variety of topics and hone your public speaking skills. Design and organization are also key to the assignment.

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Task

You and your partner will be tasked to complete a 12 slide slideshow. You are required to do at least 50% of the required slides to get a grade above 0. Your first slide, or title slide will include you and your partners name and a title. Your second slide will then be a recap on absolutism. You will then have to make a claim about absolutism and its role in English history. From there, you will include slides backing up and explaining its effects on its history. You will then close up with a conclusion slide. Your last side will include all sources used to acquire information for the slide. 

After completing your slideshow and presentation, you will then complete a written reflection on this doc; https://docs.google.com/document/d/10kEf3UNVUGAWyf4GrGTrQ30bhaaT91AIyU6-evjP8oo/edit?usp=sharing

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Process

Assignment Guide; 

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1. Go to Google Slides and create a new slide.

2. Make your 12 slides.

3. Title each slide.

4. Make an intro with your names and title. Recommended to add a subject related background. 

5.  2nd slide should introduce the topic of absolutism.

6. 3rd slide will introduce the audience to absolutism.

7.  4th slide, introduce your claim to how absolutism, or therefore lack of, is influential in English (UK) history.

8.  The next 5 slides will be used to back up your claim, and show the effects of absolutism in the UK.

9. The 10th slide will be used to create counterclaim. (May be moved anywhere, but last is most appropriate place.

10. Your 11th slide will conclude all that was covered in the slideshow. 

11. The last slide will contain all of your cited sources used in your slides. 

12. Make sure to tidy up your slide and include images. (minimum of 5)

13. Make note cards and/or memorize topics in slide.

14. Present to class, maintaining eye contact and a clear/confident voice throughout.

15. Once you're done presenting, answer the prompt in the doc. (Link provided in Task)

16. Turn in paper and slide for review!

Evaluation
Grading Scale 12 Points 8 Points 4 Points 0 Points
Written assignment

 Effectively answered questions using relevant terms and names. Over 250 words long.
Answered prompt, did not use relevant terms and names. 250-150 words long. 

Did not answer prompt clearly and did not use relevant terms and names. Under 150 words.

Did not complete.
Presenting

Showed understanding of the topic. Spoke clearly and maintained eye contact with the audience. (Without note cards +4 EC points) Spoke for 6 minutes.

Spoke clearly, but lacked eye contact with the audience, or full understanding on the subject. Spoke under 6 minutes, over 4 minutes.
Spoke quietly. Little to no eye contact with the audience. Did not fully understand the audience. Spoke under 4 minutes Did not complete.
SlideShow Includes all required slides, with at least 2 paragraphs of subject in each. Stands out. Organized. Uses 5 or more images. Includes most required slides, is organized, stands out. OR, includes all slides, but does meet 2 paragraphs minimum per slide. Less than 5 images. Included the bare minimum of 50% required topics.  Boring to look at and/or unorganized. No images.

Did not make slideshow or did not include 50% of required topics.

 

 

 

Conclusion

If you followed each step correctly, you successfully created a slideshow that followed the criteria, resulting in a fantastic grade for you and your peer/s. Hopefully you were able to better your speaking skills and learn the importance of creating neat presentations. I also hope you learned about England's unique story. in this time period. Congrats to you, and to those that could not meet up to the tasks of the web quests, better luck next time!

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Teacher Page

Hello! I know you're probably wondering why I had you do this assignment. See, I believe that teaching by handing out "friggin" packets (yo) is not the best way to teach. Reading and writing has an extremely low retention rate of the topic learned. Of course, you will still need to hone in your writing skills, hence the short essay. The presentation's purpose is to foster cooperation and interaction in learning. By presenting, you not only retain more of the topic, but also learn to effectively communicate to an audience, skills that will prove to be important later in life. 



Now of course, why this topic? Why absolutism in England? England stands out as a bastion of democracy in a time of dictatorship. It serves as an example of what can happen if the people stand up against the total consolidation of power. I also believe it shows the importance of compromise, with the monarchy being retained, but powers being transferred and limited mostly to parliament. 

Overall, it's a unique story in history, and is eventually important in the spread of democracy to the Americas. Every little thing effects history significantly. 

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