Homework
Create and record a presentation for new employees and volunteers to understand how key historical events in U.S. history are connected to their work and impact society today.
As you complete your Lessons From History Presentation homework, you will combine all of the four skills you have practiced in this course to create and present a report about a specific issue based on historical events and sources. Just as if you were running for political office, you will need to understand the key principles of your presentation and maximize the capabilities of the medium you are using. And while this homework focuses on one medium-a presentation in PowerPoint-your agility skill gives you the ability to choose other mediums (such as email, an academic paper, a video recording, or a public speech) in the future. No matter whether you are presenting at an industry event, welcoming a group of donors to an appreciation brunch, fighting a traffic ticket in court, speaking at your child's career day, or petitioning your local town board, these same skills can help you continue to drive your message home in your life and career.
o Essential Skills
If you are getting a group of close friends together for lunch, you probably wouldn't type up a formal invitation and mail it to them. If you are throwing a fancy wedding, you most likely wouldn't tell your guests about it through a hasty text message with lots of misspelled words. If you decide to run for office, you probably would not announce your candidacy through a shaky video on a private Instagram account. You wouldn't do these things because they would not send the right message (what you're saying) to your audience, nor would they deliver that message through the best medium (how you're saying it).
Being able to share relevant information in a way that is easily accessible and appropriate requires a combination of your technology, problem-solving, and communication skills, as well as your agility skill to help you understand when and how to pivot to reach your goals. You will continue learning to create and deliver a message (through your presentation) using your communication skill, and you will practice how to deliver that message using your technology skill.
Skill Application
Get inspired to change the world-and meet your own academic and professional goals-by harnessing the power of effective oral communication! In the following media piece, you'll explore examples of speeches throughout history and learn why they continue to stand the test of time. And you'll discover how you can apply the same principles to forging your professional future.
o Four Speeches That Shaped History.
Are you comfortable getting a medical diagnosis that was determined by a computer? How about talking to Siri? Or allowing your kids to share the streets with self-driving cars? Staying ahead of the curve at work and in life means being able to adapt to changing technology, even though it can cause stress and even fear. In this media piece, discover how your agility skill can help you approach technological changes in your own life and career. And, learn how technologies we take for granted today-like radio, TV, phones, medical devices, planes, the Internet, and cars-were received in their time.
o Tackling Technophobia Through Time.
In the following Capella Stories, Justin Seeby and Ryan Graham, co-founders of a successful real estate firm, explain how they built their business by embracing new technology and using it to maximize their sales potential.
• Capella Stories: Presenting to Win.
In this media piece, we'll check back in with Rod Hicks from the Society of Professional Journalists to learn the critical role that technology plays in modern politics. Rod will demonstrate how the skill of technology is giving groups like politicians the upper hand. How will your technology skill do the same in your own career?
o Real Talk: The Tech Advantage.
PowerPoint Resources
For this homework you will be creating a PowerPoint presentation. The following resources can help you with basic PowerPoint skills as well as best practices.
o Skillsoft. (n.d.). Skillsoft. (n.d.). PowerPoint Office 365 (Windows): Creating presentations [Tutorial].o Running time: 55:00.• Skillsoft. (n.d.). Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 for Mac: Building and structuring a presentation [Tutorial].o Running time: 51:00.• Foulkes, L. (n.d.). Working with graphic, audio, and video content in PowerPoint 2016 [Tutorial]. Skillsoft. o Running time: 58:00.
Audio and Video Resources
You are required to record your presentation for this homework. You are welcome to use any tools and software with which you are comfortable, but make sure you are able to submit the deliverable and faculty are able to access it. Capella offers Kaltura, a courseroom tool that records audio and video. Refer to Using Kaltura for more information.
Overview
In this homework, you will build on the work you completed, continuing your focus on the issue you chose to examine. Create and record a presentation for new employees and volunteers to understand better how key historical events in U.S. history are connected to their work and impact society today.
Preparation
Review the Evaluating Historical Sources Worksheet you completed for Homework and the Historical Analysis Worksheet you completed for Homework.
Instructions
Create and record a PowerPoint presentation (8-12 slides total) by incorporating your evidence and arguments from previous homeworks. Refer to this homework's Resources for PowerPoint and audio and video recording resources.
Step I: Provide an overview of a chosen issue, including research questions and sub-questions that need to be answered to understand an historical event and its long-term impact.
Step II: Explain why each of your sources is or is not credible.
o Include 1-2 slides that describe the credibility and validity of your sources (based on the work you did in Homework 1).
Step III: Explain the causes and long-term impacts of an historical event.
o Include a minimum of three evidence slides that provide evidence and visuals that support your explanations.
Step VI: Use critical thinking to relate past challenges and strategies to a current organizational issue.
o Include at least one slide that connects past events to the current state of your issue. Explain how your historical research can be used to better understand your issue today.
Step V: Communicate clearly with appropriate purpose, organization, tone, and sentence structure.
o Prepare notes for your oral presentation and add them to the presenter notes in PowerPoint. You can type or copy and paste your notes into the Notes box below each of your slides.
o Record a short (3-5) minute presentation on your topic. Keep in mind that your audience is new employees and volunteers where you work.
Step VI: Cite sources using author and year, and provide some reference information required in APA style.
o Include a reference slide with your list of sources.
Recording
Once you have created your slide presentation, you need to record yourself presenting it. You have two choices:
• You can record and insert your narration into the presentation with slide timings.
• You can create a video of you giving your presentation. You are not required to be on camera.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this homework, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and homework criteria:
1. Competency 1: Analyze historical resources to determine credibility and validity.
• Explain why each source is or is not credible.
2. Competency 2: Determine the causes and long-term impacts of an historical event.
• Provide an overview of a chosen issue, including research questions and sub-questions that need to be answered to understand an historical event and its long term impact.
• Explain the causes and long-term impacts of an historical event.
3. Competency 3: Explain lessons learned from U.S. historical events and their potential influence on a current problem or situation.
• Use critical thinking to relate past challenges and strategies to a current organizational issue.
4. Competency 4: Address homework purpose in a well-organized manner, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.
• Communicate clearly with appropriate purpose, organization, tone, and sentence structure.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.