BA PowerPoint Assignment

Instructions Attached

· Due 1/31/21 Sunday @7pm EST

· APA Format

· Length: 8-10 substantive slides (excluding cover and references slides)  

· Font should not be smaller than size 16-point  

· References slide (a minimum of 2 outside scholarly sources)

Instructions
The Electoral College was created to protect US citizens against mob rule. Mob rule is the control of a lawful government system by a mass of people through violence and intimidation. However, some Americans question the legitimacy of this process. Pick one election where the outcome of the popular vote and the electoral college vote differed to create an argument in favor of or opposed to the use of the electoral college. List at least three valid points to support your argument. Present you argument in a PowerPoint presentation.

As you complete your presentation, be sure to:

· Use speaker’s notes to expand upon the bullet point main ideas on your slides, making references to research and theory with citation.

· Rubric: The student uses speaker notes to add details and expand upon bullet points. (15 pts)

· Identify and provide background information on the election you chose.

· Rubric: The student identifies and provides solid background on election (10 pts)

· Provide at least three valid points to support your argument.

· Rubric: The student provides three or more valid points to support argument (45 pts)

· Use visuals (pictures, video, narration, graphs, etc.) to compliment the text in your presentation and to reinforce your content.

· Rubric: The student masterfully uses visuals (pictures, video, narration, graphs, etc.) to compliment the text in presentation and to reinforce content. (10 pts)

· Do not just write a paper and copy chunks of it into each slide. Treat this as if you were going to give this presentation live.

· Rubric: The assignment is referenced and formatted according to APA standards and two additional scholarly sources are provided. (10 pts)