This week you will critique three of the presentations with a 200-250 word memorandum that you will submit both in the conference area and in the assignment folder. The critiques should be thoughtful

7/1/2020 Memos - AASP 201 6980 Introduction to African American Studies (2205) - UMGC Learning Management System https://learn.umgc.edu/d2l/lms/dropbox/user/folder_submit_files.d2l?db=955104&grpid=0&isprv=&bp=0&ou=485331 1/2 Assig n m en ts M em os M em os Hid e A ssig n m en t I n fo rm atio n In str u ctio ns A ASP 201 6 980 I n tro ductio n t o A fr ic a n A m eric a n S tu d ie s ( 2 205 ) This w eek y o u w ill c rit iq ue t w o o f t h e p re se n ta tio ns w it h a 2 00-2 50 w ord m em ora n d um t h at y o u w ill s u b m it b oth in t h e c o nfe re n ce a re a a n d in t h e a ssig n m en t fo ld er. T he c rit iq ues s h o uld b e t h o ugh tfu l a n d w ell- w rit te n b eca u se t h ey a re w orth 1 0% o f y o ur t o ta l c o urs e g ra d e. T he M em ora n d um s h o uld f o llo w t h is f o rm at: F o rm at f o r P re se n ta tio n C rit iq ues - A ASP 2 01 M EM ORA N DUM TO : S tu d en t's N am e FR O M : Y o ur n am e DATE: C urre n t d ate S U BJE C T: C rit iq ue o f y o ur p re se n ta tio n, " N am e o f P re se n ta tio n" In tro ductio n: E xp la in w hat y o ur o ve ra ll im pre ssio n o f t h e p re se n ta tio n is a n d w hat y o u t h o ugh t it s p rim ary m essa g e w as. E xp la in b rie fly t h e k in d s o f s tre n gth s a n d w eak n esse s y o u f o un d in t h e p re se n ta tio n.

Stre n gth s o f t h e p re se n ta tio n: A naly ze w hy y o u t h o ugh t t w o o r t h re e a sp ects o f t h e p re se n ta tio n w ere p artic u la rly in sig h tfu l, e d uca tio nal, o r w ell- re aso ned .

A re as t h at c o uld b e i m pro ve d : E xp la in s p ecif ic a lly w hat w as c o nfu sin g a b o ut t h e p re se n ta tio n. I f t h ere w ere g ra m mar e rro rs , g iv e e xam ple s. E xp la in a ls o w hat c o uld b e a d ded o r c h an ge d a b o ut t h e p re se n ta tio n t o m ake it b ette r.

V is u al A ppeal/ In te re st : H ow w ell d id t h e s tu d en t's p re se n ta tio n u se v is u als t o a d d to t h e o ve ra ll s tre n gth a n im pact o f t h e p re se n ta tio n's m essa g e? W hat c h an ge s w ould y o u m ake ? F o r e xam ple , d id t h e s tu d en t u se a " p in k" b o rd er o n a p re se n ta tio n ab o ut D ais y B ate s? W as t h at a g o od c h o ic e f o r t h is f o rm id ab le w om an ?

S u m m ary : T w o o r t h re e c o nclu d in g t h o ugh ts a b o ut t h e p re se n ta tio n. Y o u m ig h t w an t t o c o m men t h ere a b o ut w hat y o u h o pe t h e s tu d en t w ill in clu d e in h is o r h er fin al p ap er.

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