Mr. Dodson
8th Cultural Geography
Unit Five (Russia) Presentation Assignment
Research a significant person in Russian history/culture and prepare an oral presentation meeting the following criteria:
1) Length – at least two minutes, not to exceed three minutes
2) Content
A) Significance – Why is this person famous/important?
B) Key Events – identify (with dates) key events in the person’s life, including broader
context of Russian/European/world history
C) Story – include at least one specific, interesting anecdote (preferably true!)
3) Organization – clear beginning, middle, end; coherent instead of random rambling
4) Delivery – pronunciation, familiarity with content, eye contact – you may use a notecard or similar aid to remember key dates and names, but you should present to the class and not simply read!
Vladimir I
Ivan III (the Great)
Ivan IV (the Terrible)
Peter I (the Great)
Catherine II (the Great)
Nicholas II
Lenin, Vladimir
Trotsky, Leo
Stalin, Josef
Khrushchev, Nikita
Brezhnev, Leonid
Gorbachev, Mikhail
Yeltsin, Boris
Putin, Vladimir
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
Pushkin, Alexander
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander
Tolstoy, Leo
Tchaikovsky, Peter
Kalashnikov, Mikhail
Kasparov, Garry
Mr. Dodson
8th Cultural Geography
Unit Five (Russia) Presentation Assignment /15
____ Length – at least two minutes, not to exceed three minutes (15 second margins)
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____ Significance – Why is this person famous/important?
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____ Key Events – identify (with dates) key events in the person’s life
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____ Story – include at least one interesting story (preferably true!) from this person’s life
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____ Organization – clear beginning, middle, end; coherent instead of random rambling
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____ Delivery – pronunciation, familiarity with content, eye contact
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