Task 2

Your boss will introduce you to your team members.

Your show must include:

• Introduction – What is the Industrial Revolution?– How did it effect transportation?

• Three modes of transportation (in any order)

– Erie Canal– Robert Fulton’s Steamboat– Railroads

• Conclusion– Ties together all three modes of transportation.

News broadcast

Cartoon

20/20 or 60 Minutes Special

You can even include an interview.

You can…

• Be in the present day reporting on the past.

• Pretend that you are in the past.

• Time travel.

Use your imagination and be creative!

You will use a website called SlideShare to create your show.

Microsoft PowerPoint

You may use pictures from Clip Art

or from http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/

You can take your own pictures.

Parent/Guardian

Teacher

You can draw your own pictures.

Brainstorm ideas and come up with a script for your show.

Break up your script by picture.

• Student 1: “I love school.”

• Student 2: “I have the best teacher.”

• Student 3: “My favorite subject is

social studies.”

Picture of

a school

Picture of

a teacher

Picture of

a textbook

1. Write your script.

2. Create a slideshow on PowerPoint.

3.Upload your PowerPoint and record your voice over each slide.