hey come one students out there in COBIT
19 land yes we are still sheltering in
place it is so good to see you all I am
celebrating the holidays as you can see
well sort of
while we're sheltering in place we can
at least have a little fun can't we I'm
here today to talk to you about the next
speech you're going to write now
normally folks when we are in school you
would have a partner to help you write
this speech so I've cut down on some of
the requirements for this speech but I
want you to know that it's the best
speech of the year kids come back to me
you know over and over again they say
mister this one was so much fun because
usually what happens is kids dress up in
costume like you can see me today I'm in
my holiday sweater in my holiday clothes
and they get to bring in props you can
see behind me I have lots of props with
me and they even bring in food and we
share in the knowledge of a fun holiday
so what are you going to be doing well
go to your lesson plans and click on the
link to get to the directions and let's
read those through first okay the basic
idea here folks is that you are going to
write a speech if you look at number one
explaining the history and the
significance of a holiday a celebration
some event that happens from somewhere
in the world you
going to research and organize and then
talk about this holiday in just a couple
of short weeks number two your goal is
to give really clear information but in
a tone that reflects what the holiday is
so you can see I'm dressed in what would
this holiday be haha Christmas gear
right so I am here kind of celebrating
with my jolly hat but with just a quick
presto change-o minor crop change I can
change the tone completely and I can be
all about a st. Patrick's Day right so
no more Christmas holiday spirit for me
no no now I'm on to st. Patrick's Day so
let's look at number three you're going
to create an awesome visual aid this is
the best part about this speech first
semester oral comm I've been trying to
emphasize to use speech after speech
after speech how important it is to have
a powerful visual aid that you can show
your audience it's going to drive home
your point with lots of cool visuals
okay so we're going to look at a couple
of samples in a minute number four now
that you are doing this on your speech
all by your lonesome I have cut down the
time limit for this speech it's only
going to be six to eight minutes okay
but I will be timing you for this and I
will cut down points if you can't make
at least six minutes of information and
guys trust me I cannot tell you how easy
this is now for your speech you do not
have to create a formal outline and you
do not have to make note cards because
you are going to be doing this speech
from home so it's completely fine if you
want to type out the entire speech you
know you can have all of your words all
ready to go
the most important thing besides your
information though is that visual aid
you have to have a minimum of 20 slides
guys 2-0 10 plus 10 20 slides okay
we're going to look at these samples
please look at the directions with me
though on it each slide must have a
headline that matches your outline
you're not writing an outline but it's
the order that you're giving your speech
bullet points but not with full
sentences or paragraphs for you to read
during your speech so I don't want you
copying and pasting information but I
should see valuable information on each
slide those samples are going to help us
out the other thing is that if you would
like to on that day dress in costume I'm
going to give extra credit for anybody
that does and if you bring some props
now I would normally require this in
fact I wouldn't even let you get up to
present your speech if you and your
partner were not ready so I want to make
sure that you know that that's going to
be extra credit this time now practice
do a great job at the bottom of the
directions are all of the holidays so
I'm going to give you a moment to look
these holidays over while I just step
off to the side for just a moment oh
look at all those holidays look at those
holidays what what holiday will you
choose what could it possibly be what's
it going to be folks what sounds
interesting to you would you like to do
Walpurgis how about the Hajj how about
Hanukkah do you know anything about that
oh hey I'm back now we're celebrating
Halloween oh ho a scary Halloween and
we're here with my friend fatso right in
the background he is joining us today
and some of my props that I brought
along lil Skelton little tiny well Jack
lantern that you could put your candies
in right so which one of these holidays
do you want to research maybe it's
Kwanzaa perhaps it's Cinco de Mayo maybe
it's something that you're familiar with
but you want to learn a little bit more
it like Thanksgiving now folks every
time I have an opportunity to talk to
students about these holidays I know
that there are kids that are immediately
you gravitate toward the holiday that
you think you already know about like
you go oh Easter we just celebrated
Easter I already know all about it so
I'm gonna jump on that one but I'm going
to encourage you that when you fill out
the Google form of your choices your top
five choices that you try to pick
something that you would not normally
know anything about okay so it could be
something that's going to be fresh and
brand-new and really cool to you alright
so those are all of your holidays I want
you to look through those carefully and
make a choice so what happens after
you've picked five that you think could
be pretty great well I want you to fill
out the google form the google form is
linked to your lesson plans and it's
asking you to put your first and last
name and then it's going to ask you to
list your five in the order that you
would prefer okay so if your top choice
if your top choice is the Running of the
Bulls put that as number one if your
second choice is something like
Oktoberfest well bye goodness then you
choose that okay for number two but I'm
going to go in the order that you chose
but if someone has picked let's say
Oktoberfest before you well then you I
have to go down to your next choice okay
so I'll be letting you know what speech
you're approved for but you've got to
fill out the Google form okay now let's
talk a little bit about how we're going
to research and then I'm going to use a
couple of samples on Google classroom
you can see that there's a set of
research questions you need to read
these directions with me very carefully
because these are essential to you
understanding how to research first of
all because you don't have a partner
working with you you don't have to use
two different colored fonts just choose
a font and a color that that strikes
your interest but make sure I can read
it number two
be sure that when you do the research
that you put the words it the words that
you find like if you get out on
Wikipedia or if you find something on
history.com that you put it in your own
words that's called paraphrasing all of
you out there I know have done research
so you already know what this means then
number three after you have paraphrased
some information you're gonna write the
website where you found this little gem
of info and then you're gonna link it to
the source so let's just click here this
holiday is called hina matsuri and it's
a japanese doll festival it's actually
pretty cool and I'm going to click on
this and you can see that it's not only
information about the doll festival but
it's also got pictures about it it tells
about the history of it and all of that
good stuff so I want you to link so that
way we know that you've got this
information from legitimate sources it's
easy to do finally this year I have for
spring 2020 I've cut down on the 12
sources you normally would have to go
find and have cut it down to 6 minimum
sources so I'm going to show you how you
can do that you can use Gale that should
be your first go-to because you're going
to be able to use encyclopedias and
magazine articles or anything at all and
then you can also try the online
encyclopedia britannica but I think that
that's been blocked in the past you
don't have to worry about books but of
course then the world wide web you're
gonna go out there and try to search up
this information but be careful because
I have a little sample you can see it's
about the Pacific Northwest tree octopus
I'm sure you guys have seen this fake
website before right so it just means be
careful because you want your
information to be accurate so what kinds
of questions are we going to be
answering let's look number one who or
what is even being celebrated explain
why people have this holiday just as a
general overview like what's the purpose
of it so usually in Gale you're gonna
find this answer
in the very first paragraph where it
says Oktoberfest is an annual festival
in Germany that takes place on blah blah
date and it is to celebrate the
anniversary of a wedding and bla bla and
people often assemble for a large
festival in a carnival and they eat
sausages and they drink beer and it kind
of just gives you an overview ok so it
gives you quite a bit just in the first
paragraph that's in Gale you're gonna
find good sources um - then I need to
know about the history of this this
holiday how did this event come to be
sometimes we are fooled into thinking a
certain holiday came to be because we've
been told this in grade school and it
turns out it's not really a fact or we
know a little bit about it like
Thanksgiving I'm thinking of but we
aren't quite clear on the details so
you're going to give the history of it
and make sure you clarify this point by
point step by step in the history ok and
then you tell exactly when this holiday
takes place for example for Halloween
everybody out there knows what day to
celebrate Halloween that's right October
31st everybody out there knew that just
like we know that we celebrate Christmas
on December 25th right but some some
holidays actually change date depending
on either a lunar calendar or it could
be a biblical calendar and that's what
makes some of these holidays kind of fun
some holidays always have to fall on a
certain day of the week like
Thanksgiving and other holidays are just
based on something very specific to the
calendar it's always like Valentine's
Day always February 14th whether that's
a Saturday or a Tuesday ok so number 5
where does this holiday take place in
the world if it occurs in different
places in different countries tell about
that and whether it's significant in how
the event is celebrated so Christmas
it's maybe
different here in the United States how
its celebrated then how its celebrated
in Great Britain or even Jamaica we
found some cool information on that does
your holiday transcend a certain place
and time in other words does it have a
broad significance to many people
globally again I'm thinking about
holidays like Christmas maybe not
necessarily Thanksgiving or you know
maybe not like the Running of the Bulls
nope nobody in America does that excuse
me number six so what kind of event this
is is it light-hearted or is it somber
is it are some parts of it serious if
you think about Easter guys Easter has
kind of a dual feeling some of it is a
little bit light-hearted for the kids
and some of it's very serious right for
people that go to church and they're
thinking about the rebirth of Christ so
give reasons about how you can tell what
the tone of the event is explain that to
us and then number seven usually trips
kids up so the question is asking what's
the culture of the people like in other
words the people that celebrate it like
the Germans or the Spanish or the
English wherever your holiday is taking
place for example in Japan the hina
matsuri festival the doll festival I
mentioned a few minutes ago the culture
of the people it really does help
explain why they have this celebration
because it's a celebration of honor and
of respect and the Japanese people have
a great respect for tradition so that is
why they have this holiday see and then
think about Americans what kind of
people are we why would we have a 4th of
July Independence Day holiday you know
so maybe you want to consider that
number 7 this is the best part of the
speech how is your holiday celebrated I
mean what do we do that's fun how do
people decorate what kinds of foods do
people eat what kinds of special
clothing do they wear bomb where are the
special places that they will go and
special things they say so you know
around the holidays we usually say happy
holidays or Merry Christmas and on happy
Halloween we happy Halloween but we also
say things like trick-or-treat right so
we say special things in other holidays
there are in fact special poems that are
read or songs that are sung okay I'm
thinking again a Christmas so you will
answer those questions a little bit at a
time using Gale again and research
you're going to find everything in Gale
by the way then number nine is is there
anything that's new that you can tell
the audience that you know they wouldn't
normally know for example how many
pounds of turkey are eaten every year at
Thanksgiving or how many gallons of beer
do people drink at Oktoberfest how many
thousands of pounds of sausage do
sausages do they eat
how about candy at Halloween how about
the number of jack-o'-lanterns pumpkins
that are turned into jack-o'-lanterns
how many thousands of rolls of Christmas
paper wrap you're gonna find statistics
okay so that's kind of fun
number nine is for some little known
facts see if you can find quotes quotes
by famous people like a leader or a poet
or a songwriter actors that have talked
about your holiday and that's always fun
to add in and then you want to be sure
that you explain why the holiday is
meaningful to people what they are
really attracted to and twelve how is
the holiday different for someone that's
older like me an adult compared to a
child does your holiday have a
difference like for Easter you know I'm
thinking about holidays like that so
explain the differences in what adults
do and how they celebrate it and then
you really want to kind of drive this
home with how is it going to be
significant to your audience because if
you end up choosing a holiday that's so
different that a lot of people don't
know about like Bastille Day in
how can you make them understand what
the holiday means to people so 14 when
it asks do you have does this holiday
have any special significance in your
life more or less you can tell yes or no
because some of these holidays you don't
even know about you so you could might
even say I don't celebrate Kwanzaa but I
have found how cool it is and why people
celebrate it that kind of thing okay so
that's it for your research now before
we wrap up I want you to note that there
is a rubric that I'll use that mainly
I'm going to focus on not eye contact
and all that stuff but it's going to be
based on if you've covered those
questions in the research that's why you
have a couple of weeks to do the
research
okay now let's buzz through a couple of
our visual aids this first one is about
Memorial Day so I'm going to make this
fullscreen I'm going to show you and
this is one that I'm not really going to
let people
well we better not go fullscreen I'm not
going to let people research this one
because I already have a full visual aid
that I'm using as my sample but they
have notice first of all it's very
picture heavy that's what your visual
aid needs to be lots of cool pictures
that fit the holiday so the title says
Memorial Day it's got the name of the
two partners of course it's just you on
this one the next one it explains what's
the difference between Memorial Day and
Veterans Day because a lot of people
think they're the same thing notice too
that the font is large enough that if
you were to present full screen and I'll
show it here the font is nice and large
does everybody see that and it's some
short phrases so I don't want you to
copy and paste anything on there it's
got short phrases like honors the fallen
soldiers ones who died in combat or
wounds from battle it was once known as
decoration day okay so there's a
difference between that and Veterans Day
then they move on to a next portion of
their speech which is their introduction
and they've got a few words that they
use as way of an introduction both of
these girls that did the speech it turns
out that they both went into the
military that they both had boyfriends
in the military at the time and their
families were in the military so they
had a very strong reason to research
this one then you go into the history
notice that they've got a few bullet
points on this and it says it dates back
to the Civil War and it tells when the
Civil War was and a little bit of
information then it tells where it was
celebrated first and it says Waterloo
New York the original birthplace and it
even gives a little information and a
nice map so good for those girls they
were really going great with this this
Memorial Day visually then it goes on to
give a little bit more history you can
see that there's some pictures then it
describes some of the symbols that's
important for you are there any symbols
that represent your holiday things that
people would recognize or maybe they
don't know about so a like a witch's hat
might be sort of symbolic right for this
holiday and it says here the red poppy
and the American flag are both symbols
of Memorial Day so let's move on what
happens on Memorial Day parades are very
popular people go to museums okay and it
tells about one of the museums and then
it goes on to how does each branch
member remember fallen soldiers and then
it goes on very specifically and it says
every branch has a unique way of
remembering a soldier and there's a
table of a fallen soldier so that's
really good visuals although I would
have increased the size of those
pictures just a smidge and again it's
going on - how does each branch member
remember then our next slide is where is
Memorial Day celebrated will it's
celebrated all over the world in the
u.s. certain states
celebrate it a lot more passionately and
then when is it celebrated it's
got the it says the last Monday in May
so it's always on a Monday and then how
do people celebrate it well it's at the
beginning of summer people start opening
up their pools they go on road trips
they have cookouts it's very
light-hearted that's how we can tell the
tone and let's kind of buzz through the
last ones what they do locally like the
Springfield mile here in Springfield and
the Boy Scouts go on this long walk
which is not far from where I live and
then how people celebrate it locally
continued they talked about camp Butler
Cemetery and what it means to Abbey and
then what it means again to Abbey and
then what it means to Kendall and what
it means to Kendall there and then
there's a wrap-up slide because remember
we have to have at least 20 slides for
this visual aid so that one will be
posted to your lesson plans and Google
classroom as a sample for you and now
I'm just going to show you but not give
this one to you dia de los Muertos is
it's just a little bit different of a
holiday but you're still welcome to be
researching this one but they go through
what the introduction is and they give
some history that the Aztec history and
the Catholic in the Spanish history
until where it's celebrated but notice
that it's a very picture heavy visual
aid so I'm just clicking around here
to show you how beautiful it is and show
you some of the symbols which are very
popular so consider this as one of your
holidays that you could talk about okay
but it's a it is still available so with
that folks we wrap it up and I want you
to look at the list of these 28 holidays
and then when you have picked out five
go to your Google form and tell me your
top five and that will end it for today
okay signing off everybody see you later