Huckleberry Finn Presentation Requirements:

Students will answer the question they have elected, and will
share their findings with the class in a 3-5 minute
presentation beginning Monday December 6th. All students
will submit a written outline of their presentation, as well as
a Works Cited page when they begin their presentation.
Written Outline
• Rules for a formal outline should be followed
• Outline should not exceed one page, 12 pt. font, double-spaced
Research Requirements
• Two critical sources produced by recognized authorities must be
used.
• Gathered information from a variety of quality electronic or print
sources, including licensed databases. Sources are relevant, balanced,
and critical. Primary sources used if appropriate.
• Each instance where someone’s ideas, other than your own,
have influenced your answer, you must account for it with an
in-text/in-visual aid MLA parenthetical citation. When in doubt,
consult the Purdue Online Writing Lab.
• All sources consulted, summarized, paraphrased, or quoted directly
must be compiled in an MLA formatted Works Cited Page.
Presentation Requirements
• 3-5 minutes in length
• Must have a visual component compatible with the facilities in the
classroom.
• You may CHOOSE movie, podcast, glog, prezi, website, photo story, or
tagxedo.
• Must effectively use visual aids (clear, readable, good use of color &
wording, appropriate amount of wording per visual aid)
• Presentation must be logical, appropriate use of time, explain what
constraints/assumptions that were made.
• Must answer/address the question you were assigned.
• At least 70% of the presentation needs to be how you answer the
question. The key is not to exceed 30% or reporting on what others
have to say. Certainly, reporting on outside sources is essential, but
that should not supplant your own original attempts at answering the
question.
Analysis
• Collects information and draws proper & original conclusions based on
evidence.
Synthesis
• Develop appropriate structure for communicating to a small group
• Uses variety of quality sources
• Creative, logical, with smooth transitions
Presentation Mechanics
• Proper volume, enunciation, eye contact
Group Presentations (if appropriate)
• Even distribution of effort
• Interaction between team members
• All members understand the end solution to the question
Selected Primary Source Websites

Look can need to look up subjects germane to Huck Finn, analyze them, judge how they
let us see Huck Finn better, present your findings to the class.

• American Memory Project (Library of Congress)

[http://memory.loc.gov/]
o African-American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the
Daniel A.P. Murray Collection: 1818-1907
[http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/aap/aaphome.html]
o The Time Line of African-American History, 1852-1925
[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aap/timeline.html]
• History Matters [http://historymatters.gmu.edu/]
o A Brief Timeline of American Literature, Music
and Movies, 1890-1929
[http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl311/1890m.html]
o Ad*Access
[http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/]
o Living the Legacy: The Women's Rights Movement, 1848-1998
[http://www.legacy98.org/]
o A Timeline of the Women's Rights Movement 1848-1998
[http://www.legacy98.org/timeline.html]
• Internet Public Library [http://www.ipl.org/]
o The 1900s Timeline
[http://americanhistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=
http%3A%2f%2Farcher2000.tripod.com%2F1900.html]
o Mark Twain
[http://www.boondocksnet.com/twainwww/]
o Huckleberry Finn Debated, 1884-2001
[http://www.boondocksnet.com/twainwww/hf_debate.html]
o PBS.org [http://www.pbs.org]
o Teaching Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
[www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/teachers/huck/essay.html]
o Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association
[http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~pcaaca/]
o What Is Culture?
[http://www.wsu.edu:8001/vcwsu/commons/topics/culture/
o ]
• Mark Twain in His Times [http://etext.virginia.edu/railton/]
o Mark Twain in His Times: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Contemporary Reviews
[http://etext.virginia.edu/railton/huckfinn/hucrevhp.html]
• ArtsEdge
o Mark Twain, The Lincoln of Our Literature: Lesson 1, Icon and Iconoclast
[http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materials/curricula/
curriculum.cfm?curriculum_id=482&mode=full]