1 | Review of summer assignment. Developing presentation rubrics |
2 | Vocabulary Test. Presentation delivery skills: Repetition, Pause, Emphasis, Q&A, Voicework. Topic Choice:Financial Economics(see Textbook) |
3 | Group research/preparing handouts, PPT. |
4 | Group presentations: Defining an Issue: Financial Economics (Focus on delivery skills) |
5 | Vocabulary Test. People skills: creating ambience. Using Excel to create visuals. Topic Choice: Financial Economics (see Textbook) |
6 | Group research/ preparing handouts, PPT |
7 | Group presentations: Using visuals, researching opinions to support your argument. (Focus on visuals) |
8 | Vocabulary Test. People skills: praising colleagues. Workshop: How to read an article, summarize and develop an opinion. Topic Choice: Environmental Economics |
9 | Group research/preparing handouts, PPT |
10 | Group Presentation: Presenting an article and developing important ideas further. (Focus on original ideas) |
11 | Vocabulary Test. Persuasive Presentations: Outline skills. Free topic choice. |
12 | Group research/ preparing handouts, PPT |
13 | Group Presentation: Economic Advisory Panel to a World Leader (Focus on persuasive skills) |