You are to prepare 10-15 slide presentation on your subject. In order to prepare that, you need to do research beyond your textbook and the internet. You need to examine at least 3 books and three articles that are related to the assigned subject. You need to give us a bit of political history, accomplishments, and failures of a given empire and whatever else you want to add to it. A good assignment gives more information with fewer words. Your visuals are also important. There are no strict guidelines, but you will be graded based upon content and format. The content is the accuracy AND substance of the information. The format is how appealing the presentation to a person who does not know much about your subject. Also, the format deals with the requested citation style (see below). A wrong comma or period etc will cause a reduction in your grade. When you are done with your research, you need to turn in two things to the “Assignments” module. One is the actual PowerPoint presentation, the other is “an annotated bibliography”. (find out what it means) I need to see all the sources you consulted in this file. You need to use the Turabian Style of Manual for this annotated bibliography. (PLEASE FIND OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BOBILOGRAPHY AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. MANY STUDENTS LIST BIBLIOGRAPHY AND LOSE POINTS) If you do not know what Turabian style is and how to prepare an annotated bibliography, please find out. The best place to start is the University writing center. Please make sure your presentation is clear and balanced with visuals and text. Also, make sure to submit these two files (PowerPoint and MS Word) as an attachment to the assignments module. It is important to note that you have to submit them together before you save. Otherwise, the system will not accept them. BELOW ARE SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS AND SUBJECTS YOU NEED TO KNOW. I POSTED THEM IN THE ANNOUNCEMENTS AS WELL… As your syllabus indicates, each of you independently do research and upload your ppts on the assignments module. You are to prepare 10-15 slide presentation on your subject. In order to prepare that, you need to do research beyond your textbook and the internet. You need to examine/consult at least 3 (scholarly) books and three (scholarly) articles that are related to the assigned subject. You need to give us a bit of political history, accomplishments and failures of a given empire and whatever else you want to add to it. A good assignment gives more information with fewer words. Your visuals are also important. There are no strict guidelines, but you will be graded based upon content and format. The content is the accuracy AND substance of the information. The format is how appealing the presentation to a person who does not know much about your subject. Also the format deals with the requested citation style for the Annotated Bibliography (Turabian Style). A wrong comma or period etc will cause a reduction in your grade. When you are done with your research, you need to turn in two things to the “Assignments” module. One is the actual PowerPoint presentation, the other is “an annotated bibliography”. (find out what it means) I need to see all the sources you consulted in this file. You MUST pick an Empire from the list below and prepare your PowerPoint presentations. “Umayyads” “Abbasids” “Timurids” “Fatimids″ “Mamluks” “Safavid Iran” “Ottomans” “Mogul Empire of India” Grading rubric: Each mistake in citation format: -1 Each factual error -2 Lack of organization of the ppt -3 Spelling and grammar errors -1 Lack of content up to -5 Lack of research upto -5.