Introduction:

The purpose of this speech is to increase audience knowledge of a cultural or subcultural artifact, practice, tradition, or festival.  This is also your first minor practiced speech.  Your basic concerns should focus on managing your nervousness, disciplining your nonverbal behavior, and delivering your speech well.  Try to make the audience interested in what you're saying, and go for some gentle humor if you feel comfortable. 

Instructions:

Purpose: To increase audience knowledge of a cultural or subcultural artifact, practice, tradition, or festival.
Delivery: Yoodli video recording submitted online via Canvas.
Length: 4 minutes (over/under time penalized at 1 point per 10 seconds)
Required Sources: 3
Total Possible: 25 points

Speech Format:

• Select a culture. It can be your own or another culture you have interest in learning about. 
• Select the artifact. It can be an object, clothing, music, food, festival, tradition, historical. Something that unifies and is passed down from generations.
• Select either of the following organization formats. It will depend on your topic:
  • Topical or Chronological = This is the BODY part of your outline. 
  • Topical:
    • Artifact
    • Culture
    • Implications
  • Chronological #1:
    • Past
    • Present
    • Future
  • Chronological #2:
    • Beginning
    • Middle
    • End

Minor Speech #1: Cultural Artifact

I'm Egyptian, so the topic is Egyptian culture.