Final Presentations

Originally created by Laurie Beaman from AISD and adapted and remixed by Sarah Morris from Nucleus Learning Network. With support from Victoria O'Dell, Mateo Clarke, Ashley Fisher, and Robert Friedman.

90 minutes total with the option to break activities into smaller chunks of time

Lesson 6 of 6 in the Budget Party Curriculum

Guide your learners as they finalize their presentations and infographics. Give your learners experience creating infograhpics using online tools. Help them strengthen their critical thinking, design, presentation, and communication skills while practicing skills like evaluate and design.

Web Literacy Skills

21st Century Skills

Learning Objectives

  • Learners will synthesize the main decisions of their proposed budget into core beliefs and a “platform”.
  • Students will explain their choices and budget for the City of Austin in a presentation.
  • Students will assess their learning throughout this project and reflect upon what they have gained from the process of creating a budget for the city.

Audience

  • Ages 14+

Materials

  • Projector
  • Computers or laptops with Internet access
  • Google draw or a comparable infographic creator
  • Index cards
  • See all Budget Party worksheets, broken down by lesson in this Google Drive Folder.
  • Presentation Notes Worksheet
  • Group Core Beliefs Worksheet
  • Assessment Overview