Exercise 1 Ted Talk Grid

Directions: View the TED Talk and complete the following grid.

Title of TED Talk:  The beauty and diversity of Muslim life

Name of Speaker:  Bassam Tariq

Date of TED Talk and Number of views : October 2014

What was the speaker’s thesis (main point) of this speech? To show the world the American Muslims experience.

Write 2-3 different things you learned from this presentation.       1-     I have learned that there are different Muslim cultures throughout the world other than ours.      2-     I have learned that our beliefs are important for us to follow. If we don’t follow them, people with money will tell our own stories and get all the credit.

What group of people would benefit the most from hearing this lecture?  Non-Muslims would benefit the most because a lot of people have the idea that Muslims are all terrorists.

If you could ask this speaker a question about his/her information or Presentation, what would you ask? What inspired him to make the “30 mosques in 30 days” part.

TED Talk presenters are known as effective public speakers. Describe two things this speaker does well in terms of engaging the audience.  He has a great sense of humor which makes the audience laugh. He caught their attention by basically telling a story.