Black History Project

Mrs. Hall’s African American Heroes Project

Due February 11, 2013

February is Black History Month. To celebrate the contributions of African Americans you areassigned a research project that highlights an African American who has made significant contributions to our world. This project will be conducted in 3 parts:

Research paper (PowerPoint, traditional paper, brochure, or video with write-up) (50 points)

Presentation (25 points)

Life-sized art form of person (25 points)

Research Paper Requirements

Your research should include the following:

Information about early childhood & family life

Major struggles

Major accomplishments

Contributions

Personal reflection (text-to- self perspective)

Resources for Research Paper Completed at School & Home

When conducting your research you will need to create a

bibliography. A bibliography is a list ofbooks, articles, and other sources you used when researching a topic and writing a paper. The bibliography will appear at the end of your paper. You will be given a planning packet to help organize your research.

When researching you must use the following:

2-3 books

(list the title, author, date of publishing, and publisher in bibliography)

3-4 websites

(include the web address in your bibliography)

It is up to you to choose your person of interest. You may choose a person who has made contributions in the following areas:

Sports

Science

Education

The Arts

Politics

Civil Rights

Please do not choose any of the People below for this Assignment

                                                 Martin Luther King Jr.

Rosa Parks    

Coretta Scott King

Louis Armstrong

Harriet Tubman

Ruby Bridges

Michael Jordan

Muhammad Ali

Michael Jackson

Ray Charles

Beyonce'

Jackie Robinson

Hank Aaron

                                                    Tiger Woods

                                                      Oprah Winfrey

                                                         Frederick Douglass

                                                           Mary Mcleod Bethune

                                                         Mae Jemison

                                                          Thurgood Marshall

All projects are due on FEBRUARY 11th. Because homework will be GREATLY reduced, no exceptions will be made for projects turned in late.

Georgia Standard: ELA4W3 The student uses research and technology to support writing. The student

a. Acknowledges information from sources.

b. Locates information in reference texts by using organizational features (i.e., prefaces, appendices, indices, glossaries and tables of contents).

c. Uses various reference materials (i.e., dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, electronic

information, almanac, atlas, magazines, newspapers, and key words).