Famous African American Assignment
Due February 19, 2010
February is Black History Month and every student in our class will be creating a poster on one famous African American. A list of famous African Americans will be provided to students. Your person will be selected at random.
Your poster must contain the following:
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The Person’s full name
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A picture(s) of your person
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A time line (in sequence order by dates)
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Date of birth and place of birth
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If the person died, date of person’s death
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Three (3) more interesting dates about this person
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A template for the timeline can be found on my website on the Social Studies page – www.franklinboe.org, go to SGS, Teacher Contact
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Type a summary about your person in your own words (Do not plagiarize). This must be at least 200 words. Font type – Times New Roman or Arial. Font size – 12.
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Include what your person is famous for.
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Include at least three (3) interesting facts about your person.
Posters need to be creative, neat, and organized! Remember these posters will be used to create a book.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Mary McLeod Bethune
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Booker T. Washington
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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| Abolitionist/Civil Rights |
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Harriet Tubman
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Nat Turner
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Angela Davis
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Malcolm X
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Marcus Garvey
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Paul Robeson
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Sojourner Truth
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Frederick Douglass
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| Journalist/Poet/Writer |
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Gwendolyn Brooks
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Alex Haley
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Maya Angelou
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Jacob Lawrence
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Langston Hughes
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Richard Wright
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett
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Ed Bradley
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James Baldwin
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| Scientists/Inventors |
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Benjamin Banneker
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Charles Drew
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Ben Carson
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Mae Jamison
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Garrett A. Morgan
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Bessie Coleman
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Madam C.J. Walker
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Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
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| Judicial/Political |
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Thurgood Marshall
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Shirley Chisholm
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Colin Powell
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Condoleeza Rice
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Barbara Jordan
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