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English 7
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Biography: Significant People of the 1930s and 1940’s
Instructions: Access the Biography in Context Database through Destiny. You will sign a paper stating
which person you are going to research.
Famous people name bank:
Adams, Ansel (artist)
Astaire, Fred (actor)
Bonnie and Clyde
Barrow, Clyde (criminal)
Parker, Bonnie
(criminal)
Capone, Al (American
gangster)
Chanel, Coco (fashion)
Chaplin, Charlie (actor)
Churchill, Winston
(Prime Minister)
Crosby, Bing (musician)
Dillinger, John
(American gangster)
Earhart, Amelia (flight
aviator)
Einstein, Albert
(scientist)
Ellington, Duke
(musician)
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (author)
Folke, Bernadotte (Holocaust
diplomat)
Ford, Henry (inventor, industrialist)
Owens, Jesse (athlete)
Roosevelt, Eleanor (human right
activist)
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (US
President)
Gehrig, Lou (athlete)
Scholl, Hans (Holocaust activist)
Ghandi, Mahatma (India protestor)
Grant, Cary (actor)
Hepburn, Katherine (actress)
Stalin, Joseph (Soviet Union leader)
Steinbeck, John (author)
Temple, Shirley (actress)
Hitler, Adolf (German dictator)
Hoover, Herbert (US President)
Weisel, Elie (Holocaust survivor)
Welles, Orson (actor)
Lee, Harper (author)
Wright, Frank Lloyd (American
architect)
Zedong, Mao (Chinese leader)
Mengele, Josef (Holocaust doctor)
O’Keeffe, Georgia (artist)
MY PERSON IS ____________________________________________________
Steps:
1) Complete the research and take notes.
2) Prepare the power point presentation.(Four slides—you may use Google Slides or Power Point)
3) If you do not have a tablet, use a laptop or iPad for your work and presentation.
4) Practice silently with the slides.
5) Time the presentation.
6) Adjust and revise as needed.
7) Practice at home.
8) Present on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday as assigned.
9) Notes and oral presentation will be graded—English grade.
10) This grade will go into Quarter Three.
Slide Practice
Grade these samples:
Joe DiMaggio
 Title slide
 Student name
 Person’s name
 Person’s role
 Picture, graph, or visual of some kind
 Description/biographical information slide
 One slide
 Three (to six) interesting details/facts
 Picture, graph, or visual of some kind
 Life facts slide
 One slide
 Three (to six) interesting details/facts
 Picture, graph, or visual of some kind
 Fame slide (accomplishments/failures)
 One slide
 Three (to six) interesting details/facts
 Picture, graph, or visual of some kind
Comment:
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Jesse Owens
 Title slide
 Student name
 Person’s name
 Person’s role
 Picture, graph, or visual of some kind
 Description/biographical information slide
 One slide
 Three (to six) interesting details/facts
 Picture, graph, or visual of some kind
 Life facts slide
 One slide
 Three (to six) interesting details/facts
 Picture, graph, or visual of some kind
 Fame slide (accomplishments/failures)
 One slide
 Three (to six) interesting details/facts
 Picture, graph, or visual of some kind
Comment:
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Dr. Suess
 Title slide
 Student name
 Person’s name
 Person’s role
 Picture, graph, or visual of some kind
 Description/biographical information slide
 One slide
 Three (to six) interesting details/facts
 Picture, graph, or visual of some kind
 Life facts slide
 One slide
 Three (to six) interesting details/facts
 Picture, graph, or visual of some kind
 Fame slide (accomplishments/failures)
 One slide
 Three (to six) interesting details/facts
 Picture, graph, or visual of some kind
Comment:
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Frank Lloyd Wright
 Title slide
 Student name
 Person’s name
 Person’s role
 Picture, graph, or visual of some kind
 Description/biographical information slide
 One slide
 Three (to six) interesting details/facts
 Picture, graph, or visual of some kind
 Life facts slide
 One slide
 Three (to six) interesting details/facts
 Picture, graph, or visual of some kind
 Fame slide (accomplishments/failures)
 One slide
 Three (to six) interesting details/facts
 Picture, graph, or visual of some kind
Comment:
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Name________________________
Mrs. Carmack/Mrs. Watkins
English 7
_____ January _____
POWER POINT- SIGNIFICANT PERSON 1930/40s
Time____________Score___________
PERIOD FOR SEMESTER TWO______
Name of famous person:____________________________________________
Power Point Slide Expectations
Introductory Slide:
 Include name of person
 Picture of person
 Role of person during
1930s/1940s
 Your name
 Include background colors and
slide animation
Notes (may include paraphrasing or direct citations)
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Life Facts:
 3 life facts (birth place, family,
education, etc.)
 Picture that would show one of the
life facts
 Include background colors and
slide animation
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Descriptions:
 3 character trait descriptions
(funny, smart, kind, organized,
etc.) and explain how the trait
relates to the person
 Picture that shows one of the
character traits
 Include background color and
slide animation
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Accomplishments:
 3 accomplishments of person (or
3 failures of person)
 Picture that shows one of the
accomplishments (or failures)
 Include background color and
slide animation
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Work Cited Info:
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