Historical Figure Poster/Powerpoint Project
Maximum Score 20/30
1. Please choose a historical figures’ name from the list provided.
a. Name:____________________________
2. Once you have chosen a name, you will research some of the
contributions that individual made to International Human Rights or
Social Justice
3. Using the information that you have discovered, you will create the
following:
a. Poster/Powerpoint
i. Person’s Name
ii. Birth and Death Dates
iii. Time line with at least 5 major events
iv. 2 Contributions to International Social Justice with an
explanation of why they were important.
v. 3 Photos with an explanation why you think these are
significant.
vi. 2 quotes with an explanation why you think these are
significant.
4. See attached rubric for grading and evaluation.
POSSIBLE FIGURES
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Mohandas Ghandi
Nelson Mandela
Martin Luther King Jr
Dalai Lama
Elie Wiesel
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Sergei Kovalev
Craig Kielberger
Dr. Norman Bethune
Lech Walesa
Aung San Suu Kyi
Making a Poster: Historical Figure Poster/ Powerpoint
Student Name:
CATEGORY 4
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3-3.5
2-2.5
1 -1.5
Content Accuracy
At least 12
9-11 accurate
accurate facts are facts
6-8 accurate
facts
Less than 6
accurate facts.
Quotes
2 quotes and
explanation for
each
1 Quote, 1
explanation
1 quote only
Photos
3 Photos and
3 Photos but
reasons for each missing
explanations
3 Photos only
Less than 3
photos
Contribution to
Social Justice
2 contributions
and explanation
for each
1 contribution, 1 1 contribution
explanation
only
Works Cited
Proper
bibliography
2 Quotes, 1
explanation
2 contributions,
1 explanation
List of websites
only.