CP US History II Biography Assignment Sarajian/Ragone Name:__________________________________Figure:__________________________________________________ Biography Resources You must have at least one book, one additional print source and one online source (please provide the appropriate MLA citation): 1-______________________________________________________________________________________________ 2-______________________________________________________________________________________________ 3-______________________________________________________________________________________________ 4-______________________________________________________________________________________________ Select a key figure from the period we are studying (1870-Present). Select a biography of this person, and additional print source and 1 online sources. After reading the biography you will prepare an essay on this figure as well as an iWeb site to present to the class. Your essay should cover the following: Paragraph 1 Introduction; Dynamic topic sentence establishing why you selected this figure, what you intend to show about his/her impact on the era he/she lived in and his/her effect on us today. Paragraph 2 Basic biographical facts (such as birth, family, education, marriage and children, and early career). Paragraph 3 Key events (positive and negative) in this person’s life. What happened and how did this impact the person? Key influences on him/her. Is this why we are studying him/her? How did this impact his/her era? REMEMBER-the key is specific examples. Paragraph 4 Building from paragraph 3, what were this person’s key accomplishments relative to us today? How did this person impact our lives today; for example how does what he/she invented impact us today? Did a policy decision he/she made lead to something that affects us today? Did he/she significantly influence someone who impacts us today (e.g. Gandhi/Martin Luther King, Jr.). Paragraph 5 Summary paragraph-What did you learn about this person. What did you learn that surprised you? Did something really impress you? Did something disappoint you? Include a meaningful quote and how it reflects what you discovered about the person’s life. If you were to research this person more, what would you look into deeper? The Web Page should be have at least 3 pages. We will use iWeb. There is a tutorial we can watch in class. Page 1-Intro-biological facts-something to grab me Page 2-Key influences and accomplishments. Who did he/she influence? How did he/she impact us today. Page 3-Quotes and links to websites about that figure should we want to learn more. Be creative-have fun-dazzle us. You can go beyond the basic requirements. I will show you examples of where previous students added music and video. Missing a deadline will result in the deduction of points. Timeline: Wednesday, September 18th-Figure and resources (biography and online sources) selected due. Monday, September 23rd-Outline due Bring all your resources this day. You will be able to work on paper and website in class. Friday, September 27th -Final Paper due. Monday, September 30th-iWeb site due. All steps in the process must be typed, double spaced, 12 Pt. Times New Roman font. US II – Remember, these are just some ideas. Find someone who interests you (it could be an inventor/writer/musician/athlete). Each individual may be used by only one student. Presidents Theodore Roosevelt Warren G. Harding Franklin D. Roosevelt John F. Kennedy Jimmy Carter Bill Clinton William H. Taft Calvin Coolidge Harry Truman Lyndon Johnson Ronald Reagan George W. Bush Woodrow Wilson Herbert Hoover Dwight Eisenhower Richard Nixon George H. W. Bush Barack Obama Military Figures John J. Pershing James Doolittle William Westmoreland Douglas MacArthur George S. Patton Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. Chester Nimitz Maxwell Taylor David Petraeus Statesman/Military Leaders George Marshall Colin Powell Politics/Government Henry Kissinger George Wallace Marco Rubio John McCain Hillary Clinton Condoleezza Rice Elena Kagan Cory Booker Robert Taft Chris Christie Inventors/Scientists The Wright Brothers George Westinghouse J. Robert Oppenheimer Albert Einstein Thomas Edison Nikolai Tesla Albert Sabin George Washington Carver Philo Farnsworth Jonas Salk The World of Sports James J. Braddock Harold “Red” Grange Althea Gibson Wilma Rudolph Jack Dempsey Jackie Robinson Babe Didrikson Zaharias Babe Ruth Pete Rozelle Billy Jean King Entertainment Industry Al Jolson Irving Berlin Les Paul Steven Spielberg Cecil B. DeMille Bill Cosby Lucille Ball Walt Disney George M. Cohan Frank Sinatra Marilyn Monroe George Lucas Civil Rights W. E. B. DuBois Martin Luther King Stokely Carmichael Margaret Sanger Marcus Garvey Medgar Evers Jesse Jackson Betty Friedan Rosa Parks Malcolm X Cesar Chavez Gloria Steinem The Arts Ernest Hemingway F. Scott Fitzgerald Kurt Vonnegut Lillian Hellman Diane Arbus William Faulkner Andy Warhol William Saroyan Arthur Miller Stephen King Robert Frost John Steinbeck Dalton Trumbo Tennessee Williams Business John D. Rockefeller David Sarnoff Robert L. Johnson Nolan Bushnell Joseph P. Kennedy Miscellaneous Sacco and Vanzetti Amelia Earhart Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Helen Keller World Figures Lenin Khrushchev Ben-Gurion Saddam Hussein Andrew Carnegie Oprah Winfrey Berry Gordy, Jr. Roone Arledge Steve Jobs Henry Ford Bill Gates Warren Buffett J.P. Morgan Mark Zuckerberg Al Capone Charles Lindbergh Margaret Chase Smith Eleanor Roosevelt Leopold and Loeb Hitler Gorbachev Kim Il Sung Osama bin Laden Stalin Putin Mao Zedong