Project for Periods 2 & 5

Mr. Lewandowski US History 2nd,5th Period
3rd Quarter Project
• You are to create a newspaper article of a famous African American for Black History Month.
• Article must be 300-500 words or two full pages (500 words is very close to two pages)
• In the article include why this person you chose was important?
• What achievements did the person accomplish?
• What did this person overcome?
• Try and be creative, it’s a newspaper article, come up with a catchy headline. You can include one picture in the article
• Name is to appear on the upper left hand corner of the paper
• Include a bibliography. Do not copy information word for word, that is considered cheating. If I am suspicious of cheating I will check the website. Try and be accurate with the information you write about.
• Papers must be typed, times new roman, 12 font, and double spaced. That is the only acceptable post high school font allowed in schools. You may include a title page with your name on it that is separate from the 500 word essay. If you choose not to include a title page your name should appear in the upper left hand corner of the first page only.

OR
• PowerPoint presentation of the famous African American person
• 5-6 slides including where he lived, life growing up, why is he important, what did this person overcome, and what did this person accomplish?
• Include a title slide that does not count for the 5-6 slide minimum.


List of people to use
Booker T. Washington, Frederick Douglass, Rosa Parks, George Washington Carver, Harriet Tubman, Thurgood Marshall, Jackie Robinson, Malcolm X, W.E.B. DuBois, Oprah Winfrey.

Or any other famous African American you would like to write about except for Martin Luther King Jr.