Great Inventions - Fact Finder



Important Canadians - Fact Finder

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Do research using the Internet to answer the following 20 questions. Use a variety of sources and double check your information. Given the range of topics and information available, you may not be able to answer all the questions completely. You will use the information from this sheet to create both Presentation 1 and Presentation 2.

At the end of this form there is space for you to enter in three website addresses where you found the majority of your information. To enter information, click after the word answer and enter your text. You can use the tab key to move to the next text entry box.

The Basics

1. Who is the person you are covering?

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2. What are their key dates? (Birth, death, discovery of something, became famous, etc.)

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3. Where are they from? What was their beginning like (before they were so important)?

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4. How did they get their start?

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Accomplishments

5. What was their greatest contribution to Canada / the world?

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6. What are the key things every Canadian should know about this person?

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7. What is their legacy? Why will we remember them?

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Influences

8. Who were the people that inspired them to achieve their goals?

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9. How does the person inspire us? What lessons can we learn from their life and accomplishments?

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10. What training, education or other background did they have to help reach their goals?

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In The Public Eye

11. How did/does the person’s private and public life interconnect? In other words, do we know them for their public life, private life or both?

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12. What level of fame have they achieved? Who (what kinds of people) are most interested in their accomplishments?

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13. What other famous/important Canadians were they involved with?

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The Big Picture

14. What were some of their biggest challenges?

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15. What would have been different if this person hadn’t existed or reached their accomplishments?

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16. What negatives do we know about the person? Did they have any well known character flaws?

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17. What is your personal opinion about the person? What was your reaction to their story?

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18. How do you think they would like to be remembered? What motivated them to succeed?

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Facts and Myths

19. What are some lesser-know, but interesting, facts about the person?

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20. What are some misunderstandings or myths held about the person?

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