Historical Figure Research Project



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

• Mohandas Ghandi

• Nelson Mandela

• Martin Luther King Jr

• Dalai Lama

• Elie Wiesel

Making a Poster: Historical Figure Poster/ Powerpoint

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Student Name:     ________________________________________

|CATEGORY |4 |3-3.5 |2-2.5 |1 -1.5 |

|Quotes |2 quotes and explanation |2 Quotes, 1 explanation |1 Quote, 1 explanation |1 quote only |

| |for each | | | |

|Photos |3 Photos and reasons for |3 Photos but missing |3 Photos only |Less than 3 photos |

| |each |explanations | | |

|Contribution to Social |2 contributions and |2 contributions, 1 |1 contribution, 1 |1 contribution only |

|Justice |explanation for each |explanation |explanation | |

|Works Cited |Proper bibliography | |List of websites only. | |

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• Sergei Kovalev

• Craig Kielberger

• Dr. Norman Bethune

• Lech Walesa

• Aung San Suu Kyi

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