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CONGRATULATIONS! You have been chosen by __________________Magazine to present a biography for a famous inventor, artist, explorer, thinker, etc.... for our new issue.

Your Presentation Date: ______________

PowerPoint Biography Guidelines

1. 5-8 slides a. A picture, name, country of origin, date of birth & death of your person (WHO? WHERE? WHEN?) b. Describe your person's accomplishments & include visual images (WHAT? HOW?) ? For example: a picture or sketch of their invention, a picture or sketch of their artwork, an excerpt from a piece of their literature, a map showing their explorations, etc. followed by a description of what it is. c. How your subject's accomplishments contributed to history, then and now (WHY? HOW?) i. You may include how your person's accomplishments were accepted or were not accepted, then and/or now.

2. Sources: a. A works cited slide or bibliography of all the sources you used (At least two-three sources) b. Where to look? Use your textbook, library books, and the Internet for research and pictures. One source MUST be from ProQuest. Wikipedia is not an acceptable source to use.

3. Presentation: ? 2-4 minute presentation ? Be ready to answer questions about the person or their accomplishments

May 04 -07 Group 1

The Renaissance Men Leonardo Da Vinci Machiavelli Shakespeare Michelangelo Gutenberg Erasmus

Your List of Influential People

May 08 Group 2: The Scientists Copernicus Galileo Isaac Newton Francis Bacon

May 11 Group 3: The Religious Reformers Martin Luther John Calvin Henry VIII Elizabeth I

May 12 Group 4 The Thinkers

Locke Montesquieu

Rousseau Voltaire

May 13-15 Group 5 The Explorers Christopher Columbus Ferdinand Magellan Francis Drake Amerigo Vespucci Hernando Cortez Vasco de Gamma Henry the Navigator Francisco Pizarro

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Article Content 10 points Article does not address five or more of the requirements listed on the task sheet.

18 points Article does not address three or four of the requirements listed on task sheet.

25 points Article does not address one or two of the requirements listed on task sheet.

30 points Article clearly addresses all requirements listed on task sheet.

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grammar and structural errors easy to read and

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understand.

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10 points 3 visuals are used.

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