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HY 202

Black History Project

Purpose: The purpose of the Black History Month projects described below will be to provide students with the opportunity to gain an intimate knowledge of a significant Black politician in American History of their choosing.

Objective: Students will obtain and read a biography or an autobiography of no less than 150 pages in length in order to create a PowerPoint presentation which will provide an audience of peers with an overview of the subject’s personal background, career, and contributions to American Government.

Procedures:

1. Select the subject of your project. You may choose from the list below or pursue your own subject, but you MUST have your choice approved if he/she is not on this list.

• Carter G. Woodson

• Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

• Marion Barry

• Blanche K. Bruce

• Lawrence Douglas Wilder

• Eleanor Holmes Norton

• John Mercer Langston

• John Lewis

• Edward W. Brooke

• Barbara Jordon

• Althea Gibson

• Carole Mosley-Braun

• Colin Powell

• Patricia Roberts Harris

• Hiram Revels

• Condoleezza Rice

• Wilma Rudolph

• Booker T. Washington

• Count Basie

• Mae C. Jemison

• James Brown

• Phillip Randolph

• Walter Payton

• Carl Lewis

• Ella Baker

• Alex Haley

• W. E. B. Du Bois

• Richard Wright

• Clarence Thomas

• Huey P. Newton

• Marcus Garvey

• Arthur Ashe

• Langston Hughes

• Malcolm X

• Thurgood Marshall

• Stokely Carmichael

• Frederick Douglas

• Shirley Chisholm

• Wilma Rudolph

• Mary McLeod Bethune

• Doug Williams

• Sidney Poitier

• Jackie Robinson

• Hank Aaron

• Shelton "Spike" Lee

• Leroy "Satchel" Paige

• George Washington Carver

• Denmark Vesey

• Julius Erving

• Ralph Johnson Bunche

• Miles Davis

• Nina Simone

2. As you read, be sure to note significant events in the subject’s lives and mark coinciding pages numbers so that you may easily return to retrieve information you need for your project.

3. Student should begin to organize pertinent information to be included in a PowerPoint presentation before their peers. Information to be included in the PowerPoint should include but is not limited to the following:

• A Title slide

• Childhood

• Education

• Any other personal information worth noting

• Description of the role played in politics

• At least 5 slides with picture and text

• Explanation of the significance of the subject’s contributions to American politics

• Reflection—your thoughts on how this individual’s contributions to Black politics have impacted us all.

4. When all that information has been gathered, it should be incorporated into a power point presentation of no less than 15 slides but no more than 20 using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003. It should be printed and saved on a flash drive.

5. Your PowerPoint should be completed and be ready to present to your peers by Mon. Jan 13th.

Grading Information: Your Black History Project/Presentation will count as two test grade and will be graded according to the following criteria:

KNOWLEDGE:    4 3 2 1 0

 Shows an understanding of the material

 Able to answer questions

PARTICIPATION:   4 3 2 1 0

 Does their “fair share” in presenting the material

 Participates in each part of the presentation

LENGTH:     4 3 2 1 0

 Long enough to adequately cover assigned material

CONTENT:    4 3 2 1 0

 Topic covered thoroughly

 Enough information given to understand topic

 Did not exclude any important information or include

  any unnecessary information

DESIGN:     4 3 2 1 0

 Very creative

 Easy to see and follow

 did not include any unnecessary graphics

HANDS-ON ACTIVITY:  4 3 2 1 0

 Included class in the learning process

 Did more than lecture to the class

 

TOTAL ________ 4 x Total Points / 200

23-25  A

21-22  B

18-20  C

16-17  D

0-15    F

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