Your Presentation Will Include the Following

Black History Month

1. Create a 5 minute presentation for your classmates to teach them about a famous African American for Black History Month.

Your presentation will include the following:  A title slide that includes student's name, date, class, and name of research person.  A look at their life that includes important historicalPolitics: information presented in a logical manner; this must include birth, death, familyMartin information, Luther occupation, King, Jr. and what makes them a person interesting/relevant enough to Malcolmpresent a Xreport to your classmates  A life timeline that includes interesting facts Thurgoodand pictures Marshall Barack Obama 2. Write a 2 page biography including importantRosa facts Parks from the life of the person you select to write about. Students in 7th and 8th grade mustHomer write Plessy in MLA format. A. Philip Randolph Projects will begin presentation on February 27, 2017.Hiram Revels Condoleezza Rice Here are some presentation people from years past: Dred Scot Mary Church Terrell Athletes: Sojourner Truth Henry Aaron Harriet Tubman Henry Armstrong Booker T. Washington Jesse Owens Maggie Lena Walker Eddie Robinson Ida B. Wells Jackie Robinson Blanche Bruce Wilma Rudolph Ralph Bunche Kareeem Abdul Jabbar Ralph Abernathy Althea Gibson Frederick Douglass Muhammad Ali Marcus Garvey Tiger Woods Joe Louis Military: Jim Brown Tuskegee Airmen Larry Doby Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr. Arthur Ashe Benjamin Oliver Davis, Sr. Roy Campanella Colin Powell Ernie Davis James Armistead Althea Gibson Crispus Attucks Peter Salem Salem Poor Scientists: Doris Miller Mae Jemison Marcelite Harris Lewis Latimer William Jackson (Civil War) Benjamin Banneker George Washington Carver Dr. Ben Carson George F. Grant Jan Matzeliger Lewis Lattimer Madame C.J. Walker Elijah McCoy Entertainers: Debbie Allen Marian Anderson Maya Angelou Louis Armstrong Hattie McDaniel Alice Walker Thelonius Monk William “Count” Basie Billie Holiday Gertrude Rainey Paul Robeson Sidney Poitier Leontyne Price Phyllis Wheatley Oprah Winfrey Stevie Wonder Harry Belafonte Chuck Berry James Brown Antoine “Fats” Domino Cab Calloway Michael Jackson Scott Joplin Ray Charles Nat “King” Cole Bessie Coleman John Coltrane W. E. B. Du Bois Paul Laurence Dunbar Edward “Duke” Ellington Ella Fitzgerald Billie Holiday Zora Neale Hurston Mahalia Jackson