Students will create a poster about one influential black American from the past 100 years. The poster should be a full size poster (22x28 inches) and can be any color. The poster will include: - The person’s name in a visible font. - A picture of the person. - A five paragraph essay on your chosen subject that will include an introduction, accomplishments, why the person is notable, why you chose the person and a conclusion. - Additional pictures and symbols that represent talents or character traits of the person. You can also produce Word Clouds to enhance your project from www.tagxedo.com and www.wordle.net . The person you chose should have had a positive effect on US History. Resources http://www.history.com/topics/black-history-month http://www.biography.com/tv/classroom/about-black-history-month http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/ http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/resource_library/african_american_resources.html http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/blackspeech/ http://www.factmonster.com/spot/afroambios.html Possible Topics: Elijah Muhammad Mary McLeod Bethune Athletes Rosa Parks Garrett Augustus Morgan Hank Aaron Bobby Seale Madame C.J. Walker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Emmett Till Booker T. Washington Muhammad Ali Walter White Daniel Hale Williams Arthur Ashe Roy Wilkins Politicians, Lawyers, and Other Government Leaders Charles Barkley Entertainers Ralph Bunche Wilt Chamberlain Josephine Baker Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr. Althea Gibson Halle Berry Minnie Joycelyn Elders Reggie Jackson Dorothy Dandridge Jesse Jackson Michael Jordan Sammy Davis Jr. Daniel "Chappie" James Jackie Joyner-Kersee Morgan Freeman Thurgood Marshall Sugar Ray Leonard Gregory Hines Colin Powell Joe Louis Lena Horne Clarence Thomas Jesse Owens James Earl Jones Andrew Young Jackie Robinson Spike Lee Coleman Young Tiger Woods Eddie Murphy Barrack Obama Authors Sidney Poitier Singers and Musicians Maya Angelou Richard Pryor Marian Anderson Ralph Ellison Will Smith Louis Armstrong Alex Haley Denzel Washington Harry Belafonte Lorraine Hansberry Oprah Winfrey Chuck Berry Langston Hughes Inventors, Scientists, and Educators Ray Charles Zora Neale Hurston Archibald Alphonso Nat King Cole Toni Morrison Alexander Miles Davis Walter Mosley Patricia Bath Duke Ellington Richard Wright Bessie Coleman Aretha Franklin Civil Rights Leaders and David Crosthwait Jr. Activists Dizzy Gillespie Mark Dean Ella Baker Jimi Hendrix Charles Drew Stokely Carmichael Billie Holiday Matthew Henson W.E.B. DuBois Michael Jackson Mae Jemison Marcus Garvey Robert Johnson Percy Lavon Julian Martin Luther King Jr. Diana Ross Frederick McKinley Jones Malcolm X Stevie Wonder Ernest Everett Just James Meredith List compiled taken from http://history1900s.about.com/od/people/tp/famousafricanamericans.htm List compiled taken from http://history1900s.about.com/od/people/tp/famousafricanamericans.htm List compiled taken from http://history1900s.about.com/od/people/tp/famousafricanamericans.htm .