Martin Luther King http://blog.biographyonline.net/2009/01/famous-black-people-who-changed-world.html http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr Nelson Mandela http://blog.biographyonline.net/2009/01/famous-black-people-who-changed-world.html http://www.history.com/topics/nelson-mandela Muhammad Ali http://blog.biographyonline.net/2009/01/famous-black-people-who-changed-world.html http://www.biography.com/people/muhammad-ali-9181165 Jackie Robinson http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/jackie-robinson https://www.historicacanada.ca/content/heritage-minutes/jackie-robinson Malcom X http://blog.biographyonline.net/2009/01/famous-black-people-who-changed-world.html http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/malcolm-x Rosa Parks http://blog.biographyonline.net/2009/01/famous-black-people-who-changed-world.html http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/rosa-parks Harriet Tubman http://womenshistory.about.com/od/harriettubman/a/tubman_slavery.html http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/harriet-tubman http://www.youtube.com/embed/nQ2Kbk4QTGU Jessie Owens https://www.biographyonline.net/sport/athletics/jesse-owens.html https://www.biography.com/people/jesse-owens-9431142 http://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-jesse-owens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5DNJdVboLo Oprah Winfrey https://www.biography.com/people/oprah-winfrey-9534419 https://www.biographyonline.net/humanitarian/oprah-winfrey.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf8i5iLCYEM Jay Z https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/shawn-corey-carter-1772.php https://www.biography.com/people/jay-z-507696 https://www.biography.com/video/jay-z-mini-biography-12328515556 Barrack Obama https://www.biography.com/people/barack-obama-12782369 http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/barack-obama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-IgxSn21jU Information to research and present to the class: Which influential Black person did you research? __________________________________________________________________________________ When was this person born? Is he/she still alive? __________________________________________________________________________________ Where is this person from? __________________________________________________________________________________ What was this person’s childhood like? Tell us about this person’s family. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ What first jobs did this person have? __________________________________________________________________________________ What did this person mainly do for a living? __________________________________________________________________________________ What problems did this person encounter? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Is this person married/have children? Explain. __________________________________________________________________________________ Who or what influenced this person? __________________________________________________________________________________ Tell about successes AND failures that this person experienced. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Did anyone help? Who? __________________________________________________________________________________ Explain the traits or characteristics that this person possessed which allowed him/her to be a success. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ What did this person do that helped change black people’s condition? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ What did you already know about this person? __________________________________________________________________________________ What surprised/interested you about this person? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Do you feel this person made the world a better place to live in because of what he/she did? Why or why not? Give examples. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ .