Black+History+Project+Instructions

**(Extra Credit for Ms. Coleman**) 4 points
 * Black History Month Project**

Select a person who has made a contribution to society. It can be a politician, educator, inventor, athlete, entertainer, scientist, humanitarian, journalist, etc. Select someone that you wish to learn about.

Create a **PowerPoint** presentation of at least 8 slides, which includes facts about the person’s life and contribution to society. Include pictures and a Quicktime movie clip (optional). You may choose to add sound in the background, (must be recorded and saved into your presentation).

Your presentation should bulleted factual information about the person. You need to select the main points as phrases or as sentences in your presentation. You need not write paragraphs for this presentation. Maintain one transition throughout the presentation. The work should be free of spelling errors and should be attractive and interesting.

The goal is to have these completed by February 25th. If enough people create these, we may go to the auditorium to share the work with your peers.

Use your Google account, if you don’t have PowerPoint at home. You may use the presentation software on Google to create this. It will be easy to access it at school or at home.

Here are some web sites that may be of assistance. []

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 * People you might consider- **

Guion Bluford Maya Angelou Alice Walker Barack Obama Condoleeza Rice Colin Powell Shirley Chisholm Dr. Constance Clayton Andrew Young Rev. Dr. William Gray Gwendolyn Brooks

Alvin Ailey Arthur Ashe

Quincy Jones Lena Horn Marian Anderson


 * Other **

PhilaDanco Timeline of the Civil Rights