Introduction
February is known a Black History Month. Today we will begin exploring this topic.
Task
You will be given a famous person to research. You will compile an I-movie, Power point presentation, or Adobe Voice Presentation on your person. You will then become that person in Tarrant's own Wax Museum. Dressed as a wax duplicate of this person, you will deliver a short one minute speech on your life.
Process
Step 1 - Use the following links to research your given person. You need to know the following information:
1. Description of early life.
2. For what is he/she famous?
3. What obstacles did she/he overcome?
4. Famous quote from the person.
5. What can we learn from this person?
Women
Maya Angelou: singer, actress, activist, writer, poet
Pearl Bailey: singer, performer, stage, film, special ambassador
Josephine Baker: entertainer
Gwendolyn Brooks: poet, winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 1950, poet laureate of Illinois
Shirley Chisholm: politician
Halle Berry - actress
Bessie Coleman: aviator
Marian Wright Edelman: lawyer, educator, activist, reformer, children's advocate, administrator
Elizabeth ("Old Elizabeth"): preacher, emancipated slave, autobiographer
Althea Gibson: tennis player
Fannie Lou Hamer: activist, sharecropper
Lorraine Hansberry: playwright
Lil Hardin: jazz musician
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: writer, abolitionist
Anna Arnold Hedgeman: educator, civil rights activist, politician, government office-holder, writer, feminist
Sally Hemings: slave, likely mistress of Thomas Jefferson and mother of several of his children
Billie Holiday: singer
Ariel Williams Holloway: musician, pianist, educator, poet
bell hooks: writer, theologian, philosopher
Lena Horne: singer, actress
Zora Neale Hurston: writer, folklorist, anthropologist
Mae Jemison: astronaut, physician
Jackie Joyner-Kersee: athlete
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee Biography
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee Picture Gallery
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee Quotes
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee Index
Nella Larsen: writer, nurse
Edmonia Lewis: sculptor
Wilma Rudolph: athlete, runner (track and field)
Nina Simone: singer
- Nina Simone Biography
- Nina Simone Albums (top picks)
Sojourner Truth: lecturer, escaped slave, abolitionist, women's rights activist
- Sojourner Truth Biography
- Sojourner Truth Quotes
- Books About Sojourner Truth
- Sojourner Truth Speech
- Sojourner Truth Picture Gallery
- Sojourner Truth Index
Cicely Tyson: actress
Wyomia Tyus: athlete
A'Lelia Walker: business executive, arts patron
Alice Walker: writer, activist
Maggie Lena Walker: business executive, bank president
Faye Wattleton: nurse, activist, Planned Parenthood president
Oprah Winfrey: reporter, talk show host, business executive
Men
Desmond Tutu Leading figurehead in the South African anti apartheid movement. Desmond Tutu is a leading figure in speaking out for humanitarian and civil rights issues.
Nelson Mandela - Mandela spent most of his life campaigning for an end to apartheid in South Africa. After over 20 years in prison, he was released and was able to be the first elected President in post apartheid South Africa. Also admired for his forgiveness and willingness to reach out to the white community in South Africa.
Michael Jordan - Great Basketball player
Michael Jackson - Musician and singer.
Carl Lewis (1961 - ) US, athletics Nine time Olympic gold medallist, Carl Lewis won gold over three Olympics and was the great star of 1980s track and field.
Step 2 - Present your findings in a Power point presentation, an I movie, or Adobe Voice Presentation. (presentation 30 sec -1 miin. in length)
Step 3. - Write a short speech from the point of view of your person. Include a famous quote from that person. (speech 30 sec - 1 min. in length)
Step 4 - Dress the part of your character - You will pretend to be a wax copy of the person. Your media presentation will be playing in front of you. When the button in front of you is pressed, you will say your speech. When the speech is over, you will freeze into position once again.
Evaluation
Steps 1 and 2 - 100 points -(20 points per question)
Steps 3 and 4 - Speech - Introduces self -10
Explains why famous. 10
Dress appropriate to character - 10
Speech correct length - 10
Speech includes quote - 10
Total 150 points