1- Students, first choose a person from the list below to conduct your research. Give the name to your teacher (only 2 students may research about the same person).
2- You will use the link below to learn about the person you chose. Read over the information to completely fill out your graphic organizer that was given to you.
3- The final step will be to write a biography using the information you have found about your historic icon.
- Muhammad Ali (boxer and Civil Rights activist)
- Maya Angelou (Author and poet)
- Louis Armstrong (Jazz musician)
- Ruby Bridges (The 1st African-American child to attend and all-white school elementary school)
- George Washington Carver (scientist)
- Frederick Douglass (former slave who advised presidents)
- Michael Jackson (singer)
- Michael Jordan (basketball player)
- Martin Luther King Jr. (Civil Rights leader)
- Thurgood Marshall (the 1st African-American for the Supreme Court)
- Barack Obama (1st African-American President of the U.S.)
- Jesse Owens (Track and field olympian)
- Rosa Parks (Civil Rights activist)
- Jackie Robinson (Major League baseball player)
- Sojourner Truth (An escaped slave who fought for the end of slavery and for women's rights)
- Harriet Tubman (An escaped slave who helped others escape)
- Madam C.J. Walker (millionaire)
- Booker T. Washington (Civil Rights leader)
2- You will use the link below to learn about the person you chose. Read over the information to completely fill out your graphic organizer that was given to you.
3- The final step will be to write a biography using the information you have found about your historic icon.