People of the 1800’s

Research / Presentation1.) Research biographical information with emphasis

on historical significance/contribution

2.) Prepare speech about your person in FIRST PERSON~ you are taking on their persona

**3x5 cards** (Not a formal essay)**Bibliography**

3.) Prepare a power point OR a poster board to be used during your presentation

4.) Costume = Extra Points

Speech Must include…• Childhood – birthplace, family any difficulties

to overcome…

• Adult Life – family, profession…

• Physical description & personality

• Accomplishments – Why is this person famous? (or infamous?) What is the significance of this person’s life in our history?

• Times – What was life like, especially regarding his or her importance in history?

• Death – any unusual circumstances?

**QUOTE – brainyquote.com

You will be turning in…• Research print outs

– (NO WIKIPEDIA)– Two sources MINIMUM

• Bibliography -MLA Format (Two sources MINIMUM)

• 3x5 cards with speech (2-3 minutes)

• Poster board OR Power point (email or flash drive)

THE WEST • Wyatt Earp• Annie Oakley• Wild Bill Hickok

INVENTORS• Samuel Morse• Alexander Graham Bell• Thomas Edison• Lewis Howard Latimer • Granville Woods• Charles Goodyear• Henry Ford

ARTISTS/ACTORS• Frederick Remington• Charles Russell• Sarah Bernhardt

RAILROADS

• Leland Stanford• George Westinghouse• George M. Pullman

BUSINESS• Cornelius Vanderbilt• John D. Rockefeller• Andrew Carnegie• J. Pierpont Morgan

LABOR• Samuel Gompers• Terence V. Powderly• Eugene V. Debs

NEWSPAPERS• Joseph Pulitzer• William Randolph Hearst• Lincoln Steffens• Ida Tarbell• Jacob Riis

IMMIGRATION • Emma Lazarus• Grace Abbot• Julia Clifford Lathrop

CITIES / BUILDING• Jane Addams• Elisha Otis• William Le Baron Jeremy• Louis Sullivan

MILITARY• Charles M. Young

REFORMS• John Dewey• Booker T. Washington• George Washington Carver• W.E.B. Du Bois

WRITERS• James Fenimore Cooper• Nathaniel Hawthorne• Mark Twain• Noah Webster• Louisa May Alcott• Upton Sinclair

NATIVE AMERICAN BATTLES

•Red Cloud

•William Cody

•Crazy Horse

•Black Kettle

•Sitting Bull

•George Custer

•Geronimo

•Helen Hunt Jackson

POLITICIANS*James B. Weaver

*Grover Cleveland

*William Jennings Bryan

*William McKinley

*Robert La Follette (“Fighting Bob”)

Others…• You can submit your own choice for

APPROVAL

*Must be someone with historical/social significance to America in the late 1800’s.

*All topics must be confirmed with Mrs. Maturo by

Wed., 5/27