PowerPoint_Biography

Biography PowerPoint Presentation Objective: Create a PowerPoint presentation about a person of significance. 1. __ Decide whose biography you will do research on. __ Your person should be someone who has contributed something of importance to society or history and has become famous because of it. Have this person approved!

2. Create an 8-slide PowerPoint presentation about the person you have chosen to research.

Slide 1: Introduction Slide Slide 2: Background Information Slide 3: Becoming Famous
 * Where/when was this person born?
 * Childhood
 * What did this person do for a living?
 * What qualities or traits do you believe made this person famous?
 * What did this person do to become famous?

Slide 4: Impact on Others
 * How has this person made an impact on others’ lives?
 * In what ways was his/her life remarkable, admirable, or even despicable?
 * Was this person a hero? Why or why not?

Slide 5: Decisions/Lessons Slide 6: Quotes Slide 7: Other/Your choice
 * Did this person make any major mistakes or bad decisions?
 * What are some important lessons you or any other person might learn from the way this person lived?
 * Famous quotes from this person
 * What do the quotes mean to you?

Slide 8: Sources > RUBRIC
 * Slide should be clear, easy to read, and well balanced.
 * Correct spelling/grammar


 * Creativity || Presentation was engaging, interesting, and created curiosity. ||  /10  ||
 * Content || You brought your topic to life with complete, thorough, and **appropriate** information. ||  /10  ||
 * Visual || Your visual was well crafted and helped the class understand your information. ||  /10  ||
 * Presentation || Presentation was well given. You understood the material and spoke clearly to the audience. ||  /10  ||
 * Use of Tools || You demonstrated proper use of PowerPoint tools. (Formatting, Animation, Transitions, etc.) ||  /10  ||
 * Total ||  /50  ||