Black History Month Project
Spanish III
Due February 24 2016
50-75 words typed
· Choose one historical figure from the list below. Research the following:
1. When were they born year and place?
2. Why were they important? How did they protest?
3. What did they do for the community? Did they succeed? Did they make a difference?
4. How and when they died?
5. Any fun facts…
6. Is there a memorial of them built and where?
· This project has to be completed all in Spanish. Use the preterit and the imperfect to talk about what they did in the past. Before you begin writing it, brainstorm and write down all the verbs you may already know that might relate to this person.
· Find a picture of this person and print in color. (there is a color printer in the library if you can not find one)
· You may use the template attached. An, example of a simplified project is provided.
Harriet Tubman
Jesse Owens (track and field athlete)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ruby Bridges
Sojourner Truth
Thurgood Marshall
Barack Obama
Jackie Robinson (athlete)
Rosa Parks
Fredric Douglas
W.E.B.DuBois
George Washington Carver
Misty Copeland
Cool papa Bell (baseball player)
Ella Fitzgerald
Booker T. Washington
Phylicia Rashad
Celia Cruz
Michael Jordan
Rubric
Complete sentences in essay format: 40 points (intro/body/conclusion)
All questions answered: 40 points
Picture, grammar/spelling in Spanish: 20 points ______
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