Amazing People Project

Your Name_____________________ Your Amazing Person: _____________________

Amazing People YOUR TASK: Choose one person from this list and answer this question… “What amazing things did this person accomplish?” Famous Musicians

Duke Ellington Charlie Parker Thelonius Monk Ella Fitzgerald Marion Anderson Scott Joplin Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ludwig Van Beethoven Dizzy Gilespie Johan Sebastian Bach Woody Guthrie Peter Tchaikovsky Johannes Brahms

Famous Artists Romare Bearden Vincent Van Gogh Berthe Morisot Georgia O’Keefe Jackson Pollack Katsuhika Hokusai Claude Monet Frida Kahlo Diego Rivera Mary Cassatt Pablo Picasso Jacob Lawrence Emily Carr Dorothea Lange Frank Lloyd Wright

At your Exhibition, you will present a scrapbook about this person. This scrapbook must contain ALL of the following pages (in this order): 1. Attractive cover which includes the person’s name 2. Table of Contents 3. Birth Certificate mounted on another piece of paper, filled out, and decorated. Should state the person’s name, their date and place of birth, and parents’ names. 4. Magazine Article about the things that make this person “Amazing.” 5. Timeline which shows 10 important events from this person’s life and the year in which each occurred. 6. A photo-essay: a collection of photos that show the highlights of the person’s life. All photos must have captions. 7. Death Certificate mounted on another piece of paper, filled out and decorated. 8. A one or two-sentence Epitaph in memory or celebration of the famous person. 9. Commemorative Stamp drawn and colored representing the person. The person's name, (Jesse Owens) should be clearly visible. Stamp should be at least 5 X 7 inches. 10,11, & 12. Draw, color, and label at least three important pieces of Memorabilia from the person's life (1 per page), i.e., Jesse Owen's track jersey, or the Olympic medals he won.

EXAMPLES OF EACH PAGE WILL BE PROVIDED.