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Historical Figure Facebook Project

__PA Standards-__
 * NETS.1.6-8: Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.
 * NETS.2.6-8: Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
 * NETS.3.6-8: Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.
 * NETS.4.3-5: Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.
 * NETS.5.3-5: Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior.
 * NETS.6.6-8: Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems and operations.

__Objectives__ - Students will use presentation software (PowerPoint) to create a slideshow about a famous person in history (current or past). Buttons on the **overview slide will link to slides** that contain more information about the specific person. Ø Students will be able to create a new presentation document Ø Students will be able to document connections through text content and navigational buttons in their presentation Ø Students will be able to use Hyperlink tools Ø Students will be able to give a “slideshow” of their presentation

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The Project
The purpose of the project is to create a Facebook page on a historical figure. Use a sheet of paper to complete your research before you begin constructing the page and finding pictures. Some of these facts will be inferred from your research and knowledge of this person. Youa re to create the FACEBOOK page using the PP template and you are to hyperlink the buttons to go where they would on the real website.

__**Slide 1 **__ Create a Facebook page for a historical figure using the following guidelines:
 * 1) Name of historical figure at the top of the page
 * 2) Profile Picture of your historical figure (same on each page)

The Wall- 3 pts each -
 * Write 6 significant facts on The Wall. These facts __need to highlight important events__ that your historical figure is famous for. Each comment must be about a __separate event__ and include the __date__.
 * The comment can be from your figure or from someone associated with your figure.

Left side - Information Corner/Basic Information
 * 1) Network (think about what they did, ex: Democratic, Republican, Actor's Guild, MIT, Researcher)
 * 2) Birthday
 * 3) Political Affiliation (Democratic, Republican, independent, etc)
 * 4) Religion
 * 5) Hometown

Lower Left Side - Friends Corner:
 * 6 pictures of people that are/would be friends with your figure with their names

__**<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Slide 2 **__ <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Basic Information

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Personal Information:
 * 1) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Activities
 * 2) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Interests
 * 3) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Favorite Music
 * 4) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Favorite Movies
 * 5) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Favorite TV Shows
 * 6) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Favorite Books

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Contact Information: (You may need to make this up!)
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Address:
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Phone Number:
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Email address

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Photos
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Albums: (2)

__**<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Slide 3 **__<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> (20 pts total)
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Photo page - Include 7 photos of the historical figure.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3 albums

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Be creative!

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">Your slides should hyperlink. For example: when we click on Photos we should be directed to the page (hyperlinks)

Hyperlinks - Slide 1 - "info" to slide 2 "Photos" (2x) to slide 3

slide 2 - "wall (2x) to slide 1 "photos" to slide 3 "Name" (top R) slide 1

Slide 3 "Name" (top R) Slide 1 "Wall" (2x) - Slide 1 "info" to slide 2

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Be Neat!!

LATE = -10 points


 * SAVE AS: 208 Name FB **



Influential People
to choose from (each person can be used 1x per class)


 * 1) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Lance Armstrong – athlete and cancer activist
 * 2) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Jeff Bezos - 44, founder, Amazon.com, Seattle
 * 3) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Humphrey Bogart - actor
 * 4) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Bono – musician and activist
 * 5) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Sergey Brin - Google
 * 6) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Warren Buffett - finances
 * 7) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> George Bush - president
 * 8) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Jimmy Carter – president and advocate for social actions
 * 9) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Hillary Rodham Clinton - politics
 * 10) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> George Clooney- actor and activist
 * 11) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Michael Dell – founded Dell computers
 * 12) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> William Gates – Founder of Microsoft
 * 13) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Whoppie Goldberg - actress, advocate
 * 14) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Milton Hershey – advocate for less fortunate/chocolate
 * 15) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Alfred Hitchcock – mystery author
 * 16) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Steve Jobs – Apple founder
 * 17) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Lucky Luciano - mafia
 * 18) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Nelson Mandela -advocate, politics
 * 19) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Rupert Murdoch - 77, chairman and managing director, News Corporation, New York
 * 20) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Elvis Presley - musician
 * 21) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Condoleezza Rice – politics and musician
 * 22) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Franklin Roosevelt - president
 * 23) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Sonia Sotomayor – lawyer and judge
 * 24) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Oprah Winphrey - TV
 * 25) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Arthur Ashe - tennis player
 * 26) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Maya Angelou - poet
 * 27) Amelia Earhart - Aviation pioneer
 * 28) Ronald Reagan - president and actor
 * 29) Norman Rockwell - Artist
 * 30) Babe Ruth - baseball player
 * 31) Neil Armstrong - astronaut
 * 32) Abraham Lincoln
 * 33) Anne Frank - her diary of her life in hiding during the holocaust is a book
 * 34) Nelson Mandela - African advocate for appartide