{famous texans}

Choose a Famous Texas person below. Research this person and create a slide show for your classmates to see.

1. Elizabeth Ney

2. Lady Bird Johnson

3. Kay Bailey Hutchison

4. Gail Borden

5. Stephen F. Austin

6. Sam Houston

7. Quanah Parker

8. Lyndon Baines Johnson

9. Mildred "Babe" Didrikson

10. Lorenzo de Zavala

11. Jane Long

12. William B. Travis

13. Robert Emmett Baylor

14. Williams Goyens

15. Ferdinand Lindheimer

16. John O. Meusebach

17. Cythnia Ann Parker

18. Charles Goodnight

19. John Avery Lomax

20. Chester Nimitz

21. Barbara Jordan

22. Sandra Day O'Connor

23. Ann Richards

24. Mary Martin

25. George Bush

26. Dan Rather

27. Denton A. Cooley

Questions:

1. Who is your famous person and when were they born?

2. Where did they grow up?

3. What education did they receive?

4. What made them  famous?

5. Write 3-4 interesting facts about your famous person.

 

Hyperstudio Stack Directions:

You need to create a 7-8 card stack. Your cards need to have this information.

Card 1-- Title Card-- Type your famous person name, add a picture of them and put your name of the card.

Card 2--Tell who your famous person is and where they were born. 

Card 3--Tell where they grew up. Try to find a picture of where they grew up to put on your card.

Card 4--Tell where your famous person went to school and what education they received.

Card 5--Tell what made them famous.

Card 6-7 Tell some interesting facts about your famous person.

Card 8--- The End!!!

   Add pictures of your famous person or about your famous person on at least four of your cards.

Evaluation:

You will be given a grade according to the following rubric: This project will be worth 100 points.

____/20 points project is completed and you followed the directions.

____/30 points The research that you did on your famous person was done correctly.

____/10 points You answered all the questions.

____/20 points The Hyperstudio stack was  neatly done without spelling mistakes.

____/20 points Your presentation was  completed and presented to your classmates.