Birth Announcement and Obituary Project

American History

Name______Yett Date______Per. ____ 3rd Marking Period: Extra Credit

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT AND OBITUARY PROJECT

Using the list of names on the opposite page, pick two (2) people and complete the following assignment to earn up to 30 extra credit points. You may do one or both. If you do one the most you can get is 15 points.

Birth announcement (15 points) – Using one of the two people you identified, create a birth announcement. This will be completed in an outline form. (See examples) Use sentences when appropriate. The announcement must include:

1. Full name

2. Parents

3. Birth date

4. Size and weight (made up, but based on their size and appearance in later life)

5. Siblings (not the ones that came after them)

6. Place of birth

7. Religion

8. Position in line for the crown if royalty

Obituary (15 points) – Using the other person, create an obituary written in paragraph form including the following information:

1. Full name

2. Birth and death dates (in parenthesis)

3. Dates of rule if a monarch or government leader

4. Marriages and descendants

5. Significant accomplishments-

What are they best known for?

What were their specific accomplishments?

Was there an everlasting effect on history?

6. Picture – Inserted or drawn

7. Title or headline – Placed above the picture

Resources that can be used are the Internet, encyclopedias, books on Kings and Queens, and the best – the Biographical Dictionary. Make use of all the resources. Cards can be created using Microsoft Publisher or by using online greeting cards. Examples of obituaries can be found in your local newspaper or online at be sure to click on each heading to read the complete obituary.

You may elect to send me an E-MAIL announcement from one of the card manufacturing companies as your project. Aprinted card must be turned in also. Ask for help after your research is complete. Many of the following sites give information on biographies and relating to people important to America’s History. You are not limited to using only these sites. You may need to do more research.

Some useful web sites are:

People

Thomas Jefferson Daniel Shay

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson Alexander Hamilton James Madison

Rebecca Felton

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Martha Washington

John Adams

John Jay

Albert Gallatin

Louis and Clark

John Marshall

Stephen F. Austin

Sarah G. Bagley

Robert Fulton

Samuel F.B. Morse

John Deere

Eli Whitney

Hiram R. Revels Benjamin Franklin William Paterson

James Wilson

Patrick Henry

Denis Diderot

Andrew Jackson

Gourverneaur Morris

George Mason

John Quincy Adams

Henry Clay

Thomas Cole

Martin Van Buren

John C. Calhoun

John Sutter

Francis Cabot Lowell

William Henry Harrison

James K. Polk

Daniel Webster

Washington Irving

James Fenimore Cooper

George Caleb Bingham

Paul Revere

DeWitt Clinton

Benjamin Lincoln Thurgood Marshall

Sandra Day O’Connor

James Monroe

Roger Sherman

Sacagawea

Due Date: On or before April 3, 2013.

No late assignments will be accepted!