Famous American Research Report and Speech Your Name: Famous American: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Notes Due: Rough Draft Due: Final Copy of Report Due:
Speech Due: Famous American Report and Speech Guidelines Students will have the chance to research an influential American figure from history and magically become that person for our Historical Americans Wax Museum on. We will be spending lots of time in school researching and taking notes. About half of the project should be completed at school and half will be completed at home. We will be working on this project during two days of our Social Studies time when we go to the library to do research. During the middle of March, we will be using our Language Arts time to work on the writing part of the report and speech in class. Researching and writing will have to be completed at home too. The research report will count as a Language Arts grade and the speech will count as a Social Studies grade. REPORT GUIDELINES * Cover Page (Famous American s name, hand-drawn picture in color of person, and your name) * Five Paragraph Report Written IN YOUR OWN WORDS (see outline) * Bibliography Showing Each of the Sources Used (see examples) * Report Should be in Final Copy Form (blue/black ink and cursive or typed- neatly stapled or in report cover) * Five or More Resources Need to be Used (two must be books)
SPEECH GUIDELINES * Use the Information You Found for Your Report for Your Speech Too! (see speech reminders) * Make Note Cards with Important Facts About You to Peek at When People Ask You Questions * Practice Your Speech in front of Family/ Friends Before the Big Day (5 minute time limit) * Dress Like Your Famous American on the Day of the Wax Museum, _. * A Self-Evaluation Sheet Will be Filled Out and Turned In After the Wax Museum Has Ended (Please sign and detach the slip below. Return it to school ASAP.)
Notes Due: Rough Draft Due: Final Copy of Report Due: Speech Due: We have read through the guidelines for the Famous American Research Report and Speech. We are aware of the different due dates included in this project. We will work together to make sure everything is completed on time. Student Signature & Date Parent Signature & Date Famous American Report Outline Overview
Cover Page (Famous person s name, hand-drawn picture in color of him/her, and your name) Paragraph One (Introduction) Famous American s Name Date of Birth Date of Death Quotation by Famous American Why He/She is Famous Paragraph Two Famous American s Family Famous American s Childhood Famous American s Experiences Growing Up Paragraph Three Famous Person s Adulthood His/Her Influences and Role Models Significant Events Led to His/Her Fame Paragraph Four Personal Strengths Obstacles He/She Overcame Accomplishments Paragraph Five (Conclusion) Famous American s Name Major Accomplishments How Would the World Be Different Without His/Her Contributions? Bibliography (At least 5 sources in ABC order by Author s last name, two of the sources must be books)
Famous American Research Report Outline Cover Page (Famous person s name, hand-drawn picture in color of him/her, and your name) Use the planner below to create a rough draft of your paper. After you have filled in the lines below, write a rough draft on a separate piece of notebook paper. This outline planner is just a tool to help you organize your ideas. Paragraph One (Introduction Famous American s Name Date of Birth (day, mo., yr.) Date of Death (day, mo., yr.) Quotation by Famous American (something he/she said) Why He/She is Famous (major accomplishments)
Paragraph Two Famous American s Family (mom, dad, brothers, sisters ) Famous American s Childhood/Experiences Growing Up
Paragraph Three Famous Person s Adulthood (college, jobs, training, family of his/her own ) His/Her Influences and Role Models (people he/she looked up to)
Paragraph Three (Continued) Significant Events That Led to His/Her Fame Paragraph Four Personal Strengths (What is he/she good at? skills? good qualities?)
Obstacles He/She Overcame (What did he/she struggle with?) Accomplishments (What did he/she achieve or do to become famous?
Paragraph Five (Conclusion) Famous American s Name Major Accomplishments (What will he/she be remembered for?) How Would the World Be Different Without His/Her Contributions?
Bibliography (At least 5 sources in ABC order by Author s last name, two of the sources must be books) Use the space below to keep track of the sources you have used as you are researching your famous American. Your Final Copy needs to include re-typed versions of the examples below. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Source # Type of Resource: Book Encyclopedia *Website * Author Title City Publisher Copyright Date Volume # Page #(s) *URL(www.) * Date Looked Up ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source # Type of Resource: Book Encyclopedia *Website * Author Title City Publisher Copyright Date Volume # Page #(s) *URL(www.) * Date Looked Up ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source # Type of Resource: Book Encyclopedia *Website * Author Title City Publisher Copyright Date Volume # Page #(s) *URL(www.) * Date Looked Up ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source # Type of Resource: Book Encyclopedia *Website * Author Title City Publisher Copyright Date Volume # Page #(s) *URL(www.) * Date Looked Up ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source # Type of Resource: Book Encyclopedia *Website * Author Title City Publisher Copyright Date Volume # Page #(s) *URL(www.) * Date Looked Up ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Famous American Speech Reminders You will be giving your speech in front of people who will be visiting our Famous Americans Wax Museum. This includes me when I will be grading you on your speech for a Social Studies grade. You need to write your main points on note cards so you can peek at them if you need to during your speech. Your speech will be a mini-version of your Research Report. Your speech should not go over five minutes and should be at least three minutes long. Remember to dress up like your character and when talking about the famous person, use I and me in your speech. On the other hand, your paper will be written in third person, using he, she, and they. Make sure you speak in a loud and clear voice and maintain eye contact with your listener(s). Pay close attention to your speaking speed and don t rush your speech. Have fun! Enjoy your speech and be ready to answer any questions people may ask you about you. Famous American Research Report and Speech Student Checklist
So, you think you re done? Use the checklist below to make sure you are completely done! Research Report Cover Page (Famous Person s name, hand-drawn picture of person in color, and your name) 5 Paragraph Report (Written in OWN WORDS, in blue/black ink and cursive or typed, following the outline, and using third person wording like he, she, and they.) Bibliography (Including at least 5 sources, in ABC order by author s last name, two sources MUST be books, and re-typed in the format given in this packet.) Research Report is Edited and Neat Research Report is Assembled (Neatly stapled or held together by a report cover and in the order listed above on this checklist) Speech Speech Note Cards (A mini-version of your research report with main points written on them) Practiced Speech Several Times (Keep it between 3-5 minutes and include eye contact, good volume and pace) Costume is Ready (You are ready to be dressed like your Famous American)