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Famous Person Wiki

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Social Studies Famous Person Wiki Page

You will have a Wiki page (www.wikispaces.com) to do your report on. Your report must be written in paragraph format using complete sentences, proper grammar, and correct spelling. In the report, you need to address the following.

  1. Who is your report on? Make a title line with their name included.
  2. Make a byline under the report title that says By XXX (substitute your first name for xxx)
  3. Include at least one picture of the person. You may include more.
  4. When was the person born?
  5. In what city and state was the person born? (If not the U.S., the town and country.)
  6. Write a brief description of the person’s life as a young child.
  7. List some historical events and/or significant happenings in his/her life.
  8. List the kind of jobs the person had in his/her life?
  9. Why is the person famous? (Include his/her accomplishments, awards, and/or works, etc.)
  10. Give a famous quote that the person said. If you can’t find a quote, include at least two additional pictures.
  11. When did the person die? Where and how?
  12. Provide at least five links to other websites. For example, if a person is born in Lexington, Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky should show as a link and when I click on it, it will take me to another website on the internet.

Wiki Checklist

Points Available
Wiki completed on time

5
Person is titled at the top of the page. Your name in a byline is under the title.

5
When and where born/and died (if the person is still living, mention that—put the death information at the end of the report)

5
Description of person’s life as a child

5
Historical or significant happenings in the person’s life.

10
List the kinds of jobs the person had in his life. (If they are a politician, list the different offices they held.)

5
Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation

10
Text font is easy to read. Written in paragraph format in complete sentences.

10
A picture of the person. Text should wrap around it.

10
Famous quote by the person (or two additional pictures)

10
At least five links to other websites—not to links about the person.

10
No Plagiarism

15
Total Points

100

Life-Long Learning Post

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Think about something important you have learned outside of school–remember we should all be life-long learners, not just learners while at school. How did you learn it? Why is it important to you? Who or what taught you about it? How has this learning helped you in your life?

Title the post Life-Long Learning.

Put the post in the category Computer Assignments.

Write in full sentences with correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar a post about life-long learning. Be sure to include information that would answer the questions in the first paragraph.