Biography PowerPoint Project

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Biography

PowerPoint
Presentation

Objective: Create a PowerPoint presentation about a person of significance.

1. Decide whose biography you will do research on. Your person should be
someone who has contributed something of importance to society or
history and has become famous because of it.
Have this person approved!

2. Create an 8-slide PowerPoint presentation about the person you have


chosen to research.

Slide 1: Introduction Slide

Slide 2: Background Information


 Where/when was this person born?
 Childhood

Slide 3: Becoming Famous


 What did this person do for a living?
 What qualities or traits do you believe made this person
famous?
 What did this person do to become famous?

Slide 4: Impact on Others


 How has this person made an impact on others’ lives?
 In what ways was his/her life remarkable, admirable, or even
despicable?
 Was this person a hero? Why or why not?

Slide 5: Decisions/Lessons
 Did this person make any major mistakes or bad decisions?
 What are some important lessons you or any other person might
learn from the way this person lived?
Slide 6: Quotes
 Famous quotes from this person
 What do the quotes mean to you?

Slide 7: Other/Your choice

Slide 8: Sources

3. You must have pictures ON EACH SLIDE! Pictures must be clear and
appropriate. They must add to the purpose and design of the slides.

4. Slides should be clear, easy to read, and well balanced.

5. Correct spelling/grammar

6. Present to class:
 Speak clearly
 Explain each slide thoroughly
 Make it easy to understand

RUBRIC

Creativity Presentation was engaging,


interesting, and created curiosity. /10
Content You brought your topic to life with
complete, thorough, and /10
appropriate information.
Visual Your visual was well crafted and
helped the class understand your /10
information.
Presentation Presentation was well given. You
understood the material and /10
spoke clearly to the audience.
Use of Tools You demonstrated proper use of
PowerPoint tools. (Formatting, /10
Animation, Transitions, etc.)

Total
/50

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