Suggestions for famous people to research on the Internet
You DO NOT have to use someone from this list.
Your “celebrity” needs to be widely known.
You may research a person who is no longer living if he or she is listed with these teacher recommendations. Also, no promises, but you may be able to talk other teachers into some extra credit if you do a great job on your PowerPoint!
You may research a person who is no longer living if he or she is listed with these teacher recommendations. Also, no promises, but you may be able to talk other teachers into some extra credit if you do a great job on your PowerPoint!
Some of the Celebrities other students have chosen:
Hawk, Chase
Allen, Tim
Brees, Drew
Clarkson, Kelly
Depp, Johnny
Dyrdek, Rob
Gates, Bill
Hamm, Morgan
Hamm, Paul
Hanks, Tom
Hasselhof, David
James, LeBron
Jordan, Michael
Lautner, Taylor
Pastrana, Travis
Pattinson
Peterson, Adrian
Robert
Robinson, Denard
Smith, Will
Spielberg, Steven
Swift, Taylor
Tatum, Channing
Underwood, Carrie
Think of singers, sports stars, actors and actresses, people who are famous in government, scientists, explorers, other sorts of leaders, etc.
You may research a person who is no longer living if he or she is listed with these teacher recommendations. Also, no promises, but you may be able to talk other teachers into some extra credit if you do a great job on your PowerPoint!
English Department
Authors
Gary Paulsen
J.K. Rowling
Brandon Mull
Suzanne Collins
S.E. Hinton
Scott Westerfeld
Agatha Christie
Stephenie Meyer
Christopher Paolini
Meg Cabot
Darren Shan
Avi
Lois Lowry
Eoin Colfer
Robin McKinley
Holly Black
R.L. Stine
Cornelia Funk
Will Hobbs
Joan Bauer
Gary Soto
John Ritter
Judy Blume
Richard Peck
Karen Hesse
Ally Condie (local -- Matched)
Garth Nix
Caroline Cooney
Chris Crowe (local)
Walter Dean Myers
Scott O'Dell
Louis Sachar
Ouida Sebestyen
Wilson Rawls (Where the Red Fern Grows, Summer of the Monkeys)
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)
Explorer: Shackleton, Ernest
Theater / Drama
Ms. Hansen suggests
William Shakespeare
Neil Simon
Arthur Miller
Mark Twain
John Steinbeck
Thornton Wilder
Agatha Christie
Sophocles
Euripides
Contemporary Theater (suggestions from Ms. Dorsey and Ms. Hansen) -- I haven't yet checked all of these for availability and appropriateness of information.
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Michael Crawford (the Phantom)
Hugh Jackman (Wolverine and Broadway!)
Idina Menzel (Wicked, Enchanted)
Kristen Chenoweth (Wicked, Pushing Daisies, many others)
Audra McDonald (Ragtime, amazing Broadway star who came to Utah last summer to perform at the Hale Center Theater)
Donny Osmond (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat)
Brian Stokes Mitchell (Ragtime, sang with the Mormon Tab. Choir for a Christmas album/program)
From the Math Department:
The links below have modern mathematicians and historically significant mathematicians.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0192505.html
http://fabpedigree.com/james/mathmen.htm
From Mr. Thornton:
Any classical composers (Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Haydn, etc.) and also Guido de Arezzo (he was a monk who changed the history of music almost 1000 yrs. ago). Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, The Beetles, Elvis, Frank Sonatra, Ella Fitgerald, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole, Glen Miller, Kenny Rogers, Johnny Cash, Michael Jackson, The King Singers and U2 are some 20th century musicians that have had a great effect on music.
From Mrs. Wettstein:
Fred Astaire
Gene Kelly
Ms. Hansen suggests
William Shakespeare
Neil Simon
Arthur Miller
Mark Twain
John Steinbeck
Thornton Wilder
Agatha Christie
Sophocles
Euripides
Contemporary Theater (suggestions from Ms. Dorsey and Ms. Hansen) -- I haven't yet checked all of these for availability and appropriateness of information.
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Michael Crawford (the Phantom)
Hugh Jackman (Wolverine and Broadway!)
Idina Menzel (Wicked, Enchanted)
Kristen Chenoweth (Wicked, Pushing Daisies, many others)
Audra McDonald (Ragtime, amazing Broadway star who came to Utah last summer to perform at the Hale Center Theater)
Donny Osmond (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat)
Brian Stokes Mitchell (Ragtime, sang with the Mormon Tab. Choir for a Christmas album/program)
From the Math Department:
The links below have modern mathematicians and historically significant mathematicians.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0192505.html
http://fabpedigree.com/james/mathmen.htm
From Mr. Thornton:
Any classical composers (Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Haydn, etc.) and also Guido de Arezzo (he was a monk who changed the history of music almost 1000 yrs. ago). Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, The Beetles, Elvis, Frank Sonatra, Ella Fitgerald, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole, Glen Miller, Kenny Rogers, Johnny Cash, Michael Jackson, The King Singers and U2 are some 20th century musicians that have had a great effect on music.
From Mrs. Wettstein:
Fred Astaire
Gene Kelly
Ginger Rogers
From the Media Center, Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Bird:
We have "Biography Today" a series which would be a great resource for your students if you would like to use a print source. [Students, you could even look through the series to find famous people you'd be interested in.]
From Mrs. Hansen in the front office:
Try the Wild West Era, such as Billy the Kid
History/Social Studies Department
Mr. Wright suggests
Elizabeth the First
Marco Polo
Magellan
John Smith
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Paul Revere
Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
Francis Marion
Benedict Arnold
George Washington
James Madison
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Hamilton
Lewis and Clark
Andrew Jackson
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Joshua Chamberlain
U.S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Mr. Aiman (Technology) suggests:
From the Media Center, Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Bird:
We have "Biography Today" a series which would be a great resource for your students if you would like to use a print source. [Students, you could even look through the series to find famous people you'd be interested in.]
From Mrs. Hansen in the front office:
Try the Wild West Era, such as Billy the Kid
History/Social Studies Department
Mr. Wright suggests
Elizabeth the First
Marco Polo
Magellan
John Smith
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Paul Revere
Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
Francis Marion
Benedict Arnold
George Washington
James Madison
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Hamilton
Lewis and Clark
Andrew Jackson
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Joshua Chamberlain
U.S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Mr. Aiman (Technology) suggests:
Henry Ford (Moving assembly line)
Andrew Carnegie (Started US Steel, Carnegie Hall)
Jack St. Clair Kilby (Semiconductor)
John Deere (Plow)
James Watt (Steam Engine)
Rudolf Diesel (Diesel Engine)
Eli Whitney (Cotton gin)
Do not use:
| Bynes, Amanda |
| Cyrus, Miley |
| Dunham, Jeff |
| Eminem |
| Ice T |
| Lohan, Lindsey |
| Spears, Britney |
| Foxx, Megan |
| Cook, Dane |
| |
While doing research, we want to avoid inappropriate material, so don’t choose someone wildly scandalous or for whom there would be many “embarrassing” pictures or pieces of information.
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