Note+Taking+Page+for+African-American+History+Month+Essay

You can cut and paste this right onto your wiki page--do not click on edit this page!!!
 * Paragraph 1--Intro to your person **
 * 1) Start with personal sentence
 * 2) Explain
 * 3) Name of your person
 * 4) Summary of event they took part in that would make them a hero
 * 5) Thesis
 * SOURCES


 * Paragraph 2 -- **** Put person's life into perspective--when did they live, where, who were they trying to help, why, how, why was this important? **
 * 1) When
 * 2) Where
 * 3) Who
 * 4) Why
 * 5) Why were actions important
 * SOURCES

Paragraph 3 -- What was the event your person took part in? How was this event indicative of the time period? **
 * Paragraph 3 & 4--How did your person gain their wisdom **** ?
 * 1) Event
 * 2) Detail
 * 3) Detail
 * 4) Detail
 * 5) Your person's role
 * 6) Quote from PS/SS somewhere in paragraph
 * Secondary Source(s)
 * Primary Source(s)


 * Paragraph 4**
 * 1) What was your person's role? What did they do?
 * 2) Detail
 * 3) Detail
 * 4) Detail
 * 5) What impact did the above have on people’s lives?
 * 6) Quote from PS/SS somewhere in paragraph
 * Secondary Source(s)
 * Primary Source(s)


 * Paragraph 5-- ** **The wisdom**
 * 1) What impact do you think the even had on your person? Others?
 * 2) What did they learn from it? Teach others?
 * 3) Quote from PS/SS somewhere in paragraph
 * Secondary Source (s)
 * Primary Source (s)

A legacy is something you leave behind that will benefit others-perhaps those yet unborn. How did the person’s actions benefit all those who came after them. How might the whispered wisdom impact you? This is your conclusion based on your research. It needs to reflect your research and not be an "off the street" answer.
 * Paragraph 6-- **** What is the person's legacy? **

As you are researching think of three creative commons copyrighted images you could use to represent your person and place them on your page

When you are done writing your essay submit it to the [|My Hero] website. Place it first on your wiki page, and then cut and paste it over to the My Hero website. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT WHEN REGISTERING THAT FOR "SCHOOL" YOU WRITE **MORAN MIDDLE SCHOOL**. Your proposal should follow the same format as your notes! You should already be signed-up for the website...simply log-in.