Biographical Paper Instructions
Requirements:
1. Paper must be at least five full pages in length and no more than six.
2. Paper must be double-spaced
3. 12 pt. font
4. Use of 3 to 4 credible sources using MLA citation format
Instructions: Your paper must include the following:
1. An overview of the life of the person you researched.
2. What they did that is significant in U.S. history?
-here you will give details and examples of actions and influences your subject had on U.S. history.
3. A famous quote from your individual.
4. If you individual was alive today (or if they are) what would they (or do they) think of modern times?
5. How your individual is remembered- for example, are there any memorials in their honor, or are there any historic sites that people visit to remember them?
Here are some people who may be of interest to you:
Civil Rights Activists:
Frederick Douglass
Ida B Wells
WEB DuBois
Malcolm X
Russell Means
Mary Brave Bird
Political Activists:
Eugene Debs
Emma Goldman
Womens Rights Activists:
Margaret Fuller
Alice Paul
Lucretia Mott
Isadora Duncan
Presidents:
Grover Cleveland
James Garfield
William Howard Taft
Richard Nixon
Warren Harding
Innovation:
Nicolai Tesla
Henry Ford
Hellen Keller
Hedy Lamarr
Steve Jobs
Guidelines: Five full pages, double-spaced, 12-point font, MLA citation format
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