CSUGC US History Pocahontas and The Challenge of Jamestown Colony Presentation

OPTION #2: A NOTABLE PERSON: BIOGRAPHY IN DIGITAL EXHIBIT

For the Portfolio Project, create a digital exhibit about a person in a period of United States history from exploration to 1877 and explain a challenge that the person faced, what the challenge was, and how the person did or did not overcome the challenge.

• Do not write a complete biography of the person’s life.
• Your presentation must be between 4-6 slides in length, not including the required Title and References slides. In addition, you must include speaker notes on EACH slide between 200-250 words.
• Focus on a challenge faced by the person.
• Describe the historical, social, governmental, or personal circumstances of the challenge.
• Explain how the person interacted with the challenge.
  • Did the person win over the challenge?
  • Did the challenge defeat the person?
  • Explain the resolution of the challenge. Was it resolved? Did it continue?
  • Does the challenge the person face continue to challenge American society today? Explain how so or why it no longer exists.

Simple examples of historical figures (do not be limited by this list):

• Christopher Columbus and the challenge of exploration
• Pocahontas and the challenge of Jamestown colony
• Phyllis Wheatley and the challenge of a small female in colonial America
• Abigail Adams and the challenge of the Revolutionary War
• Thomas Jefferson and the challenge of living in a slave society
• Dolly Madison and the challenge of living with a President, James Madison, during a war
• Andrew Jackson and the challenge of Indian removal
• William T. Johnson and the challenge of being a free black in antebellum Mississippi
• James K. Polk and the challenge of the Mexican War
• James Tallmadge and the challenge of the Tallmadge Amendment
• Charles Finney and the challenge of being president of Oberlin College
• John Brown and the challenge of the Kansas – Nebraska Act
• A Civil War soldier (North or South) and the challenge of the Civil War
• A freedmen (male or female) and the challenge of Reconstruction.

Directions

• You may use Prezi, VoiceThread, PowerPoint, YouTube, or a website, for example.
• This digital exhibit must be about a person or an event (choose one relevant to your major area of study or of interest to you) from a period of U.S. history up to Reconstruction. You will present your digital exhibit about this person or event as a historical, scholarly, formal presentation. Imagine presenting the digital exhibit to a classroom of your peers, a work presentation, etc.