8th Grade Paper Details

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8th Grade PaperDetails Requirements

• Legacy Athlete Report

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OBJECTIVE

• To research why the athletes on the list should
  be remembered
• To enrich students knowledge of historical
  figures in sports

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FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS

• Font Times New Roman
• Font Size 24
• Number of slides no less than 6 slides
• Title slide
• Introduction slide
• Problems in life/lack there of
• What did you learn?
• Why should this person be remembered?
• References

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TITLE SLIDE

• Name of Athlete
• Your Name
• Due Date

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INTRODUCTION SLIDE

• Introduce athlete
• Birthplace
• Birthdate
• Sports involved with

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PROBLEMS OR LACK OF PROBLEMS IN LIFE

• Present problems that the athlete had to overcome
  to get to where they are today
• Present the lack of problems in the athletes
  life

• ! ? ! ? !
• ? ! ? ! ?

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WHAT DID YOU LEARN?

• Describe three things you learned about your
  athlete

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WHY SHOULD THIS PERSON BE REMEMBERED?

• Tell why your athlete should be or remain on the
  list of legacy athletes
• Why is your athlete important to the world of
  sports?

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REFERENCES

• Must have at least three references
• Must be listed on a separate slide
• Please refer to references printout for specific
  formats

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PICTURES

• If you decide to include pictures in your
  presentation, please cite the references for
  those pictures.

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Hand in for grading

• A print out of your Power Point Presentation
• Print 4 slides per page to allow teacher space
  for grading

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PRESENTATION REQUIREMENTS

• Presentation date will be preselected in class
• Presentation must be between 4-5 minutes long
• There will be 7 presentations done each
  presentation day

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PLAGIARISM (p.23)

• Plagiarism is to steal or use the ideas or
  writing of another as ones own. Plagiarism is
  something that will not be tolerated. You must
  cite references properly to avoid this.