You will learn about Kansas history through the in-depth study of one individual.
You will write a paper on that person answering the following questions
-----What was Kansas like during this person's life?
-----How did this person impact Kansas history?
-----What is he/she remembered for?

Sources: Either one biography or three other sources- (only one may be an internet site)
Encyclopedia, Kansas people book, magazine or journal article, etc.

Choices:
Langston Hughes
Wilt Chamberlain
Charlie Parker
Wild Bill Hickok
Wyatt Earp
Bat Masterson
Buffalo Bill Cody
George Washington Carver
John Brown
Carry Nation
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bob Dole
Amelia Earhart
Walter P. Chrysler
James Naismith
Nancy Kassebaum Baker

Barry Sanders
Karl Meninger
Walter P. Chrysler
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks
John Steuart Curry
Charles Curtis
Edgar Lee Masters
Glen Cunningham
Henry Worral
Endward P. McCabe
Clyde Tombaugh
Ron Evans
Lynette Woodward
Dean Smith
Nellie Cline
Jim Ryun

This is not an exhaustive list. Others can be chosen if approved.

Paper- You will turn in a one to one and a half page paper answering the above questions.

Presentation-posterboard, slide-show, skit, video, or some other creative avenue, but you can't just read your paper. 2-4 minutes

Your paper grade will be determined as follows
Content /30
Conventions /5
Sources /5
Length /10

Your Presenation grade -

Lenght /5

Interesting /10

Informative /10

****Some Helpful Websites****

State of Kansas Web Page

Famous Kansans

Kansas State Historical Society

Lawrence Library