History's Heroes

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    Have you ever collected baseball cards?  Or maybe you've seen NASCAR cards or football cards?  What if we had collectible cards for our heroes of American and Tennessee history?  Well, that is exactly what we are going to create today.

    Choose one of the people from the list below and follow the steps listed.  When you are finished bring your final project to the teacher. 

 

1.Open MS Word.  Use Page Setup and set the paper size to 6" wide and 4" high.  Set all four margins to .25".  Using the column button  on the top, make two columns.  The first column will be the front of your card.  The second column will be the back.  You can now minimize MS Word and go back to it when you are ready to insert your material.  When you are ready to save your work go to "File", "Save As" and save it to the desktop with your name on it. 

2.  Your History Heroes card needs to have the following:

Front of Card Back of Card
Picture
Name of Person		 Name of Person
Dates of birth and death
Historical Significance
Additional fact

3.  Click on the name of the person you chose from the list above.  You will find a list of websites where you will find the information you need to complete your History Hero card.  To insert your picture, right click, choose "copy", and then "paste" onto your word document.  You will type the rest of the information onto your card.

4.  Check to see that you have done everything that you were required to do:

History Heroes Card Assessment Rubric:

                     Requirement                                                                                  Points

Correct Margins set up for card                                                                              5
Picture                                                                                                                   10
Name on front of card                                                                                            5
Name on back of card                                                                                           10
Birth and death dates on back of card                                                                     20
Historical importance listed on back of card                                                            25
Additional fact about that person                                                                             25
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Total points possible                                                                                              100

4.  Print your finished card.  Cut it out and paste the front and back together.  Turn the completed History Heroes Collectible Trading Card in to your teacher.