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Kanaka Creek Elementary

11120 234A Street
Maple Ridge, BC, V2W 1C8
t. 604-467-9050
f. 604-467-8073

 

Influential people

TERM 3 – POWERPOINT PROJECT – INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE

Lessons:

  1. Each class, teacher will one introduce influential person (leadership, heros, those with outstanding characteristics traits), discuss briefly, watch video together and direct to informational website (all under KTECH link on the Kanaka Creek website)
  2. Students will create Powerpoint slides for this person during the class. Minimum of two slides (1 title page – name, date of birth, full name and other slides are facts/information) to as many as they can during the entire class.
  3. Every slide must include the influential person’s name (as there will be many over the term).
  4. All class time will be used, each student should aim to challenge themselves as much as possible. They may search outside of the informational website provided if they are looking for further information, photographs, etc.

 

Breakdown by class:

 

Date for lesson Influential Person Video Link Website Link
Terry Fox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1QOtPDAAeY http://www.terryfox.org/#

 

Helen Keller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXHLizGfUuM http://www.ducksters.com/biography/women_leaders/helen_keller.php

 

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG8X0vOvi7Q http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/history/martin-luther-king-jr/

 

Emily Carr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obGj_hsT_E0 http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/emily-carr/

 

The Wright Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdE5kBWIOto http://www.ducksters.com/biography/wright_brothers.php

 

Rosa Parks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8A9gvb5Fh0 https://www.timeforkids.com/news/remembering-rosa-parks/77091

 

Walt Disney https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hXsLTcgmLQ http://www.ducksters.com/biography/entrepreneurs/walt_disney.php

 

Anne Frank http://www.ducksters.com/biography/women_leaders/anne_frank.php

 

Nelson Mandela http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/nelson_mandela/

 

Mother Teresa http://www.ducksters.com/biography/mother_teresa.php

 

Roy Vickers http://www.royhenryvickers.com/artist

 

Jane Goodall http://www.ducksters.com/biography/scientists/jane_goodall.php

 

David Suzuki http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/david-suzuki/
Amelia Earheart http://www.ducksters.com/biography/women_leaders/amelia_earhart.php

 

Rick Hanson https://www.rickhansen.com/About-Us/About-Rick-Hansen

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Maple Ridge, BC, V2W 1C8
t. 604-467-9050
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Chad Raible

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