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Role Models

Many of the famous Role models’ quotes are treasured as well as being applied into true lives by those people who wants to follow the destiny of their role models. Some quotes that inspire many people are given below:

What you teach your own children is what you really believe in.   - Cathy Warner Weatherford

Nothing arouses ambition so much as the trumpet clang of another's fame. - Baltasar Gracian

I studied the lives of great men and famous women, and I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and with hard work.         - Harry S. Truman

It is true that heroes are inspiring, but must not they also do some rescuing if they are to be worthy of their name? Would Wonder Woman matter if she only sent commiserating telegrams to the distressed? - Jeanette Winterson

Project

1.     Select a role model and research your role model

2.     Create a power point biography about your role model

3.     Present biography to the class in a three minute presentation and explain why you selected your person as your role model.

To write a biography you should:

1. Select a person you are interested in
2. Find out the basic facts of the person's life.  If it is a famous person, start with the internet. If it is a relative or someone you know, interview the person.
3. Think about what else you would like to know about the person, and what parts of the life you want to write most about. Some questions you might want to think about include:
• What makes this person special or interesting?
• What kind of effect did he or she have on the world? other people?
• What are the adjectives you would most use to describe the person?
• What examples from their life illustrate those qualities?
• What events shaped or changed this person's life?
• Did he or she overcome obstacles? Take risks? Get lucky?
• Is the world a better because of this person? How and why?
4. Do any additional research to find information that helps you answer these questions and tell an interesting story.
5. Write your biography

Creating an Effective PowerPoint Presentation

Hints for a successful presentation: 

• Plan carefully
• Do your research
• Know your audience
• Time your presentation 
• Practice your presentation 
• Speak comfortably and clearly 

Effective PowerPoint Slides

• Use design templates
• Standardize position, colors and styles 
• Include only necessary information 
• Limit the information to essentials
• Content should be self-evident
• Use colors that contrast 
• Be consistent with effects, transitions and animation 
• Too many slides can lose your audience

Text guidelines

• Generally no more than 6 words a line
• Generally no more than 6 lines a slide
• Avoid long sentences
• Larger font indicates more important information 
• Font size generally ranges from 18 to 48 point
• Be sure text contrasts with background
• Fancy fonts can be hard to read
• Words in all capital letters are hard to read
• Avoid abbreviations and acronyms
• Limit punctuation marks

Clip Art and Graphics

• Should balance the slide 
• Should enhance and complement the text, not overwhelm 
• No more than two graphics per slide