Celebrities Allowed These are not the only ones you can do. We’ve just started collecting a list. See a short list of celebrities you may NOT use at the bottom of this page. Teacher suggestions for famous people to research. You may research a person who is no longer living if he or she is listed with these teacher recommendations. Also, no promises, but you may be able to talk other teachers into some extra credit if you do a great job on your PowerPoint! English Department Authors (Some are already listed in the chart below.) Gary Paulsen J.K. Rowling Brandon Mull Suzanne Collins S.E. Hinton Scott Westerfeld Agatha Christie Stephenie Meyer Christopher Paolini Meg Cabot Darren Shan Avi Lois Lowry Eoin Colfer Robin McKinley Holly Black R.L. Stine Cornelia Funk Will Hobbs Joan Bauer Gary Soto John Ritter Judy Blume Richard Peck Karen Hesse Ally Condie (local -- Matched) Garth Nix Caroline Cooney Chris Crowe (local) Walter Dean Myers Scott O'Dell Louis Sachar Ouida Sebestyen -- How reliable would each of these sources be?
Wilson Rawls (Where the Red Fern Grows, Summer of the Monkeys) Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) Theater / Drama Ms. Hansen suggests William Shakespeare Neil Simon Arthur Miller Mark Twain John Steinbeck Thornton Wilder Agatha Christie Sophocles Euripides Contemporary Theater (suggestions from Ms. Dorsey and Ms. Hansen) -- I haven't yet checked all of these for availability and appropriateness of information. Andrew Lloyd Webber Michael Crawford (the Phantom) Hugh Jackman (Wolverine and Broadway!) Idina Menzel (Wicked, Enchanted) Kristen Chenoweth (Wicked, Pushing Daisies, many others) Audra McDonald (Ragtime, amazing Broadway star who came to Utah last summer to perform at the Hale Center Theater) Donny Osmond (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat) Brian Stokes Mitchell (Ragtime, sang with the Mormon Tab. Choir for a Christmas album/program) From the Math Department: The links below have modern mathematicians and historically significant mathematicians. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0192505.html http://fabpedigree.com/james/mathmen.htm From Mr. Thornton: Any classical composers (Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Haydn, etc.) and also Guido de Arezzo (he was a monk who changed the history of music almost 1000 yrs. ago). Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, The Beetles, Elvis, Frank Sonatra, Ella Fitgerald, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole, Glen Miller, Kenny Rogers, Johnny Cash, Michael Jackson, The King Singers and U2 are some 20th century musicians that have had a great effect on music. From Mrs. Wettstein: Fred Astaire Gene Kelly From the Media Center, Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Bird: We have "Biography Today" a series which would be a great resource for your students if you would like to use a print source. [Students, you could even look through the series to find famous people you'd be interested in.] From Mrs. Hansen in the front office: Try the Wild West Era, such as Billy the Kid History/Social Studies Department Mr. Wright suggests Elizabeth the First Marco Polo Magellan John Smith Samuel Adams John Adams Paul Revere Patrick Henry Thomas Jefferson Francis Marion Benedict Arnold George Washington James Madison Benjamin Franklin Alexander Hamilton Lewis and Clark Andrew Jackson Harriet Beecher Stowe Harriet Tubman Abraham Lincoln Jefferson Davis Joshua Chamberlain U.S. Grant Robert E. Lee Mr. Aiman (Technology) suggests: Henry Ford (Moving assembly line) Andrew Carnegie (Started US Steel, Carnegie Hall) Jack St. Clair Kilby (Semiconductor) John Deere (Plow) James Watt (Steam Engine) Rudolf Diesel (Diesel Engine) Eli Whitney (Cotton gin) | |||
Hawk, Chase | |||
Allen, Tim | |||
Brees, Drew | |||
Collins, Suzanne | Author, Hunger Games | ||
Depp, Johnny | |||
Dyrdek, Rob | Will you be able to find enough sites? | ||
Gaiman, Neil | Author, The Graveyard Book | ||
Gates, Bill | |||
Hamm, Morgan | Gymnast | ||
Hamm, Paul | Gymnast | ||
Hanks, Tom | Tom Hanks Online. Fan Made, 2010. Web. 26 Oct. 2010. <http://www.tomhanks-online.com/>. Woolson, Jennifer D. "Tom Hanks." Vim & Vigor 1996: 16-20. SIRS Discoverer. Web. 26 Oct. 2010. <http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000029114>. | ||
Hasselhof, David | (but involves alcoholism) | ||
Hinton, S.E. | Author, The Outsiders | ||
James, LeBron | |||
Jordan, Michael | |||
Lautner, Taylor | |||
Lavato, Demi | |||
Lowry, Lois | Author, The Giver | ||
Mull, Brandon | Author, Fablehaven | ||
Pastrana, Travis | http://www.travispastrana.com/#/en/TRAVIS/Bio/ http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000153945 http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000113016
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Pattinson Robert | |||
Peterson, Adrian | |||
Regan, Brian | It may be hard to find enough websites. | ||
Riordan, Rick | Author, The Lightning Thief some resources are at http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/search?keyword1=Rick+Riordan&stype=basic&sort=relevance&easy=on&mod=on&chal=on | ||
Robinson, Denard | |||
Romo, Tony | http://www.tonyromoonline.org/tony-romo-biography.ph -- Disclaimer: This site is not affiliated with, nor endorsed by Tony Romo, nor Dallas Cowboys, nor anyone associated with Tony Romo and we are a fan site of TonyRomoOnline.Org | ||
Rowling, J.K. | |||
Sandler, Adam | |||
Shackleton, Ernest | Explorer, hero of Ice Story | ||
Sparks, Jordan | |||
Spielberg, Steven | |||
Spinelli, Jerry | Author, Maniac Magee | ||
Tatum, Channing | |||
Tebow, Tim | |||
Underwood, Carrie | |||
Unga, Harvey | Will you be able to find enough websites? | ||
Eoin Colfer | |||
Other authors of books you enjoy | |||
John, Elton | |||
Clarkson, Kelly | |||
Smith, Will | |||
Regan, Brian | |||
Others you could use:
Henry Cejudo -- henrycejudo.com
Terry Crews -- I'm not sure whether you will be able to find enough information on his life.
Ryan Dungey: http://www.racerxonline.com/rider/ryan-dungey.aspx
James Galloway -- flautist
Toby Keith
Michael Phelps -- some reports of use of alcohol and drugs
John Grisham -- author -- find some resources at http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/search?keyword1=John+Grisham&stype=basic&easy=on&mod=on&chal=on
Emma Roberts: http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000261707
Student recommendations:
colbie caillet "I love colbie caillet but she doesnt have alot of information about her."
Tony Romo 'I would suggest my celebrity because, I think more people should know about Tony Romo."
Steven Spielburg I would suggest researching Steven Spielberg because he is an interesting person and it might be a little complicated, but it improves your skill.
Dwyane Wade "Researching him was kind of hard. Most of the stuff I found was stats in his games, and other things like that. I wanted stuff about his life. In the End, I found information on him though. I would recommend him to other students because he has a very interesting life."
Jordin [Sparks] is a good person to do a powerpoint on because she has great information and a lot of it. She has great pictures to[o]. -- Jenna S.
I suggest that other students pick Selena Gomez to be [their] celebrity because it is easy. - Spencer G.
I think other students should search Johnny Depp, because they will be successful in finding information.-- Nikki T.
I would definitely suggest Roald Dahl as a celebrity to research because he had a very, very interesting life. -- Emily Z. I do suggest that other people research Demi Lovato. Because she is fun to learn about and most people don't know some stuff about her. -- Kasidy W. The character Adam Sandler was hard because there was hardly anything to find out about him. --Niko B. Yes I would recommend researching Sara Bareilles but it will be hard. I would because she is very interesting and I enjoyed learning about her. -- Sierra H. The site that was most trustworthy was espn.com. Yes i would suggest doing this on LeBron James becasue he is easy to get information about him. -- Garrett P. The most trustworthy website that we used was the one that he made on his own. The least trustworthy website that I found was Wikipedia. I would suggest to other students to research Chuck. Because there was a lot of different info. -- Colton S. The most trusworthy site was the chicago tribune because they did a personal interview. . . . . I would suggest researching my celebrity [Michael Jordan] because you can find a lot of info. about him. -- Ryan T. Do Not Use | |
Bynes, Amanda | |
Cyrus, Miley | |
Dunham, Jeff | |
Eminem | |
Ice T | |
Lohan, Lindsey | |
Spears, Britney | |
Foxx, Megan | |
Cook, Dane | |
