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AICE ENGLISH GENERAL PAPER
2020-2021
Mrs. Portuondo
AICE English General Paper Project
They Stood Alone: To expand your knowledge base, you will be learning about men and women who made/make a difference around the world. Students will adopt the personas of these heroes by creating video dating profiles on FlipGrid. Then they will choose their perfect matches and justify their selections in a brief paragraph.
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STUDENTS HERO / RESEARCH CATEGORY
Barney & Wukash Anderson / Entertainment (Bigelow)
Baxter & Wong Barton / Society (Hendley)
Benoit & Spellberg Blackwell / Politics (Carter)
Budhi & Seiden Bourke-White / Media (Obama)
Carrillo & Rubenstein Cady Stanton / Politics (Tatchell)
De Kok & Robin Carson / Environment (Merkel)
Deleon & Pinder Copernicus / Science (Goodall)
Elesgarai & Pesantes Curie / Technology (Jobs)
Fraser & Pena da Vinci / Technology (Bezos)
Gardner & Osber Gandhi / Society (Churchill)
Horne & Ochoa Mead / Environment (Fossey)
Howard & Nieminen Newton / Science (Guth)
Irwin & Nanan Robinson / Environment (Mendes)
Jacob & Nadler Tesla / Technology (Musk)
Katz & Mendez Thoreau / Society (Menchu)
Layun & Lopez Washington / Politics (Gates)
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Build Background
According to the author, each person highlighted in the book meets five criteria:
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Sees life from a different perspective
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Questions conventional wisdom
3. Steps away from the crowd and takes a risk
4. Maintains self-confidence despite societal opposition
5. Changes his/her own world and ours
As you read the assigned chapter or research your own hero, consider the above mentioned attributes. Try to narrow your profile down to one or two unique features that work well to promote your person.
They Stood Alone Project Overview
They Stood Alone Dating Profile Directives
They Stood Alone Dating Profile Tips
They Stood Alone Dating Profile Video Rubric
Follow-Up Quiz
Once everyone has presented his/her assigned hero, each of you will be tested on ALL of the daters with a quiz which requires you to match each person to his/her achievement.
In preparation for this assessment, consider creating a chart or flashcards that highlight/s each person’s impact as you study the dating videos.
They Stood Alone Bio Patterned Poems
They Stood Alone Hero Research Links
for second student on list above
