Colorado's
Famous Citizens
Colorado's
Famous Citizens
A webquest
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The members of the Centennial Wax Museum staff, in which you belong, have been asked to prepare the newest exhibit for display: Colorado's Famous Citizens. As you know, many people call Colorado their home and some of these citizens became famous. A famous person is someone who is well known and whose achievements are celebrated and remembered. Being famous does not mean you are rich or poor; just that you are celebrated.
Colorado's
Famous Citizens
A webquest
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As a museum staff member, you will be selecting one famous person from Colorado to research. When your research has been completed you will "become" your famous person in a wax exhibit. Your presentation will be videotaped for an upcoming television show.
Your research needs include:
What is your person famous for?
How is your person connected to Colorado?
When was your person born? When did your person die (unless they are still living)?
Two to three important events that happened during your person's life.
Three to four adjectives describing your person.
Bibliography that includes at least two resources.
Colorado's
Famous Citizens
A webquest
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Step 1: Read about the many famous Coloradans and select a person to research.
Step 2: Use the two-column notecatcher to help you organize your findings.
Step 3: Write a paragraph based on the information from your notecatcher.
Step 4: Practice orally presenting your paragraph.
Step 5: Practice standing in one position for several minutes without moving (being a wax figure).
Step 6: Evaluate your work using the Famous Citizen rubric.
Step 6: Sign up to meet with Mrs. England in order to have your presentation videotaped.
Colorado's
Famous Citizens
A webquest
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Start your research using the links below.
Colorado State Archives Biographies
Famous People of Colorado List
Native Americans of
Colorado
Chief Black Kettle:
PBS,
Legends of America
Chief Ouray:
Southern Ute,
Man of
Peace, Umcompagre Utes
Chipeta:
Museum
Trail,
Women
of the West,
Montrose Daily Press
Ben Nighthorse Campbell:
Biography,
Foster Club,
Powersource
Early European Explorers
William Bent, frontiers man:
CO
Adventure Guide,
PBS,
Timeline
Kit Carson, military officer:
PBS,
Sangres,
Virtualology,
William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, mountain man:
PBS,
American West,
Buffalo Bill Museum
Stephen H. Long, military officer:
CBS
Interactive,
NE Studies,
US Corps,
CO Adventure
Guide
Zebulon Pike, military officer:
Pike
Nat'l Trail,
CO Adventure
Guide,
Lewis & Clark Journey
African Americans of
Colorado
Jim Beckworth, mountain man:
Beckworth,
Utah History
Aunt Clara Brown, pioneer and nurse:
Historical
Society, CO Women,
YourHub
Justina Ford, doctor:
Historical Society,
Black
American West Museum
Cleo Parker Robinson, dancer:
Answers,
CBS4
Bill Pickett, cowboy:
French Creoles,
Black
Cowboys
Hispanics of Colorado
Federico Pena, Mayor of Denver:
About Denver
Ken Salazar, US Senator:
US Congress
Men of Colorado
Horace Tabor, silver baron:
Leadville,
Baby Doe,
Matchless Mine,
American Western History
Malcom Scott Carpenter,
astronaut:
NASA,
Astronautix,
Absolute
Astronomy
Jack
Dempsey, boxer:
Jack
Dempsey, J.
Dempsey Museum,
Bookrags
Charles Boettcher, businessman:
History Society,
Time,
Denver Business Journal
Enos Mills, naturalist:
Old Estes,
E. Mills Cabin,
Nat'l Park Service
John Elway, football player:
Sporting
News, John Elway,
Biography
David Moffat, railroad man:
Railfan,
Alferd Packer, cannibal:
Tru Crime Library
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., actor:
Silent Gents
Women of Colorado
Evalyn Walsh McLean, diamond heiress:
PBS,
Star of the East,
Diamond4me
Baby Doe, silver queen:
Baby Doe,
BabyDoe,
CO History, Matchless Mine
Amy Van Dyken, Olympic athlete:
Geocities, Fans,
Wikipedia
Florence Sabin, doctor and scientist:
NAS,
Profiles in Science,
Nat'l Women,
Nat'l Medicine
Margaret "Molly" Brown, Titanic survivor:
CO Great
Women,
Encyclopedia Titanic,
Titanic
Antoinette Perry, actress:
Women's History,
Tony Awards,
Britannic Encyclopedia,
Am. Theatre Wing
Patricia Schroeder, US Representative:
Fact
Monster,
Politico,
APB
Emily Griffith, teacher:
About Denver,
CO History
Katharine Lee Bates, poet:
Poets of Cambridge,
Wellesley,
BiographyBase,
Maime Doud Eisenhower, First Lady:
White House,
The
Eisenhowers,
Biography
Helen Hunt Jackson, author:
CO Great Women,
CO College,
CJOnline
Colorado's
Famous Citizens
A webquest
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Use this rubric to ensure you have completed all the required tasks.