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Lee 8th Grade Research Projects: Trading Cards

Directions

Research to find 1 quote by or about your person and 3-5 facts about what he/she did for the United States.

Find an image of your person and save it to your computer.

Now you are ready to create your trading card.

Go to Big Huge Lab's Trading Card Maker

Create an account.

Follow the directions for creating your trading card.

Upload your image.

Insert the quote in the sub-title area.

Insert the 3-5 facts in the description area.

Create your card. Preview, make any necessary changes by clicking the Edit button.

If the image doesn't show up right, adjust the crop at the bottom of the page. 

If the information text is too long, edit it. 

If the quote is too long, edit it by replacing unnecessary phrases with ... 

When your card is finished, click Share and Get Link. Copy the  URL.

Mrs. Kelley's students, complete this form: http://goo.gl/forms/i58ApcT1mG 

Mr. Price's students, complete this form: http://goo.gl/forms/5NdHz8Yp8r

Resources

Include quotation marks around your search terms when you want to find them together, ie. "Fort Sumter"

Example

List of People to Research

Sojourner Truth

Frederick Douglass

Nat Turner

John Brown

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Tubman

Hiram Revels

William Carney

William Lloyd Garrison

Powhatan Beaty

Greenwood, Oklahoma (Tulsa Race Riot of 1921)

Ku Klux Klan