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Student Name: Class Period: People of the West Project Directions Part 1 1. Pick a person to study using this website a. click on “Outlaws & Lawmen”, “Legendary Women”, or “Showbiz cowboy to pick a person to study 2. Tell Ms. James the person you would like to study so she can write them down. YOU CANNOT STUDY THE SAME PERSON AS A CLASSMATE. It is first come, first serve, so don’t waste time picking a person. 3. Start your research using the same website found above (click on the person’s name). a. Then, use other CREDIBLE resources to research your person. Wikipedia is not allowed. b. Try searching ABCClio for your person: c. Try searching on http://school.eb.com for your person i. username: 1953earlh ii. password: haea11 YOU SHOULD TYPE YOUR RESEARCH RIGHT ON THIS DOCUMENT Things you need to research about your person: 1. General facts a. When were they born? Where? b. When did they die? c. Where did they die? d. How did they die? e. Where did they come from? Where did they grow up? f. Where did they spend the majority of their life? g. Did they marry? Kids? h. Do they have an alias (Nickname)? i. Other interesting facts about their lives 2. Career Choice a. What careers did this person have throughout their lifetime? Did they change jobs often? b. What was their final job? (The one they last did before death)

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Student Name: Class Period:    

People of the West Project Directions Part 1 

 1. Pick a person to study using this  website 

a. click on “Outlaws & Lawmen”, “Legendary Women”, or “Showbiz cowboy to pick a person to study 

 2. Tell Ms. James the person you would like to study so she can write them down. YOU 

CANNOT STUDY THE SAME PERSON AS A CLASSMATE. It is first come, first serve, so don’t waste time picking a person.  

 3. Start your research using the same website found above (click on the person’s name).  

a. Then, use other CREDIBLE resources to research your person. Wikipedia is not allowed. 

b. Try searching  ABC­Clio  for your person:  c. Try searching on  http://school.eb.com  for your person 

i. username: 1953earlh ii. password: haea11 

 YOU SHOULD TYPE YOUR RESEARCH RIGHT ON THIS DOCUMENT  Things you need to research about your person: 

1. General facts a. When were they born? Where? b. When did they die? c. Where did they die? d. How did they die? e. Where did they come from? Where did they grow up? f. Where did they spend the majority of their life? g. Did they marry? Kids? h. Do they have an alias (Nickname)? i. Other interesting facts about their lives 

  

2. Career Choice a. What careers did this person have throughout their lifetime? Did they change 

jobs often? b. What was their final job? (The one they last did before death) 

 

 3. What is this person’s claim to fame ? (Why are they famous, why do we still study them 

today?)   

4. Significant events  in this person’s life that led them to be famous a. you should have at least two significant events 

  Using the information you have researched so far, how does the person you picked connect to westward expansion and the Wild West? (if you’re struggling to answer this question, give your best educated guess. This question requires a little thinking! :)  )