1. Gabrielle Chanel Scrapbook
By: Martha Herrarte
Pd.5 World History H

2. Childhood Coco Chanel was born as Gabrielle Bonheur Chasnel
Doctors had misspelled her last name on her birth certificate
Birthplace: Saumur, France
Coco Chanel’s mother worked at a poor house

3. Childhood cont. Coco’s father worked as a traveling wine peddler
She had two sisters and two brothers
Her mother died when she was twelve

4. Childhood cont. Her father left her and her siblings.
She and her sisters went to a convent while her brothers went to a farm as child laborers.

5. Work Gabrielle first started as a cabaret singer.
She sang in cafés and in concerts
While working at the cafés she was given the name Coco
Scrapbook
1. Create a scrapbook slideshow covering major periods of a figure’s life, for example: (but not limited
or constrained by) early childhood, educations, work, accomplishments, critics, legacy
2. Each period should be at least 1-2 slides in the scrapbook slideshow.
3. Each slide should have at least 2 illustrations
4. Descriptions of the illustration &/or event is required
5. The scrapbook slide show should be neat, organized, & complete (that is, be sure to have done &
included all important information.)
6. Use your creativity with this option.
7. The project will be graded as follows: 20pts for content completeness, 20pts for illustrations,
10pts for neatness & creativity