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1 Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell Directions for Successful Person Power Point
Choose a person YOU think is SUCCESSFUL. It can be anyone: athlete, musician, business leader, actor, director, skater, professional gamer, and so on… However, you must be able to find RESEARCH (data & facts) on this person. We will be using both our PVHS database and the Internet for research. This person will be the focus of your research paper. Choose wisely. Directions: Create a power point of someone you consider successful. Follow this format EXACTLY. Your power point will be exactly 8 slides. Your power point is due Jan 24 (A-day) or Jan 25 (B-day)

2 SLIDE ONE: INTRO On this first slide include:
*Name of Successful Person *Your Name & Period An image of your person Save on your Google account PRINT out a hard copy at home using 6 slides PER PAGE (do NOT print full page slides!) Due in class on Jan. 24/ 25

3 Slide Two: Who Who is your person?
Why do you pick this person? How are they successful? Include two images. IMPORTANT NOTE: YOUR 8TH SLIDE WILL BE YOUR BIBLIOGRAPHY. AS YOU CREATE THIS POWER POINT, COPY AND PASTE EACH URL TO THAT SLIDE.

4 Slide Three: How How do you define success?
How this person is successful? Is he/she a genius? A tycoon? A Rock Star? An athlete? A business leader? A politician/ government officer? Include statistics and facts to support your claim that this person IS successful. paste URLs on Slide 8 Include at least one image.

5 Slide Four: Why What are the factors that led to this person’s success? What is he/she like? Why does he/she stand out as successful? Personality? Intelligence? Lifestyle? Self-made? Etc… INCLUDE facts and images (paste URLs on Slide 8)

6 Slide Five: Help Did anyone help him/her on his/her journey to success? Who? Explain how you think these people helped your person to become successful. Include at least one image.

7 Slide Six: Background What is this person’s background?
Where are is he/she from? Culture? Legacy? Etc? What factors do you think led to his/her success? Passion? Talent? Hard work? Time? Include at least one image

8 Slide Seven: Conclusion
Make a final claim explaining: How do you define success? How does this successful person represent your definition of success? Be specific. Include one image.

9 Slide Eight: Bibliography
Please keep track of your sources by copying the website URL and pasting it on this slide as you create this power point. NOTE: you do not need to format this slide into a proper MLA bibliography. You may just have a list of website URLs.


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