1. Facebook Project – Nisha J. Todd Facebook can help you connect and share history of people’s lives. You can complete one or more of the following pages on a famous figure. Directions are below Insert the famous figure’s picture and name on each page you select to complete. INFO - Fill out as if you were that famous person. FRIENDS – Type in the name of the people who would have been involved with the famous figure. Put a picture or symbols for each friend. This could include people who were not their friends. WALL - This should be a time line of some important event. Pick one or more of the famous figure’s friend to set the time. It can be in years. Great place to use people who did not agree with them. PHOTOS –Use different pictures that illustrates aspects of their lives – family, important sites, etc. NOTES – Copy of a speech or short explanation of something that was important in their lives. All about Me Favorite Artist: Objective: To research using the Internet a document their lives and likes. Contact danita.lewis@jefferson.kyschools.us if there is a problem with this file.danita.lewis@jefferson.kyschools.us SPECIAL NOTE: All pictures and facts must be end noted.

2. Deborrah “Debbie” Kaye Allen Birthday: I am: Education: Hometown: Work: Interested in: Philosophy: Places I have traveled : Other : Howard University, Houston Ballet School Houston, Texas From Houston, Texas to Los Angeles to Mexico, back to Houston then North Carolina and New York Female January 16,1950 Honorary Doctorate from North Carolina School for the Arts Film Acting, Theater Acting, Television Acting, Choreographing and Dancing Won 3 Emmy awards for choreography. Opened the Debbie Allen dance academy in L.A. Earned a Tony nomination > Info

3. My BFFs > Friends My mother Vivian Allen My husband Norm Nixon My sister Phylicia Rashad My daughter Vivian Nixon My son Norm Nixon Jr. Delete pictures and put in pictures of people they work with in their lives. They could have been someone who did not like them.

4. Family Time!!! > Photos We work together more often then not. Everyone says that sometimes our toolbars look alike. LOL What do you think? Hanging out on the red carpet Family Portrait

5. Whose Popular? > Wall Debbie Allen says that her daughter Vivian Nixon motivated her to continue what she is doing as a person. Debbie Allen not only does all these things that make her successful for her but also to help her daughter with everything she wants do and be in life.

6. Be useful > Notes Debbie Allen says: "I think 'Fame' still resonates three decades later because what we did was so pure and it was honest... those stories were always so compelling. The dancing and the singing were just revelatory to the audiences. They hadn't seen anything like that week to week to week."

7. Bibliography 1. http://www.biography.com/#!/people/debbie-allen-538186 2. http://www.lipstickalley.com/showthread.php/553369-Poll-Who-should-play-Olivia- Pope-s-mother/page4 3. http://uptownmagazine.com/2013/11/soul-train-awards-2013-red-carpet-arrivals- photos/15/ 4.http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/galleryphoto.php?photoid=300894&personid =1423 5. www.imdb.com/name/nm0000739