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You may choose to create either a newspaper (4 pages) or a brochure (3-fold). All text you write must
be typed.
The newspaper must be four pages and contain:
- A newspaper name and picture of your mathematician
- World or national news of the period in which your person lived.
- An obituary if deceased. Here is where you will provide most of the information about your mathematician - birth
and death dates, family, early childhood, places lived, education. Look at death notices in newspapers to get ideas for content.
- If not deceased, then a birth notice and articles about the mathematician's family, early life, and education.
- An Editorial/Opinion article about one or more contributions your mathematician made to the field of mathematics.
Why is he/ she important?
- For extra credit one or more of the following: a cartoon or comic strip related to the person's life, a puzzle such as
a brain teaser or crossword or word serach, quotations by or about your mathematician.
The newspaper may be no more than 2 sheets of paper double-sided.
The brochure must be three-fold ( 6 columns) and contain:
- A title and a picture of your mathematician
- Information about his/her birth ( date, location, parents) and death if deceased (date, location, cause)
- Information about his/her early childhood and family, places lived
- Information about his/her education
- A description of contributions to the field of mathematics
- A timeline of where your person fits in history - what events were taking place during his/her lifetime.
- For extra credit one or more of the following: a cartoon or comic strip related to the person's life, a puzzle such as
a brain teaser or crossword or word serach, quotations by or about your mathematician.
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