WHO AM I ?
Who Am I ?
■ Learning Objectives
– Effectively state aloud the celebrity or inventor described
through working with others in a group.
– Work effectively with others in a group.
■ Standards
– A:B1.2 Learn and apply critical-thinking skills
– A:B1.5 Organize and apply academic information from a
variety of sources
– PS:A1.9 Demonstrate cooperative behavior in groups
Who Am I?
Name of the Individual:
Clues provided that led you to believe this is the
person:
Did all of your group members agree with you?
Why or why not?
He could not sell his chicken. More than 1,000 restaurants rejected him. He later
went on to open many restaurants around the country/world.
Name of the Individual: Colonel Sanders
Clues that led me to this conclusion:
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Chicken restaurant
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Male
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Famous around the country/world
Did all group members agree? Why or why not?
No. Group members felt that we should have considered other major retailers. For
example, Popeye's or Churches restaurants. Group members wanted to do more
research into who owns each business.
SHE HAD A ROUGH AND
ABUSIVE CHILDHOOD AND
WAS FIRED FROM HER JOB
AS A REPORTER BECAUSE
SHE WAS “UNFIT” FOR
TELEVISION.
Oprah Winfrey
She had a rough and
abusive childhood and
was fired from her job
as a reporter because
she was “unfit” for
television.
HE WAS A HARVARD
UNIVERSITY DROPOUT AND MY
FIRST BUSINESS, TRAF-O-DATA
WAS A FAILURE.
Bill Gates
He was a Harvard
University
dropout and my
first business,
Traf-O-Data was a
failure.
THIS INVENTOR WAS
CONSIDERED THE “GREATEST
AMERICAN INVENTOR”. HIS
TEACHERS TOLD HIM, HE WAS
“TOO STUPID TO LEARN
ANYTHING”.
Thomas
Edison
This inventor was
considered the
“Greatest American
Inventor”. His
teachers told him,
he was “too stupid
to learn anything”.
AT 30 YEARS OLD, HE WAS LEFT
DEVASTATED AND DEPRESSED
AFTER BEING UNCEREMONIOUSLY
REMOVED FROM THIS POPULAR
COMPUTER COMPANY HE
STARTED.
Steve Jobs
At 30 years old, he was left
devastated and
depressed after being
unceremoniously
removed from this
popular computer
company he started.
HE FAILED IN BUSINESS THREE
TIMES AND FAILED
CAMPAIGNING SEVEN TIMES
PRIOR TO BECOMING
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
Abraham Lincoln
He failed in business three
times and failed
campaigning seven times
prior to becoming
President of the United
States.
HE DID NOT SPEAK UNTIL HE WAS
FOUR YEARS OLD. HIS PARENTS
THOUGHT HE WAS “SUB-NORMAL”.
HE WAS EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL
AND HIS TEACHERS DESCRIBED
HIM AS “MENTALLY SLOW”.
Albert Einstein
He did not speak until
he was four years old.
His parents thought
he was “sub-normal”.
He was expelled from
school and his
teachers described
him as “mentally
slow”.
HE WAS CUT FROM HIS HIGH
SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM
FOR A “LACK OF SKILL”.
Michael
Jordan
He was cut from
his high school
basketball team
for a “lack of skill”.
TH
20
SHE WAS DROPPED BY
CENTURY FOX AFTER ONE YEAR
BECAUSE HER PRODUCER TOLD
HER THAT SHE WASN’T PRETTY OR
TALENTED ENOUGH TO BE AN
ACTRESS.
Marilyn
Monroe
THIS FAMOUS AUTHOR WAS
UNEMPLOYED, DIVORCED, AND
RAISING A DAUGHTER ON SOCIAL
SECURITY WHILE WRITING THIS
MAGICAL CHARACTER NOVEL. HER
MAGICAL NOVEL WAS REJECTED BY
12 PUBLISHING HOUSES.
JK Rowling
THIS FAMOUS AUTHOR’S
FIRST BOOK, “CARRIE”
WAS REJECTED 30 TIMES.
HE PROCEEDED TO
THROW IT IN THE TRASH.
Stephen King
HE WAS A FAILURE AT THREE
BUSINESSES BEFORE FINALLY
SUCCEEDING WITH THIS
POPULAR MOTOR COMPANY
AT AGE 53.
Henry Ford
THEY WERE REJECTED BY
DECCA RECORDING
STUDIOS, WHO SAID WE
DON’T LIKE THEIR SOUND.”
“THEY HAVE NO FUTURE IN
THE BUSINESS.
The Beatles