Voki Project
After drawing the name of a historic figure, you will create a Voki avatar for that person.
Follow these directions to create your avatar:
1. Go to the website http://www.voki.com/create.php
2. Click on the “Create” tab.
3. To choose a character to begin with, click on the die in the lower left-hand corner of the
character’s box until you come to the image you want to start with. Be sure that there
is no banner in the upper left-hand corner that says, “Only in Voki Classroom,” or you’ll
have to start over.
4. Once you have chosen the avatar that you want to start with, you can start customizing
it. Go to the box labeled, “Customize Your Character” and begin choosing faces, hair
styles, clothing, etc. You can also customize under the character box where it says
“Tweak” and “Color.”
5. Once your avatar looks the way you want, click on “Done” at the bottom of the
“Customize Your Character” box. In the “Give It a Voice” box type in this information:
a) Who your character is, b) What he/she is known for, c) and Tell whether you think
Manifest Destiny was good from your character’s point of view.
6. Choose whatever background you want and then “Publish.” Type in a title for your
character, click on “Save” and complete the information to email it to me at
[email protected]. Be sure to spell my name correctly: GnIOt.
Here is your grading sheet:
Points Possible
Who he/she is
What he/she is known for
Tell whether Manifest Destiny
was good for him/her
Total Points
Points Earned
Stephen Austin
Antonio López de
Santa Anna
WilliamTravis
Davy Crockett
Sam Houston
A Tejano
Juan Seguín
A Gold Miner
A Native American in
California during or
after the Gold Rush
An African American
in California during or
after the Gold Rush
John Sutter
Nancy Gooch
Luzena Wilson
Susanna Dickenson
A Chinese-American
in California during
the Gold Rush
A Mexican-American
in California after the
Mexican-American
War