Who can I be??

Question

I have to do a one-act on a (somewhat significant character, I guess) in American history. I have to go in front of the class and act for three minutes a significant event or act in that person's life. An example our teacher gave us: this one person was a singer so got in front and did like a short little musical for the class. I can't sing at all. Who can I be! What can I do! Three minutes is a long time. ANY ideas would be greatly appreciate :) Thank you!

Answer 1

WOW!!! Now HERE's an idea that would be great fun! Go to this website, first, and read about a man named George Washington Carver: http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa041897.htm
People thought he wasn't very smart, but he went to school and became a chemist. He didn't have much, but he did have brains! He discovered HUNDREDS of things you can make from PEANUTS. Really. He became very, very famous, and is in almost all American History books.
Now, for your skit:
You could dress in a lab coat and wear lab goggles. You could have an assortment of beakers and test tubes and stuff. You could stir stuff in a beaker, then put the beaker in a box, and pull out one of the things he made from peanuts. This could go on a long time and be a lot of fun as your classmates become totally amazed at all the things that can come from peanuts!
Just visit the website I gave you and maybe do a bit more research.
Best of luck to you!

Answer 2

get up there and cite the gettysburg address. just memorize the speech (it's not that long) and get a costume and you're set.

"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

Answer 3

The easiest thing to do is to pick out someone that you admire. I had to do something similar (We had to pick some one if historical value in Hawaii, Write an Essay and give an oral report) in high school, and even though it was difficult, some one who I thought made a great contribution to the people of these islands was easier to talk about, than if the teacher had just assigned people at random.

Think of your own interest, and find someone who made a difference in that area. Heck, most teenagers still spend hours on the telephone, thank you Mr. Alexander Graham Bell, but who is really the person behind cell phones? Someone who made a difference in your state or your city, who you may think about.

Answer 4

Go up there wearing a beard and top hat and be like:
"hi my name is george washinton, and i am an ex-american president. I like long walks on the beach, and sanding my wooden dentures. so far in life i have acheived american presidency, marraige, helping to write the deleration of independence, etc,"
that would be a laugh, but be careful because some people may take offence...
here is some information.
http://www.answers.com/George%20Washington

Answer 5

Elenore Roosevelt
Clara Barton
Hellen Keller
Amelia Earhart

There are so many women to choose from - you probably thought something you learned about a famous person was cool at one point in your education. Think about that and you will find an idea.

Answer 6

Barrack Obama

Answer 7

You should be Bill Gates or Abe lincoln or pretend to be chris columbus sailing on a ship with your telescope and then hit land and act like you've discovered something

Answer 8

Do Rosa Parks. Put a couple of chairs to represent the bus in the performing area. Sit in one of them. Say, "No! I'm not moving. I'm tired and my feet hurt. There are other seats you can use!" Then fold your arms and sit there.

Answer 9

Martin Luther King---"I have a Dream" speech

Answer 10

I could help you, I can impersonate Tina turner, and a lot more,but I have no idea where you live at.I can make people stand on their feet and clap!!!!