History - Extra Credit: Medieval Trading Cards

Create a set of four Medieval trading cards like baseball cards or the cards use for the game Magic.

To make your cards, take one piece of blank paper and divide it into four sections.  Each section will be one card.  You may do the front and the back on the same piece of paper. You can use any color.

Select four people from the list below.  You'll need to do some research on each person. Some of them are in the history book, some are not.  Use internet sources if needed.  Biography.com is a good place to start.  Wikipedia is not a good source for this project, as their entries tend to be very, very long.

How to make each card:

• Side one:
• Include the person's name.
• Include a picture of the person or something important to that person.  This could be a building the lived or worked in, an object associated with them, a symbol that represents them.
• Include a border.
• Side two:
• List three facts about the person as bullet points.
• Write a 25 cent biography of the person that describes why that person was important. You will not be able to write about their entire life, just the reason why that person is still remembered today.
• Include a border.

Points for this project will be awarded based on visible effort and historical facts included.  

You may do this project on Google Docs or by hand on paper.  You may use any types of pictures you would like, but this is part of the effort shown.

This projects is worth 5 to 20 points in the 25% category. 

Choose from this list of Medieval people:

• Clovis, king of the Franks
• Clotilda, queen of the Franks
• Charlemagne
• Pope Leo III
• Harold Godwinson
• Harold Hadrada
• William I, king of England
• Edward, the Black Prince
• Saint Morris
• Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor
• Pope Gregory VII
• Francis of Assisi
• Geoffrey Chaucer
• Thomas Aquinas
• Thomas Beckett
• Boudica, queen of England
• Theodora, Empress of Byzantium
• Justinian I, Emperor of Byzantium
• Saint Benedict
• Henry II, King of England
• King John of England
• Kind Edward I of England
• Agnolo di Tura
• King Richard II of England
• Joan of Arc
• Empress Irene of Byzantium
• Cerularius of Byzantium
• King Richard I of England, called The Lionheart
• Salah al-Din
• Anna Comnena
• Eliezer ben Nathan
• Eleazar ben Judah
• Genghis Khan
• Catherine de Medici
• Eleanor of the Aquitane, Queen of England
• Marie de Champagne
• Christine de Pizan
• Hildegard of Bingen
• Matilda of Canossa
• Khawlah bint al-Azwar
• Isabel of Conches
• Joanna of Flanders

If there are other Medieval people you would like to do, please see Mr. Chester first.