Into Thin Air: Adopt a character assignment
Each of you will be responsible for creating a portion of a shared Prezi that provides information about all the main characters of Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer. Your responsibility will be to your chosen character.
Basic information about your adopted character- This is the information that you will contribute to the class Prezi about your character. How you setup your portion of the Prezi is up to you. Remember, the information that you post is visible to the ENTIRE WEB and will be used as a resource by your classmates.
Milstead’s 2nd period Prezi:
http://prezi.com/egsffpqqwxan/edit/?auth_key=tfc4n9o&follow=qinckhgk6wqn
Milstead’s 5th period Prezi:
http://prezi.com/udb6npf70b64/edit/?auth_key=ksozt0n&follow=qinckhgk6wqn
Include the following information about your character.
Character name:
your name:
pic:
born:
location:
died:
location:
cause of death:
what was their role in the book “Into Thin Air”?
legacy (what happened after Into Thin Air). If your character is no longer alive then report what their family/friends/colleagues are doing in their memory.
book quotes about OR by the character
links and resources: include urls to the individual’s website, YouTube videos, FB page, etc.
What should I include besides the basics about my character?
Put your research skills to use and find out if your character has a website, videos or other online resources. List these in the links and resources section for your character.
FAQs
How will I find the answers to these questions about my character?
Research and reading. For most of these individuals the answers won’t be in one place. If there is a Wikipedia page you will have to look deep into the book and Google.
Why do some students have two characters?
Not all characters appear in every chapter so we have assigned some students two characters who aren’t featured frequently in the book.