What is the History of your name Day

What is the History of your name? Day 1 AP World and World History

Write 1 paragraph on the following: • Who chose to give your name? How was it decided? • Were there traditions associated with giving you that name? What were they? • Describe your experiences with your name. Liann Joy Mc. Creery My parents gave me my name and they decided that they like the sound of it. I wasn’t named after anyone. My father’s mom was heard to say: “That’s not a biblical name” –This tells you a lot right there! Mc. Creery means-son of the heart King in ancient Scotland. And I am not related to American Idol winner Scotty Mc. Creery.

Who are you? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. • Dalai Lama Wangari Maathai Confucius Shi Huang Di Akbar Ataturk Elizabeth II Joan of Arc Antigone Indira Gandhi Malala Yousefsi Socrates Kofi Annan Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Siddhartha Gautama Ashoka Abraham Jesus Mohammed Joseph Stalin Katherine the Great Vladimir Putin Martin Luther Ramses Napoleon Aristotle Karl Marx Gilgamesh Desmond Tutu Albert Einstein Winston Churchill Simon Bolivar Mao Zedong Genghis Khan Marco Polo Mussolini Corazon Aquino Leonardo Da Vinci Hammurabi Margaret Mead Nelson Mandela Patrice Lumumba Atahulpa Ibn Battuta

Now, you will be assigned a famous person we will run across during our studies together • Be prepared to answer the following questions as your person. Look them up on the internet or in your book in at least 2 sources. • What are the top three moments in your life? • Where were you born? When? • Who are your enemies? • Who are your friends? • Fun Fact?