This PowerPoint presentation summarizes the creator's family history through key events and locations from 1737 to 1989 told through a title slide, family map, and timeline of 6-8 events. The timeline includes names, dates, pictures, and explanations of how each event shaped the creator and their family, starting with the founder of the Methodist church influencing both sides of the family and ending with Disney's The Little Mermaid inspiring them to become a swimmer. Locations mentioned that were important include Yellowstone National Park, Mission Hospital in North Carolina, and Lake Keowee in South Carolina.
1. My Story: Delete these directions when you have completed
your ppt.
• Create a title slide
• Create a map slide of key family locations or
migrations
• Create a 6-8 event timeline of the most
significant events in US history for your family or
yourself. What events most shaped who you are
today?
– Names and dates of events
– How they shaped who you are
– Placement reflects chronology accurately
– Include 3+ pictures
2. In this year, 6
swimming events
were added into the
Yellowstone was Olympic games.
established as a Swimming is a huge
national park in 1872. influence on my life.
This has been big on Not that I think I will
my life because we go make it to the
almost every year. I will Olympics, but it is a
be going there for the good goal to strive
third time this summer. for. Give people a
It is a very interesting sense of
place to visit! accomplishment-
most of the time.
1737 1872 1891 1896
John Wesley Fred Carroll, who is
founded the my great, great
Methodist church in grandfather was
1737 and influenced born in this year. He
my family on both was the one
sides. It created a responsible for the
long string of curly hair gene in the
Methodist preachers gene pool of the
starting with my McKinney side of the
great, great family. I obviously
grandfather and acquired that gene,
finally extinguished along with most of
at my grandfather my other family
and great uncle. members. Thanks.
Methodism has a
large effect on me
and my family.
3. Mission Hospital
was established as a The Little Mermaid
major medical center was created 1989.
in North Carolina in When I was little, I
1947. My mom wanted to be a
works there and it mermaid and this
has inspired me to movie inspired me to
go into the medical become a swimmer.
field! My favorite Disney
movie ever!
1918 1947 1971 1989
William Taylor, my
great, great
grandfather was a
soldier in WWI. Lake Keowee was
Towards the end of created for energy
the war, my great by Duke Energy in
grandfather was 1971. It is huge for
born, Henry Taylor. my family because
William went AWOL we go out all the
to come back to see time in summer on
his newborn son. our boat. It is a ton
When he returned to of fun!!
the army, as
punishment, he was
sent to the front
lines and was killed.
