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Remembering Nina Simone (February 21,1933 – April 21, 2003)

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NINA SIMONE

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Legendary singer and songwriter, Nina Simone, has been identified by many publications as, “The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement,” due to her soulful performances of the mid-1960s that spoke to the heart of the struggle for social justice and equality. On the 85th anniversary of her birth, let's celebrate her genius.

Surf the Internet and answer the following questions:

When and where was she born?
What was her real name?
Why did she adopt the name of Nina Simone?
Where and when did she graduate?
What did she study?
Did she ever get married?
Did she have ant¡y children?
Where did she move after leaving New York?
Why did she leave the U.S.?
When and where did she die?

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NINA SIMONE

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The song you are about to hear was composed in 1953 by Billy Taylor but it wasn't until 1967 that Nina Simone covered the song in her album Silk & Soul.

The song has since become an anthem for the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.

In Loving Memory of Dolores O'Riordan

Dolores O'Riordan, lead singer of the Irish alternative band The Cranberries, died Monday, January 15 in London. She was 46.

Click on the links below to listen to six of the best songs by The Cranberries. Hope you like them and tell me which one you prefer.

Rolling Stone's Obituary

Surf the net and find the answers to these questions about Dolores O'Riordan:

1. When and where was she born?
2. What was the person’s family like?
3. What was the person’s childhood like?
4. Where did the person go to school?
5. What important early experiences did the person have?
6. Why is the person famous?
7. What problems did she have to overcome?
8. Who did the person marry?
9. How many children did the person have?
10. Choose your favourite song from the ones above.

Mireia Belmonte

You will have to make a presentation about this Spanish famous swimmer. Try to answer the questions below and provide relevant information about her career.

1. What is the person’s name and where is she from? When was she born?

2. What things did she do to become famous?

3. How long has she been famous?

4. Have you seen her on television or in real life?

5. What is she like?

6. What does she do now?

7. Why is this person important to you?.......

8. What else do you know about her? (hobbies, family, etc..)

Webliography

https://swimswam.com/bio/mireia-belmonte-garcia/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mireia_Belmonte#Biography

Who is She?

Famous People Lesson Plan

The Greatest Artistic Gymnast Of All Time

Search the Internet and find out the answer to all the questions below. Write a short biography.
You can start from here.

Early life
1 Who is the famous person?
2 Where was she born?
3 When was she born?
4 What did her parents do?
5 What else do you know about her parents?

Childhood
1 What kind of childhood did she have?
2 Where did she live as a child?
3 Where did she go to school?

Becoming famous
1 What area of life is the person famous for? e.g. politics, music, film etc.
2 How did she first become interested/involved in this area?
3 When did she first become well known?
4 What were the most important events during the time she was famous?
5 What were the most difficult times?
6 What were the most exciting times?
7 Has she travelled to other countries?
8 Has she met any very interesting people?
9 Has she received any awards for her work/achievements?

Life at the moment
1 Where is the person living now?
2 How old is she now?
3 What is her life like now?
4 Has she had any important events in their life recently?
5 Has she got any important events coming up in the near future?

Your feelings about the person
1 What are your feelings about the person? e.g. do you admire her, feel sorry for her, find her interesting/funny etc.
2 Why do you feel this way about her?
3 What do you feel were the most important things she has done so far?

Searching for Sugar Man

This is one of the most incredible, unbelievable stories I've heard in my whole life. Beautiful strange story indeed transformed into an Oscar winning documentary in 2012.
In the 1990s two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock'n'roller, Rodriguez.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searching_for_Sugar_Man: Searching for Sugar Man is a documentary film directed by Malik Bendjelloul, which details the efforts of two Cape Town fans in the late 1990s, Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman and Craig Bartholomew Strydom, to find out whether the rumoured death of American musician Sixto Rodriguez was true, and, if not, to discover what had become of him. Rodriguez's music, which never took off in the United States, had become wildly popular in South Africa, but little was known about him there.

On 10 February 2013, the film won the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary at the 66th British Academy Film Awards in London, and two weeks later it won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 85th Academy Awards in Hollywood.

On 9 May 2013, Rodriguez received an honorary doctorate – a Doctor of Humane Letters degree – from his alma mater Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan during WSU's 10 AM commencement ceremony.