Activity 19D—Napoleon’s Obituary

Obituaries found in today’s newspapers usually are concise in content, contain a photograph of the deceased, and appear in several columns of text. Read several obituaries (from a newspaper or online source) to get a feel for the style and content of a modern obituary and write one for Napoleon. (For common information, like his date of birth and the names of his parents and surviving siblings, you will need to do additional research. For career highlights, use information pulled from Lessons 13 and 19, and any lessons in between where Napoleon is mentioned.) For an authentic-looking obituary, I suggest you set up a Word document with four columns for your text and include a picture. Print your obituary on lightweight paper and trim it like a newspaper clipping. Glue it to notebook paper titled“Paris News 1821 – Obituaries.” File it in your Student Notebook under “Europe: France.”