This assignment is for students who have missed a participation credit and need to make up that zero credit. A student may do this assignment only once.

William H Perry

As far as I (Prof. Graney) know, only one scientist has a school in Louisville named for him (there may be others, but I am not aware of them). The school is Roosevelt-Perry Elementary School. The scientist is William H. Perry (shown at right), who was an educator, doctor (the first person of color to be a doctor in Kentucky), lawyer, and one of the founders of both Kentucky State University (at the time called Kentucky State Normal School for Colored Persons) and the Louisville Red Cross Hospital. Perry also expressed ideas about science and knowledge in religious terms, much like Johannes Kepler and other astronomers who we discuss in class.

For your assignment, look up information on William H. Perry of Louisville. One particularly good source is the chapter on Perry in the 1897 book Biographical Sketches of Prominent Negro Men and Women of Kentucky by William Decker Johnson. This 120-year-old book is easily available via Google Books (click here). Write a 400-word discussion of Perry.

Then, make a video in which you

1) introduce yourself,

2) tell the viewer what you learned about Perry (the 400-word discussion), and

3) recite the poem Perry wrote in honor of the founding of Kentucky State (click here for the poem). You must recite the poem well. Print it out—don’t read it off a little screen. Practice it first. Then, when you make your video — recite it clearly, and with some style.

You must record your video in front of at least two of the following places associated with Perry (do part in front of one place, part in front of another):

The former Louisville Red Cross Hospital: 1436 S. Shelby Street, Louisville, KY 40217

Roosevelt-Perry School: 1615 W Broadway, Louisville, KY 40203

The Church of Our Merciful Saviour (where Perry was member and leader, and where he was buried from): 473 S. 11th St., Louisville, KY 40203

Post your video on YouTube, Vimeo, or some similar service. Then send me via e-mail a link to the video. This along with your 400-word discussion will replace a day of missed Participation Grades with for both Part 1 & Part 2.

What to turn in:

· A copy of your completed Part 1 and Part 2 forms for the day of class participation that you are making up

· Your link to the video, the video that includes
-two of the Perry locations
-you introducing yourself
-you telling the viewer what you learned about Perry (the 400-word discussion)
-you doing a great job reciting Perry’s poem