Influential Person Argumentative Essay

By Platform Administrator · Submitted Sep 30, 2026

Content Area: English Language Arts and Literacy
Grade: 7

The United States Postal Service is creating a new stamp series called "The Most Influential People of the 21st Century" and is accepting nominations and stamp designs. Write an essay to argue for an influential person of your choice, and design a stamp to honor them.

MA Standards

SL.7.5

Include multimedia components and visual displays in presentations to clarify claims and findings and emphasize salient points.

W.7.1

Write arguments (e.g., essays, letters to the editor, advocacy speeches) to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.

W.7.7

Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions for further research and investigation.

Resources

Task Template (PDF) PDF · 185 KB
Task Template (Word) DOCX · 1.59 MB
Student directions DOCX · 42.6 KB
Rubric DOCX · 1.54 MB
Predetermined List of Influential People DOCX · 8.38 KB
100 People Graphic Organizer PPTX · 122 KB
Example - Mr Beast Article PDF · 1.75 MB
Example - Mr Beast Traits Worksheet PPTX · 327 KB
Checklist DOCX · 110 KB
Research Notes DOCX · 43 KB
Graphic Organizer for essay PDF · 1.05 MB
Stamp Examples PPTX · 18.1 MB
Stamp Design Template PPTX · 124 KB

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