1. Great People What do they have in common? By: Alejandra Baruc

2. Jose Alfredo Jimenez -January 19th 1926 -Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato -Hepatitis

3. -He was a composer. - He was a singer - He was “the people voice”

4. Accomplishments He composed around 1,000 songs 200 of that songs were famous He composed music without the knowledge about music.

5. Other information He was a waiter He composed a song about a car, but he transformed it to a horse story. He didn’t know how to play a guitar.

6. Reasons to admire him He followed his dreams even when he didn’t have the “needed” knowledge He was a romantic man He sang to the melancholy

7. DIEGO RIVERA

11. Man at the Crossroads, destroyed by being chipped from the wall and smashed to powder, at Radio City in the Rockefeller Center, New York! Man, Controller of the Universe, Palacio de BellasArtes, Mexico City, 1934 .

12. Important information: His parents: Diego and Maria Barrientos Rivera. He was the elder of twin brothers, but his brother died at the age of two. He was married with Frida Kahlo, a famous Mexican painter.

13. Reasons to Admire him He painted what he thought about his country He considerate middle class in his murals as a main work and economic force. The unique style on his paintings

14. Common Characteristics They had great initiative They had string determination They were a creative thinkers They had great passion for work They were a risk takers

15. Questions?