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Famous People Lesson Plans
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This lesson has 8th graders research famous people. In this case study lesson, 8th graders research an individual from West Virginia history. This lesson has 8th graders then design and construct a web-page that showcases what they have discovered about their historic figure.
Students participate in the Great Gatsby Project Description. They research about famous people of the Jazz Age, prohibition, fashions in the 1920's and automobiles of that time period. Students share their findings with classmates.
Students explore having good self esteem. In this self-esteem lesson, students read the book Judy Moody Gets Famous. Students talk about being famous and list famous people. Students then make a plan to interview a famous person.
Students increase their self-esteem and identify how and why they are important. They listen to various books. as listed in the lesson. Then, students list various famous people and write about how those same people are famous. Finally, they make plans for interviewing the Famous First Graders.
This lesson has learners map out a plan of how schools could become more dyslexic friendly. This lesson has learners create a portfolio on famous people who have overcome dyslexia and developed their talents.
In this lesson learners study accomplishments of famous people and apply statistical methods and measures.
In this lesson 4th graders examine two famous people, Brigham Young and Jim Bridger, who made an impact on the westward expansion, and create cartoon strip using the information.
In this lesson students create a database with information about famous people. They develop a custom word-processing templete. They practice merging fields into their template.
In this lesson students profile a mock television talk-show format to conduct mock interviews with famous people in history. In this lesson students read biographies of famous people in history. In this lesson students assemble questions for interviews.
Students complete a variety of vocabulary-related activities with a focus on a news article about Nelson Mandela's 89th birthday. They read the article, define key vocabulary terms, identify the famous people mentioned in the text, answer comprehension questions, and complete comprehension worksheets.
