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- 6th - 8th
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Students explain the difference between a novel and a biography and explain that a biography describes a person's entire life from birth to death. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students locate biographies about an historical figure who lived during a specific period of time. They read biographies about an historical figure to find out about life during the contemporary period. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students create biographies on the people they know best-- their teachers! students use various skills to collect information, organize details, publish the biographies and present the information. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students use graphic organizers for research of the Negro Baseball League. They investigate the lives of various former players and write biographies about them. Working in pairs, they edit each other's biographies. They share their biographies with other students in the school. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 3rd
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Students, by completing this biography lesson, demonstrate their reading comprehension skills, including reading strategies, inference, literal meaning, and critical analysis. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students practice writing skills as they create a biography of their peers. Digital cameras are utilized in this creative process as presentations are made of their final products. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students write a biography and post it on the web. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students explore the components of biographies in the six lessons of this unit. Four science biographies are utilized to provide examples for student analyzation and practice. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students research important individuals in American history and create a picture book biography of their findings. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students listen to selected readings by the teacher and use multiple research sources to research a major figure of the Renaissance. They then write a biography of the individual chosen and review and edit a partner's biography using appropriate conventions of standard English. Using their partner's biography, students prepare an interview of the subject of their partner's biography. Full Review »

