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- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students focus their attention on the study of one author's works - not just one book, but a variety of works written by the same author - to discover what themes and/or other commonalities might run throughout the body of one person's writings. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 7th
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Students, in pairs, research a prominent author and design a presentation poster for the rest of the class. They complete a Works Cited page for their presentation, as well. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 2nd
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Students listen to short biographies of famous individuals and discuss what it means to be famous for something. They write a short autobiography stating why they are a famous first grader. They take turns being interviewed by the rest of the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students research famous people of South Dakota and discover how they have influenced the history of South Dakota. They write a report about the person and prepare a one-minute report about their famous person Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students research the lives of famous Alabamians. In small groups they conduct research, explore various websites, complete a "Biographical Notes" worksheet, and create a PowerPoint presentation. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students are introduced to authors and discover they are real people. Using the author's stories, they are incouraged to write their own stories using technology. Using the internet, they research facts, ideas and stories and develop a way to share their story in an interesting way. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 4th
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Students use digital cameras to record their second grade buddies performance of reading their famous American biographies. They retrieve digital pictures and insert them into the biography of their famous American. They print the completed page, which will be bound into a book for classroom use. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students are introduced to famous Americans throughout the school year. Using templates on the computer, they create trading cards for each famous person. They place their picture on the front of the card and important facts about them on the back. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 6th
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Students become research detectives on a case to find scripts that will help them write bio-plays of an English author. They write/produce a short play about an author and search a database to find example scripts that will help them write their play. In addition, they perform and video their plays. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th
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Students pick famous authors and then perform research about them to find information. They focus upon the types of jobs that were held before becoming famous authors. Then students write summaries about what was found in the research. Full Review »
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