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A Science Biographical Researched Speech
Seventh graders research a chosen scientist. They organize and write a biographical speech about the scientist and present the speech to the rest of the class.
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The Supreme Court's Rulings on Young People
Students read an article describing five Supreme Court cases involving students and choose one case to conduct further research on.
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Biography - Profiles in Greatness
Fifth graders research a role-model on the Internet in order to identify characteristics of achievers. They create interview questions and a HyperStudio presentation about their role-models.
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Look at me!
Third graders write an autobiography and use pictures of themselves from past and present to illustrate it. They take pictures with a digital camera, scan pictures, and add them to a document.
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Leo Lionni’s Little Blue and Little Yellow
Students use the Internet to research the author Leo Lionni, then rewrite and illustrate one of his stories.
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Studying the African Immigration Lesson Plan
Students read a narrative, conduct an interview and write an autobiographical piece highlighting their findings about an immigrant's experience leaving their country.
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The All About Me Poster
Pupils write about themselves and create a poster to illustrate who they are.
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Boo-ographies
Students read biographies of famous people and create a presentation where they become the characters they have read and researched. They create tombstones for the people they have researched.
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Living Biographies
Third graders create a multimedia slide presentation containing facts, graphics, and sounds relating to a biographical figure based on their reading of a biography or an autobiography. They present their slide presentations before the...
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Mountain Men
Pupils explore sites that have information about mountain men who helped developed the old West and explore their lives, adventures, and fur trading.
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Personality Poems
Students create a bio-poem for themselves or characters in stories they have read. They explore common character traits.
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Snowflake Bentley - the Book and More
Third graders develop an understanding of the Caldecott Award and are exposed to an interesting biography through the picture book, Snowflake Bentley.
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Historical Figures
Second graders identify a historical figure, his or her societal contributions and basic biography using a Kidspiration graphic organizer and library resources. They use the Internet to conduct an historical treasure hunt in groups.
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Patrick Henry: Voice of Liberty
Students watch a video on Patrick Henry, complete a vocabulary list and discuss the video following provided questions.
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Paul Revere: The Midnight Rider
Students watch a video of "Paul Revere: The Midnight Rider," complete a vocabulary list and discuss the video using the questions that are provided.
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Pierre Elliott Trudeau: Memoirs
Students watch the video "Pierre Elliot Trudeau: Memoirs," complete a vocabulary list, and participate in a discussion of the video. They explore one of Cananda's most charismatic leaders.
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Passage to Freedom
Lead students through the process of reading with a critical eye. It focuses primarily on vocabulary and reviewing reading comprehension strategies. This PowerPoint includes multiple web resources to reference.
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"The Life and Times of Tomie DePaola
In this booklet biography worksheet, students check off categories on a simple rubric about the book The Life and Times of Tomie dePaola.
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Artists in Power Point
Students create a Power Point presentation on a famous artist. In this research lesson students are assigned an artist to present to their classmates. The presentation follows a format.
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Let's Do a Biography!
Students sequence events of a biography for a person from the District of Columbia. In this sequence of events lesson, students read about the life of Duke Ellington and sequence the events of his lifetime into a timeline activity.
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All About Me Poem
Eighth graders write a poem that introduces them to their class. In this poetry writing instructional activity, 8th graders use the format for the 'All About Me Poem" to write a poem about themselves and use it as get-to-know-you activity.
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I Want to Be Just Like You!
Pupils complete activities for people of eminence. For this eminence lesson, students compare and contrast people of eminence. Pupils determine the difference between being famous and being great. Students complete worksheets about...
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Bio-Pomes
Pupils improve their computer skills. In this bio-poem instructional activity, students bring a poem into a computer lab and type from the copy. Pupils type with their hands on the home row and say the letters as they type the poem.
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Biography
For this biography interactive worksheet, students learn about the genre of biography by reading 2 paragraphs. Students answer 7 questions about the text. This is an online interactive activity.