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The Power of Autobiographical Writing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of injustice. In this nonviolent resistance instructional activity, students discuss how autobiographical writing may be used to promote justice. Students read an excerpt from Gandhi's autobiography and...
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Making a Life Map

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a life map of their life. They start the activity with a question from the teacher and expand on it. They can share their life maps with the class if they so choose.
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Scribe of Self

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders read "Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank. In groups, they discuss the reasons why people would write an autobiography and identify their own identity crisis. After reading excerpts of other autobiographies, they...
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All About Me

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine their own personality traits and preferences. They use this information to write an autobiography.
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Biography Research Unit

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders work with the library media specialist as they listen to biography booktalks. They choose a biography and conduct further research on the subject of the biography. Finally, they prepare a videotape on the life of the person...
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The I in You

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read, write, discuss and appreciate the autobiographical writings and statements of themselves and others. They write their autobiographical response to the question the other writers dealt with.
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Living Biographies

For Teachers 3rd
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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All About Me

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the characteristics of an autobiography. After reading excerpts from "The Diary of Anne Frank", they discuss how two people can see the same event in different ways and write about the event in the journals...
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students read and analyze the novel "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou. They discuss the poetry and prose of the book, the importance of role models, complete a worksheet, and write a narrative using figurative language.
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Human Rights

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students use Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings as analysis on human rights. In this human rights lesson, students develop an awareness of human rights issues and explore the Universal Declaration of Human Rights using the...
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Build an Ice Cap

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners research Earth science by conducting an experiment in class. In this ice-cap lesson plan, students identify what an ice cap is and create a biome using a box which measures 1 ft. x 1 ft. Learners participate in an animal...
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Literature: Yoshiko Uchida Unit

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders read the books, The Invisible Thread: An Autobiography by Yoshiko Uchida and Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki about Japanese Americans during World War II. They hold discussions, take quizzes, and write essays about the...
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Will the Real Ben Franklin Please Stand Up?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils explore the life of Benjamin Franklin. For this American history lesson, students research primary and secondary documents regarding Franklin's life. Pupils should examine the point of view each of the accounts is written from as...
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Criticism of Modernity: Gandhi's Association with the American Transcendentalists

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore Gandhi's philosophy links to the works of American Transcendentalists Emerson and Thoreau. In this transcendentalism instructional activity, 11th graders discuss essential questions about civilization and modernity.
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Big on Biography

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Learners conduct research for biographical information on a person they select. They write information on note cards and place the information appropriately on a graphic organizer.
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Famous Leaders

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore the goals and visions they have set for themselves. They discuss realistic expectations for themselves and others. Students explore their own individual leadership styles by reading a biography of a leader they admire....
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Olympic Biographies

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a book of biographies in order to profile famous Olympic athletes through history. In this biography writing lesson, students research information about historic Olympians, first by listening to a short biography on Jesse...
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And To Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street Writing Activity

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners are read a Dr. Suess book. They use the same format found in the book to create a class book about what they see on the way home from school. They practice writing sentences and illustrate them for the book.
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Have to Have a Habitat

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Pupils create a zoological and botanical garden made up of a variety of species from around the world.
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Through the Years: Language Arts

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read "The Hundred Penny Box" by Sharon Mathis Bell. They research each year of their life in preparation for writing an autobiography and develop notes to help them in later writing.
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Holocaust Unit

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students read a book about World War II and the Holocaust while in small literature circles. They write journal entries and news articles based on the reading.
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Know Yourself!

For Teachers 9th
Deaf students view segments about autobiographies. They are to answer questions about themselves and write their own autobiography.
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Analysis of Character in a Short Story

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine a character from the short story, John Steinbeck's, "Flight." students respond to questions about the story and illustrate the character's journey.
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Teaching Night with Web Research Assignments

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research the Holocaust. They read the autobiography, Night, by Elie Wiesel, conduct research on a child of the Holocaust, and write an essay comparing/contrasting the life of their selected child with that of Elie Wiesel.

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