Biography

I. Choose a great historical figure, explorer, author, composer, artist, scientist, etc.
II. Research the person. Use at least three sources, and cite them specifically.
III. Complete all Must Dos and one May Do of your choice.

MUST DO

1) Maps (include your Frames of Reference!)
Defining in Context (Facts. At least three sources.)
Describing
Comparing and Contrasting
Classifying (group facts into categories)
Whole-to-part (a physical object)
Sequence (put in order some events or steps in a process)
Cause-and-effect (the causes and effects of some event)
Seeing analogies (comparing relationships)

2) Compose an Expository/Informational Map and Essay (typed or inked; if typed, double-spaced). Include:
-an introduction that grabs the reader's interest and previews your main points,

-Discuss your subject's childhood, personal history, talents, achievements, and values. Be sure to include whatever he or she did to make history (or the author/composer/artist/scientist's achievements, including the work for which they are well-known. Include an excerpt of one piece that you find especially powerful or interesting.),

-a conclusion that reviews your main points and offers a personal reaction to your subject.

-a bibliography

3) Poster (8 1/2" x 11"; portrait orientation)

4) Use your Expository Map and Essay to create a Slides presentation.

5) Create a Website.

6) Create a Quizizz/Kahoot.

7) Role play your figure at Open House!

MAY DO
Banner
Diorama
Bust/Model/Realia (handmade)
Video (storyboard first)
Comic (storyboard first)
Create and perform a Dramatization (script first)
Compose and perform a Poem (acrostic, haiku, etc.) or Song
Mural
Collage
Demonstration
Game-board
Published book

8) Display work above desk (cardstock, glitter sticks, stickers).

Your work should be:

-clean and neat
-in full-color, free of (plain) pencil, no crayon
-spelled and punctuated properly
-original/entirely your own/free of any plagiarism

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Subjects
Gerardo - Alexander the Great
Sophie - Edgar Allan Poe
Valerie - Sir Isaac Newton
Santiago - Patrick Henry
Soe - Moses
Sebastian - Albert Einstein
Allyson - Mary Queen of Scots
Kevin - Audie Murphy
David - John F. Kennedy
Christian - Bartolome de las Casas
Natalia - George Washington
Harvey - James Monroe
Elizabeth - Queen Elizabeth I
Adam - King David
Corinna - Marian Anderson
George - Cesar Chavez
Ay’drian - Helen Keller
Luis - Abraham Lincoln
Brianna - Chief Joseph
Aiden - Benjamin Franklin
Annabelle - Emily Dickinson
Yahir - Theodore Roosevelt
Bryanna - Thomas Jefferson
Diego - Jesus of Nazareth
Sofia - Alexander Hamilton
Abraham - Christopher Columbus
Kayden - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Evan - Julius Caesar