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
Kimberly - Rosa Parks
Zoey - Queen Elizabeth I
Marfil - William Shakespeare
Matthew - Henry V
Ryan - Alexander Hamilton
Emily - Amelia Earhart
Angel - Leonardo da Vinci
Jonas - Julius Caesar
Damian - George Washington
Yaretzi - Mary Queen of Scots
Christopher - Christopher Columbus
Debanhi - Queen Isabella II
Haniel - Benjamin Franklin
Mia - Jackie Robinson
Emmanuel - Albert Einstein
Lennon - Queen Victoria
Denise - Moses
Batyah - Deborah Sampson
Jade - Queen Isabella
Jesus - Jesus of Nazareth
Ethan - Ethan Allen
Genesis - Thomas Jefferson
David - Abraham Lincoln
Jacob - Edgar Allan Poe
Ruffo - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Connie - Anne Frank
Celeste - Cesar Chavez
Lizeth - JFK
Roni - Alexander the Great
Naiara - Margaret Thatcher
Sierra - Molly Pitcher