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
Xavier - Shakespeare
Cihangir - Sir Isaac Newton
Elsa - Molly Pitcher
Christopher - Christopher Columbus
Genesis - Patrick Henry
Noah - George Washington
Isabella - King David
Diego - Beethoven
Mia - Alexander the Great
Arturo - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Kaiah - Anne Frank
YianCarlos - Rod Serling
Sophia - Emily Dickinson
Jonas - Abraham Lincoln
Julietta - Edgar Allan Poe
Adrian - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Angel - Ray Robinson
Maritza - John Adams
Chris - Jim Thorpe
Ayleen - Rosa Parks
Ethan - Jesus of Nazareth
Emily - Queen Elizabeth II
Anastasia - Queen Isabella
Brianna - Mary Queen of Scots
Isaiah - King Leonidas
Layla - Marco Polo
Carson - Harriet Tubman
Sharlyn - Cesar Chavez
Lukas - Jackie Robinson
Leah - Julius Caesar