We are going to begin a Biography unit to learn about important individuals in our world.  So far, we have learned that a biography is an informational text about someone's life.  To become familiar with the components of a biography, you are going to interview a classmate to answer essential questions that you will be finding/researching during your project.  Next, you will explore biographies on PebbleGo to find a person that you would like to research.  To display a snapshot of your person's life, you will create a timeline of important events in your person's life.  You will also create a virtual tour that shows places that are significant to your individual.  Finally, you will create a comic that outlines an important event in your person's life.  

 

 

 

Introduction: Before you begin researching a historical figure, I want you to become familiar with the kind of information that you will be researching.  To do this, you will be interviewing one of your classmates using the questions in the               .   You can see a completed example below to help you.

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Activity 1: Now that you are familiar with some of the content that you will find in a biography, you will go to                to explore biographies.  Once you choose the person that you will be researching, you will create a timeline of that persons life using               .  You should include the following information on your timeline:

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• When your person was born.

• 3 important events (contributions, inventions, etc.)

• When your person died (if they died)

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Below is an example of a timeline on Thomas Edison.

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Activity 2:  Next, you will create a virtual tour using                   to show locations that are significant to your individual.  Below you will find an example of a virtual tour of Thomas Edison.

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Activity 3:  In this activity, you will create a comic strip using                        that outlines a significant event in your person's life.  You should use images and and text to present the event.  Use the example below on Thomas Edison to help you.

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Publish: Finally, you will upload each of your activities to our class blog.  Please go to the following link to upload your work!

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Here is the rubric that will be used to score your work:

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