Topic: Biography

  • America’s First Female Doctor: The Life Story of Elizabeth Blackwell

    America’s First Female Doctor: The Life Story of Elizabeth Blackwell

    Elizabeth Blackwell applied to dozens of medical schools and all but one refused to let her study there. But she didn’t give up! Finally, a small college in New York allowed her into their medical program. She worked hard and graduated with the highest grades in her class. In 1849, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman doctor in America. Students will love learning about one of the most inspirational women in American History.

    There are a variety of activities for you to teach about her life story. This could be a week-long unit or as short as a day or two, depending on time allotted and the needs of your students. There are several ways to use this unit to differentiate for students.

    Activities included:

    ✔ Meet Elizabeth Blackwell

    ✔ Comprehension Questions

    ✔ FlipBook (5-pages)

    ✔ Trading Card Project

    ✔ Character Mini-Booklet w/Timeline–fits perfectly inside their notebooks!

    ✔ Biography Organizers

    ✔ A Famous Quote

    ✔ Character Traits Activity

    ✔ Quiz

    ✔ Vocabulary Posters

    ✔ Spotlight on Vocabulary

    Reading:

    Students will love meeting Elizabeth Blackwell and learning all about her life. There’s also custom-created organizers to use for further research.

    Use hands-on activities for different centers:

    ✔ Timeline Activity

    ✔ Flip Book

    ✔ Comprehension Questions

    ✔ Biography Organizers

    ✔ A Famous Quote

    ✔ Character Mini-booklet

    ✔ A Closer Look at Character Traits

    ✔ Trading Card Project

    ✔ Vocabulary Posters

    ✔ Spotlight on Vocabulary

  • The Life Story of Thurgood Marshall Activity Pack

    The Life Story of Thurgood Marshall Activity Pack

    Your students will love learning about one of the most inspirational African-Americans of all time. Marshall became the first African-American Supreme Court Justice. Today, he is remembered for his service to this country as a Supreme Court Justice for 24 years. Thurgood Marshall used the law and the Constitution to fight for the rights of all people.

    There are a variety of activities for you to teach Thurgood Marshall’s life story. This could be a week-long unit or as short as a day or two, depending on time allotted and the needs of your students. There are several ways to use this unit to differentiate for students.

    Activities included:
    ✔ Meet Thurgood Marshall
    ✔ Life Story with Scenes & Questions
    ✔ Fact or Fiction Activity
    ✔ Character Mini-Booklet w/Timeline–fits perfectly inside their notebooks!
    ✔ Biography Organizers
    ✔ Famous Quote
    ✔ Character Traits Activity
    ✔ Quiz
    ✔ Writing Prompts
    ✔ Answer Keys
    ✔ Vocabulary Posters for important character traits:
    Honest, Dedicated, Confident

    Reading:
    Have students read the passages about where they will meet Thurgood Marshall learn all about his life. It starts with him as a young boy and it continues through his death. The articles are written with questions and scenes for students to connect and color. There’s also custom-created organizers to use for review or for further research.

    Suggestions and Ideas for four different centers:
    1. Have students read the Meet Thurgood Marshall passage OR Life Story passages with scenes and questions. Then answer the questions on the biography organizers.

    2. Have students complete the character mini-booklet with timeline dates. These fit nicely inside their notebooks.

    3. Have students complete the quote activity & writing prompt(s).

    4. Have students complete the character traits activity using the vocabulary posters as a guide and then complete the Venn diagram to compare Banneker to themselves.

  • The Life Story of Benjamin Franklin- Reading Passages, Activities, & Flip Book

    The Life Story of Benjamin Franklin- Reading Passages, Activities, & Flip Book

    Students will love learning all about Ben Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, with this hands-on resource! This pack includes passages, organizers, vocabulary posters, comprehension and connection questions and lots of activities and a flip book!

    Ben Franklin was a man of many talents! He is still remembered today as a great writer, publisher, inventor, scientist, humanitarian, and American hero. He played a very important role in America becoming a free and independent nation.

    This Benjamin Franklin Activity Pack includes many interactive activities and learning opportunities for students including:

    ✔ Informational articles about:

    ✔ Young Ben

    ✔ Benjamin Franklin as an inventor

    ✔ Improving Philadelphia

    ✔ His Role in the Revolutionary War

    ✔ Meet Benjamin Franklin

    ✔ Benjamin Franklin Organizer

    ✔ Famous Quote with questions

    ✔ Vocabulary Posters

    ✔ Vocabulary Flip Flaps

    ✔ Mystery Flaps

    ✔ 5 Page Benjamin Franklin Flip Booklet

    There are 3 main activities:

    Vocabulary:

    Introduce the vocabulary words with the real-life photo posters included. You could post these posters around the classroom and have students travel around to match up and define the words in their flip flaps or use as a center activity. These posters are excellent for a bulletin board display too.

    Reading:

    Next, have students read the informational articles and character study where they will meet Benjamin Franklin and learn all about his life. It starts with him as a young boy, and it continues through his role in the Revolutionary War and beyond. The articles are written in the form of a booklet with questions and scenes for students to connect and color. Pages can be stapled at the top to make one large booklet that fits inside their interactive notebooks or can be cut in half to create a mini-booklet. There’s a custom-created Benjamin Franklin organizer to use for review at the end of the unit or for further research.

    Activities:

    There are lots of other student activities in this pack including a famous quote page with questions, character Mini-Booklet with a timeline, a quote with critical thinking questions, and a custom-created organizer for further research or review. Have students complete the Mystery Flaps and the 5-page Flip Booklet all about Benjamin Franklin. I usually have them do one page at each center or station. They can use the articles as a reference source to help them complete the pages of the booklet. Lastly, they cut, color, and assemble the booklet. Flipbooks can be glued or stapled inside their interactive notebooks, file folder, or a 12 x 18 piece of construction paper folded like a book cover. Students could then decorate the cover of the booklet.

  • The Life Story of Susan B. Anthony Activity Pack

    The Life Story of Susan B. Anthony Activity Pack

    Susan B. Anthony is one of the most influential women in American history. She spent much of her life speaking, working, and fighting for equal rights for everyone. She was also one of the key leaders of the women’s suffrage movement in the United States.

    This biography unit has it all! There are a variety of activities for you to teach about Susan B. Anthony’s life story. This could be a week-long unit or as short as a day or two, depending on time allotted and the needs of your students. There are several ways to use this unit to differentiate for students.

    Activities included:
    ✔ Meet Susan B. Anthony
    ✔ Fact or Fiction Activity
    ✔ Character Mini-Booklet w/Timeline Sorting Activity—fits inside their notebooks!
    ✔ Biography Organizers
    ✔ Famous Quote
    ✔ Character Traits Activity
    ✔ Plus a 5-page Flip Book
    ✔ Quiz
    ✔ Answer Keys
    ✔ Vocabulary Posters for important character traits:
    Ambitious, Confident, Determined

    Reading:
    Have students read the passages where they will meet Susan B. Anthony and learn all about her life. There are also custom-created biography organizers to use for review or for further research.

    Suggestions and Ideas for centers:
    ✔ Have students read the Meet Susan B. Anthony passage OR Life Story passages with scenes and questions. Then answer the questions on the biography organizers.
    ✔ Have students complete the character mini-booklet with timeline dates. These fit nicely inside their notebooks.

  • Martin Luther King Day Activities: Create a Trading Card

    Martin Luther King Day Activities: Create a Trading Card

    Celebrate MLK Day with this FUN activity that is sure to captivate your students. Students will read all about Martin Luther King Jr. and answer the comprehension questions on the organizer. As a final project, they will create a trading card in honor of him.

    It includes trading cards for:

    • Martin Luther King Jr.

    What’s inside:

    • Reading passage
    • Biography Organizer
    • Trading Cards (b/w and color)

    Teacher Notes:

    Over the years, I have seen my own children fall in love with collecting trading cards such as Pokemon. So I knew it would be fun for students make their own trading cards about famous people in history. It’s also a great way to practice summarizing. And that is how this product came about.

    Then I had a thought…What if students could save and collect trading cards throughout the school year for different units? These cards could be saved to review for tests or just for fun. (COMING SOON: NEW Trading Cards for my other units!)

    I recommend buying LIBRARY CARD POCKETS if you plan to have students collect them or keep them for other units. For best results, print the cards on cardstock or premium brochure and flyer paper from Office Depot. The cards will last longer and be more sturdy. Remember to set the printer on the best quality setting. There are labels in this pack to glue on the front of the pockets or you can write the names using a sharpie, if desired. I hope your students love this project as much as mine do!

    Suggestions for Use:

    • Use them at stations to introduce these influential people
    • Use this at the end of the unit as a review activity

    Students will love creating and collecting trading cards for all my social studies units.

  • The Life Story of Sojourner Truth Activity Pack

    The Life Story of Sojourner Truth Activity Pack

    Your students will love learning about one of the most inspirational African-American women of all time. Sojourner Truth is an inspirational leader who played a large part in ending slavery. She touched to lives of many by sharing her life experiences and dedicated her life to fighting for equal rights for African-Americans and women.

    This biography unit has it all! There are a variety of activities for you to teach about Sojourner Truth’s life story. This could be a week-long unit or as short as a day or two, depending on the time allotted and the needs of your students. There are several ways to use this unit to differentiate for students.

    What’s Inside:
    ✔ Meet Sojourner Truth
    ✔ Fact or Fiction Activity
    ✔ Character Mini-Booklet w/Timeline–fits perfectly inside their notebooks!
    ✔ Biography Organizers
    ✔ Character Traits Activity
    ✔ Plus a 5-page Flip Book
    ✔ Quiz
    ✔ Answer Keys
    ✔ Vocabulary Posters for important character traits:
    Courageous, Ambitious, Determined

    Reading:
    Have students read the passages about where they will meet Sojourner Truth and learn all about her life. There’s also a custom-created biography organizer to use for review or for further research.

    Suggestions and Ideas for centers:
    ✔ Have students read the Meet Sojourner Truth passage OR Life Story passages with scenes and questions. Then answer the questions on the biography organizers.
    ✔ Have students complete the character mini-booklet with timeline dates. These fit nicely inside their notebooks.

  • The Life Story of Rosa Parks Activity Pack

    The Life Story of Rosa Parks Activity Pack

    With this unit, students will learn about one of the most inspirational women of all time. Rosa Parks was given the nickname, The Lady of Freedom and has become a symbol of Freedom. 

    This biography unit has it all! There are a variety of activities for you to teach about Rosa Parks. This could be a week-long unit or as short as a day or two, depending on the time allotted and the needs of your students. There are several ways to use this unit to differentiate for students.

    What’s Inside:
    ✔ Meet Rosa Parks
    ✔ Fact or Fiction Activity
    ✔ Character Mini-Booklet w/Timeline Sorting Activity—fits inside their notebooks!
    ✔ Biography Organizers
    ✔ Character Traits Activity
    ✔ Quiz
    ✔ Answer Keys
    ✔ Vocabulary Posters for important character traits:
    ✔ Brave, Determined, Confident

    Reading:
    Have students read the passages about where they will meet Rosa Parks and learn all about her life. There’s also a custom-created biography organizer to use for review or for further research.

    Suggestions and Ideas for centers:
    ✔ Have students read the Meet Rosa Parks and answer the comprehension questions on the organizers.
    ✔ Have students complete the character mini-booklet with timeline dates. These fit nicely inside their notebooks.

  • The Life Story of President Abraham Lincoln PowerPoint

    The Life Story of President Abraham Lincoln PowerPoint

    Abraham Lincoln – Students will love learning all about the 16th President of the United States with this 35 slide presentation!

    Abraham Lincoln will always be remembered as one of the greatest presidents of all time. He kept the United States together during the Civil War and brought an end to slavery.

    This Abraham Lincoln 35 slide PowerPoint presentation has colorful and creative graphics to keep students actively engaged. It’s geared for 1st grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd-grade students to learn all about Abraham Lincoln’s life including:

    ✔ Young Abraham Lincoln
    ✔ Honest Abe
    ✔ Abraham Lincoln Becomes President
    ✔ Abraham Lincoln’s Role in the Civil War
    ✔ A Great Leader
    ✔ Vocabulary
    ✔ 5 Question Quiz
    ✔ Answer Key
    ✔ For Elementary Grades – First grade, Second grade, Third grade
    ✔ Core Knowledge and Common Core Aligned

  • The Life Story of Maya Angelou Activity Pack

    The Life Story of Maya Angelou Activity Pack

    Students will love learning about one of the most inspirational woman in history. Maya Angelou is remembered for her creative works as an actress, dancer, singer, and writer. However, it was her first book, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” that made her the most famous. This book was the first nonfiction best-seller written by an African-American woman.

    There are a variety of activities for you to teach about her life story. This could be a week-long unit or as short as a day or two, depending on time allotted and the needs of your students. There are several ways to use this unit to differentiate for students.

    Activities included:

    ✔ Meet Maya Angelou

    ✔ Poetry Terms to Know

    ✔ Comprehension Questions

    ✔ Flip Book (5-pages)

    ✔ Trading Card Project

    ✔ Character Mini-Booklet w/Timeline–fits perfectly inside their notebooks!

    ✔ Biography Organizers

    ✔ A Famous Quote

    ✔ Character Traits Activity

    ✔ Quiz

    ✔ Answer Keys

    ✔ Vocabulary Photo Posters

    ✔ Spotlight on Vocabulary

    Reading:

    Students will love meeting Maya Angelou and learning all about her life. There’s also custom-created organizers to use to review or to research further.

    Use the hands-on activities for different centers:

    ✔ Timeline Activity

    ✔ Flip Book

    ✔ Comprehension Questions

    ✔ Biography Organizers

    ✔ A Famous Quote

    ✔ Character Mini-booklet

    ✔ A Closer Look at Character Traits

    ✔ Trading Card Project

    ✔ Vocabulary Posters

    ✔ Spotlight on Vocabulary

    Check out the preview.