African American Biography Project
What do you need to do?
Research your famous person.
Fill in your graphic organizer with the facts you discover.
Create a "Works Cited" page listing the sources you used for your research.
Create a poster about your person.
Present your poster to the class.
Use this sheet to help you keep create your Works Cited page.
AASL 1. Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge.
AASL 2. Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge.
AASL 3. Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.7
Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.7
Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions for further research and investigation.
Type your person's name in the search box and click enter. Your person's article should be the first one on the results list. Click it to open the article.
Click on the icon above and enter your person's name in the search box.