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.
Works Cited sheet- use this sheet to keep track of the sources you use for your information and images.
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.
Choose "Student" from the World Book choices.
Enter your person's name in the search box.
Click on the article you want.
MLA citation information is located at the bottom of the article.
Click on the image above. Password is cran_rpa.
Enter your topic in the search box.
You will be able to choose from reference, magazine and news articles. Videos and images may also be available.
MLA citation information is located at the bottom of each article or by clicking on Citation Station on the right side of each article.
You can even save your information to your Google Drive!