     
Web Quest Includes:
Biography
Research
Activities: Journaling; Publication;
You can click on any of the above links to copy and past a
format to include in a file you create in Microsoft Word.
Save your file as
classperiodLastNameFirstinitial.doc
Example:
1LyonsS.doc
Save all your work on disk. You can email your
journals, as well as print your pages out.
Click on button to create Newspapers, Flyers, Brochures
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- A biography is a written story of a person's life.
It is also a type of book.
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- Biographies are written stories of a person's life
that were written by someone else, while an autobiography is
a person's story written by themselves. Biographies make
past history more real and easier to understand by telling
about real people and actual events. People reading the
biography can satisfy their curiosity about well-known
individuals and can experience historical events as though
they were actually present.
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- A good biography presents the facts about the person's
life including what the subject did and how they influenced
their world. It should describe the person's personality and
provide an explanation for why he or she acted in certain
ways. Most biographies are interpretive; they not only
present the facts but also tell what those facts mean.
Biographers make their writings accurate by learning as much
as possible about their subjects. They study materials such
as diaries, personal letters, and autobiographies. A good
biography should be objective and balanced, but those lofty
goals are not always achieved. Some biographers present a
biased view by selectively presenting only the facts that
portray the subject in either a favorable or an unflattering
way.
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- Biographies.com
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http://www.biography.com/
- Explore over 25,000 short biographies of people from
around the world.
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- Biographical
Dictionary
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http://www.s9.com/biography/
- This dictionary contains information about over 28,000
people from past and present. The dictionary can be searched
by birth years, death years, positions held, professions,
literary and artistic works, achievements, and other
keywords.
- Pages Within the Site:
- 2) Biographical Dictionary Links
http://www.s9.com/biography/links.html
- 3) Ideas for Students and Teachers
http://www.s9.com/biography/ideas.html
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Homework Center - Biographies
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http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/biohc.html
- This site provides links to common student project
topics related to people.
- Another Biography Links-site:
- 2) Biography Links for School Children (Northern Trails
AEA)
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http://www.aea267.k12.ia.us/curriculum/biography.html
- 3) Smithsonian Spotlight
http://educate.si.edu/spotlight/
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Information Please: People
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http://www.infoplease.com/people.html
- Explore biographies by category (such as sports,
Presidents and Vice Presidents, Supreme Court justices,
entertainers, business and world leaders) or do a search for
a person.
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- You may also want to visit these related 42eXplore
biography projects from eduScapes: (1)
Biographies of Folksingers, (2)
Biographies of the Harlem Renaissance,
(3)
Biographies of the Industrial Revolution,
(4)
Biographies of Jazz Musicians, (5)
Biographies of the Nuclear Age, (6)
Biographies of Peacemakers, (7)
Biographies of the Renaissance, (8)
Biographies of World War II, (9)
Explorers - A to Z, (10)
Native American Biographies - A to Z, (11)
People of the Old West, (12)
Presidents of the United States, (13)
Revolutionary War Biographies, (14)
Rock 'n Roll Biographies, (15)
Scientists / Inventors in Electricity,
and (16)
World War I Biographies. Also you will
find biography information within these 42explore projects:
(17)
Charles Dickens,
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Lewis and Clark Expedition, (19)
Mark Twain, (20)
Martin Luther King Jr., (21) and
William Shakespeare. Finally the
following sites also contain biography sections within the
project: (22)
Classical Music, (23)
Fantasy & Science Fiction, (24)
Flight, (25)
Inventors and Inventions, and (26)
Women's Suffrage Movement
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- Visit several of these biography
websites, then select and complete one or more
of these activities.
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- Who Would You Like to See on a Wheaties
Box? Explore the life of a famous person and
create a cereal box honoring their life.
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- Create a People Poem. Write a people
poem. Think about a word poem using the letters
in the person's name. Or, create a shape poem
using words and ideas about the person to form a
shape that reflects the person's life. Think
about other types of poems you've written.
Choose a format that fits the personality of
your person.
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- Write Your Own Biography. Use The
Biography Maker (http://www.bham.wednet.edu/bio/biomaker.htm)
to create your own biography.
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- Create a Biography Mobile. Create a
mobile showing each aspects of a person's life.
Include pictures, dates, and maps.
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- Play a Biography Game. Try the
Master Biography Challenge (http://www.s9.com/cgi-s9/masterb.cgi)
and the Who is That (http://www.funbrain.com/who)
quiz.
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- Choose the Best in a Career. Explore
people in a particular subject area such as (1)
Famous Mathematicians (http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/vy/vymath.htm)
or (2) American President (http://www.americanpresident.org/).
Use the (3) Academy of Achievement: Gallery
(http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/pagegen/galleryachieve.html)
to find other careers. What made this person
special in their area of study? What special
skills or talents did they have? How did they
use these? Nominate this person for an award.
Write a short speech of support.
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- Pick the Person of the Year. Who do
you think was the most important person of the
year, century, or millennium? How about focusing
on a particular area such as art, music,
science, or politics. Use some of the following
sites to see what other people think. Use (1)
Time 100 Poll (http://www.time.com/time/time100/time100poll.html),
and (2) Time Man of the Year (http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/special/moy/moypast.html).
Do you agree or disagree with their choices?
Make your own class list.
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- Create a Biography Stamp. Explore the
website titled Their Stamp on History (http://www.stamponhistory.com/).
Create a stamp for a person you think has made a
major contribution to their area.
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- Use Find a Grave. Use Find A Grave
(http://findagrave.com/)
to learn about the burial location of a subject.
Then, learn about their life. Use the grave
photo in your project. Create a map of this
person's life. Where did they live during their
life?
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