Biography activity

Make learning about famous individuals fun and interactive with these engaging biography activity ideas. Explore hands-on projects and creative assignments to bring history to life in the classroom.
This Biography Report that can be used for any historical person.  It is great for a social studies biography unit or reading informational writing and research unit. It includes five different report options, lap book, interactive notebook, and construction paper person. Each option has a variety of pages from which to pick and choose. #biographyreport #socialstudies #secondgradesocialstudies #thirdgradesocialstudies #biographies #elementarybiography #elementarysocialstudies Workshop, Biography Project Elementary, Biography Book Report Projects, Biography Project, Biography Report, Biography Lesson, Biography Projects, Biography Study, Biography Book Report

This Biography Report that can be used for any historical person. It is great for a social studies biography unit or reading informational writing and research unit. It includes five different report options, lap book, interactive notebook, and construction paper person. Each option has a variety of pages from which to pick and choose. #biographyreport #socialstudies #secondgradesocialstudies #thirdgradesocialstudies #biographies #elementarybiography #elementarysocialstudies

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Jennifer Prado
Mini Biography Organizer & Writing Paper (expository writing, research, nonfiction text) Pre K, English, Teaching Social Studies, First Grade Writing, 2nd Grade Writing, 3rd Grade Writing, Teaching Writing, 4th Grade Writing, Writing Activities

Our class will be reading a biography about Helen Keller this week (Journeys reading program). I will also be using these books from Scholastic... to have my students research an additional person during the week! I whipped up a little organizer and writing paper for my students to do this... (Click to grab it on TpT!)

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Jessica Heeren
Two panels work well for 2-part concepts such as Cause and Effect Ideas, Reading Resources, Reading, Elementary Reading, Elementary Reading Comprehension, Cause And Effect Games, Teaching Literacy, 3rd Grade Reading, Reading Comprehension Resources

Kids of all ages love cartoon characters and comics, so why not take advantage of that positive connection? Comic strips are sequential in nature and generally use both words and images to convey their message. Templates are a good option because having the panels already on the page provides some h

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Biography Buddies - Students research a historical figure and write a biography about that person.  The biography report is presented on a biography buddy.  Very creative. Informational Writing | Informational Texts | Teaching Research | Technology in the Classroom | Teaching History | Cross-curricular Activities Teaching Social Studies, Pre K, Life Hacks, Teaching History, School Reading, Teaching Reading, Biography Projects, Biography Project, School Activities

Biography Buddies - Students research a historical figure and write a biography about that person. The biography report is presented on a biography buddy. Very creative. Informational Writing | Informational Texts | Teaching Research | Technology in the Classroom | Teaching History | Cross-curricular Activities

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The Vivacious Teacher
Great blog post with tips on teaching biography! Biography anchor charts, great list of resources for student research, biography writing leads, and more!  #teachingbiography #biographyresearch #biographywriting #biographyproject #thirdgrade #fourthgrade #fifthgrade #teachertrap English, Anchor Charts, Cover Design, Albert Einstein, Biography Project Elementary, Biography Lesson, Biography Project, Biography Projects, Biography Anchor Chart 4th

Great blog post with tips on teaching biography! Biography anchor charts, great list of resources for student research, biography writing leads, and more! #teachingbiography #biographyresearch #biographywriting #biographyproject #thirdgrade #fourthgrade #fifthgrade #teachertrap

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TeacherTrap
Writing Biographies! {FREEBIE} - First Grade Blue Skies Pre K, First Grade Reading, First Grade Writing, Elementary Writing, Second Grade Writing, Teaching Literacy, Biography Projects, Teaching Writing, 1st Grade Writing

Do you teach about biographies? Last week we used the anchor chart above to introduce what a biography is (…isn’t George cute?) I saw him originally at Apples, Crayons, and Caffeine. We brainstormed the things we thought a biography is, what’s included, and the questions it might answer. We read about Tomás Rivera in our reading...

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