Name:______
Biography Book Report
Due: January 6, 2014
Points: 200 pts.
***The book must be a minimum of 100 pages or you will have to read two books. They cannot be picture books/historical fiction and Ms. Astle/Preece must approve all books.
People to Choose From:
Aaron Burr
Abigail Adams
Abraham Lincoln
Alexander Hamilton
Amelia Earhart
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Johnson
Anne Hutchinson
Benedict Arnold
Benjamin Franklin
Betsy Ross
Bill Clinton
Billy the Kid
Brigham Young
Butch Cassidy
Calvin Coolidge
Cesar Chavez
Charles Lindbergh
Chief Joseph
Christopher Columbus
Clara Barton
Colin Powell
Coretta Scott King
Crazy Horse
Daniel Boone
Davey Crockett
Dolly Madison
Dorthea Dix
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eli Whitney
Elizabeth Blackwell
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Francis Marion
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Pierce
Fredrick Douglass
George A. Custer
George Bush
George Rogers Clark
George W. Bush
George Washington
Gerald Ford
Geronimo
Grover Cleveland
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
Henry Ford
Herbert Hoover
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Jackie Robinson
James A. Garfield
James K. Polk
James Madison
James Monroe
Jane Adams
Janet Reno
Jedediah Smith
Jefferson Davis
Jesse James
Jesse Owens
Jim Bridger
Jimmy Carter
Jim Thorpe
John Adams
John Brown
John Burgoyne
John Charles Fremont
John F. Kennedy
John Paul Jones
John P. Parker
John Quincy Adams
John Smith
John Wesley Powell
Lucretia Mott
Lyndon B. Johnson
Madeleine Albright
Mahatma Gandhi
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Van Buren
Millard Fillmore
Nathan Hale
Nelson Mandela
Osceola
Paul Revere
Pocahontas
Pontiac
Red Cloud
Reverend John Rankin
Richard Nixon
Robert E. Lee
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert Fulton
Ronald Reagan
Rosa Parks
Rutherford B. Hayes
Sacagawea
Sally Ride
Sam Houston
Sandra Day O’Conner
Sequoya
Sitting Bull
Sojourner Truth
Susan B. Anthony
Tecumseh
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
Thomas A. Edison
Thomas Garrett
Thomas Jefferson
Thurgood Marshall
Ulysses S. Grant
W.E.B. DeBois
Warren G. Harding
Wilber and Orville Wright
William H. Harrison
William Lloyd Garrison
William McKinley
William Penn
William Still
William Taft
William Tecumseh Sherman
William Travis
Woodrow Wilson
Zachary Taylor
Zebulon Pike
Assignment:
Read a biography about one of the people on the list, and then choose one of the following ways to present your Biography.
1. Create a PowerPoint on the person you read about. Your PowerPoint must be a minimum of 8 slides—one slide per question. You must include two direct quotes from the person and cite the source of the quotes. You must include all of the questions and cite the book source and any source you got a picture from.
2. Create a poster about your event. You must include two direct quotes from the person and cite the source of the quotes. It must be typed and include all of the questions. You also must cite the book and any source you got a picture from.
1. The name of the Biography and the Author.
2. Where and when were they born?
3. At least five facts about their childhood.
4. What personal qualities did they have that you liked?
5. Tell about at least three significant events that happened to them during their lifetime and what influence it had on them.
6. Tell at least five things you learned about the person that you did not know before.
7. What was the most fascinating thing you learned about your person?
8. What did they do to impact or change history?
9. Must include 2 direct quotes
Due Date:
This project is due January 6, 2014. You can complete this assignment anytime during the quarter and turn it in for credit. All reports not turned in by January 6, 2014 will not be accepted. No late reports will be accepted!!
Biography Graphic Organizer
Student Name: ______
Title of Biography______Author______
Date and Place of Birth / Early Life Facts / Life Growing UpPositive Personal Qualities / Significant Events / Significant People and Places
Things Learned / Fascinating Facts / How Impacted or Changed History
Risks Taken / Obstacles Overcome / Impact on Today