Fifth Grade African American



African American

Biography Scrapbook Project

*Note- The person you choose must be approved by Mrs. Thomas.

Name: _______________________

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Due Date: 3/8/17

Notes 1

Due Friday, February 17th

Things to include:

Full name: ____________________________________________________________________________

Birthday: _____________________________________________________________________________

Place of birth: _________________________________________________________________________

Their significance: (What made them famous?)

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Childhood:

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Family:

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Education:

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Career/Adult Life

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What kind of impact did he or she have on the world? Other people?

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Additional facts worth sharing!

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Notes 2

Due Monday, February 27th

Things to include:

What types of obstacles did he or she face?

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How did he or she overcome these obstacles (persevere or keep trying)?

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What events shaped or changed this person’s life?

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Accomplishments

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What are adjectives you would use to describe this person?

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Scrapbook Details

Directions: Now that you have gathered your information, it is time to put the research in your scrapbook. Your scrapbook must include:

• Cover

The cover must include their full name and at least one picture. Your first and last name should be in the lower right hand corner.

• Table of Contents

This should be the first page in your scrapbook. Title it “Table of Contents” and include the following sections and the corresponding page numbers. Pictures optional.

• Life (3 – 4 pages)

This section should include 3 - 4 pages. Each page should include at least one paragraph and one text feature. One text feature should be a picture with a caption. Sample ideas: Page 1-Childhood, Page 2-Family, Page 3-Education, Page 4-Adulthood/Career.

• Perseverance (1 page)

This page should include the obstacles they faced in their life. Explain how they overcame or persevered through their obstacles. You need at least one paragraph and one text feature.

• Greatest Accomplishments (1 page)

This page should include their greatest accomplishment(s). This should be what made them famous. You need at least one paragraph and at least one text feature about their greatest accomplishment(s).

• Adjective Collage (1 page)

Use at least ten adjectives describing this person and their achievements. Include at least one picture.

• Timeline (1 page)

Create a timeline of the major events in this person’s life.

• Bibliography (1 page)

Cite the sources you used during this research project.

Things to Keep in Mind

• Information can be hand written or typed.

• Text features include: photos, maps, charts, tables, diagrams, sidebars (extra information box), bold words with definitions, graphs, etc.

• Writing must be in your own words!

• Pictures can be drawn or printed out from the computer.

• Use color to create eye-catching pages.

• You can use scrapbook paper if you choose.

• Bind the scrapbook together in a sturdy way!

Due Dates

These due dates are to assist you in planning your time wisely and efficiently. Procrastination will hurt you!

|Description |Due Date |

|Begin research |Feb. 13 |

|Notes 1 |Feb. 17 |

|Notes 2 |Feb. 27 |

|Life rough draft paragraphs |March 1st |

|Perseverance and Greatest Accomplishments rough draft paragraph(s) |March 3rd |

|Final Scrapbook |March 8th |

*Adjective collage, timeline, and bibliography do not have specific due dates.

*Projects may be turned in before the due date.

*Late projects are deducted 10% of the final grade each day it is late. (Example: 2 days late=20% lower than final grade)

Scrapbook Project Grading Rubric

Due Date: Wednesday, March 8th

|Requirement |Description |Points Possible |Points Earned |

|Cover |Cover includes the full name of the person you researched and your |5 | |

| |name. It hooks the reader and gets them interested. | | |

|Table of Contents |Table of Contents is formatted properly. It includes titles for each |10 | |

| |section of the book and the appropriate page numbers. | | |

|Life |Scrapbook contains at least three to four pages about their life. |20 | |

| |Paragraphs are written in your own words. Paragraphs contain enough | | |

| |information so we learn new ideas when reading your scrapbook. A text | | |

| |feature is included on each page. | | |

|Perseverance |This page includes at least one obstacle they faced. You included |10 | |

| |details on how they persevered through their obstacle(s). Writing is | | |

| |in your own words. At least one text feature is included. | | |

|Greatest Accomplishment |This page includes their greatest accomplishment(s). You included what|10 | |

| |makes them famous and why. Writing is in your own words. At least one | | |

| |text feature is included. | | |

|Adjective Collage |At least ten adjectives are used to describe your person and their |5 | |

| |accomplishments. At least one picture is included. | | |

|Timeline |Major events in your person’s life are included on the timeline. |10 | |

|Bibliography |Student used a variety of sources and cited them correctly on their |10 | |

| |bibliography. | | |

|Spelling and punctuation |There are no spelling errors. Punctuation is used correctly. |10 | |

|Overall Quality |Scrapbook is organized and neat. Due dates were met. |10 | |

|TOTAL |100 | |

FINAL GRADE: __________ COMMENTS: ________________________________________________

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How to Cite Your Sources

A book with one author:

Keller, Helen. Helen Keller: The Story of my Life. New York: Watermill,1980.

A book with two or more authors:

Smith, Arnold, Steve Jones, and Ken Anderson. Thomas Jefferson. CA: Puffin, 1993.

Encyclopedia Articles:

Block, Judy. “George Washington.” World Book. New York: Macmillan, 2004.

Website:

The Anthony Trial: An Account. Douglas

Linder. 2001. 18 December 2010 .

Biography Research Project

Recommended Resources

1. Biography (everyone should be able to get one either from our library or the Rochester Hills Public Library)

2. Encyclopedias

• Many available at the RHPL – World Book is great!

• World Book Online - (user name: rcswbhome, password: home)

• Infoplease - (free online encyclopedia)

3. Websites

• Black History Month from Gale Cengage Learning –

• Michigan eLibrary (MeL: Kids – use the link for Kids InfoBits) -

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• Rochester Hills Public Library Black History Month Resources - many premium resources are available for library card holders -

***Reminder – For this project Wikipedia CANNOT be used as a source***

List of Famous African Americans

|Hank Aaron |Dominique Dawes |Sugar Ray Leonard |

|Muhammad Ali |Frederick Douglas |Joe Louis |

|Maya Angelou |W.E.B Du Bois |Malcolm X |

|Louis Armstrong |Duke Ellington |Nelson Mandela |

|Crispus Attucks |Medgar Evers |Thurgood Marshall |

|Tyra Banks |Ella Fitzgerald |Garrett Morgan |

|Benjamin Banneker |Andrew “Rube” Foster |Thomas Morris Chester |

|Jean-Michel Basquiat |George Forman |Shaquille O’Neal |

|Ida B. Wells-Barnett |Marcus Garvey |Jesse Owens |

|Barry Bonds |Langston Hughes |Colin Powell |

|William H. Carney |Zora Neale Hurston |Condoleeze Rice |

|Ben Carson |Alain Locke |Jackie Robinson |

|George Washington Carver |Jesse Jackson |Deion Sanders |

|Ray Charles |Reggie Jackson |Mary Church Terrell |

|Shirley Chisholm |John Jasper |Sojourner Truth |

|Natalie Cole |Ernest Everett Just |Booker T. Washington |

|Bessie Coleman |Mae Jemison |Madame C.J. Walker |

|Claudette Colvin |Malvin Gray Johnson |Stevie Wonder |

|Miles Davis |Michael Jordan | |

|Sammy Davis Jr. |Coretta Scott King | |

| |Spike Lee | |

Cannot Use:

Martin Luther King Jr., Barack Obama, Oprah, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman

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Title (underlined with a period at the end)

Author’s last name, Author’s first name (period at the end)

Publisher, Year book was published (period)

City, state, or country where book is published (followed by a colon)

Authors’ names in the order they appear on the title page. Only the first author’s name goes last name, first name. Put commas between each author’s name and a period at the end of the list.

The rest of the citation works the same as a book with one author.

Author’s name: Last name, first name.

Title of article in quotation marks (period at the end)

Publisher, Year published (period)

Title of book (underlined with a period at the end)

City, state, or country where book is published (followed by a colon)

The address of the website inside of < > (period at the end)

Title of the site (underlined with a period at the end)

Date you found the site (no period)

If any of this information is not given, simply leave it out.

Date the site was published (period at the end)

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