Biography Accomplishments | Biography Activities

Activity Overview

Why do students choose who they choose to research? Usually it’s because they admire that person and what they have done or continue to do. Those accomplishments are what makes people well known and important to others. It also shows how much of an impact they've had on a person or society. For this activity, students will create a 3 cell spider map about their chosen person’s accomplishments.

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Objective:Students will create a 3 cell spider map detailing information about the person’s accomplishments.

Student Instructions:

Click “Start Assignment”.
Identify each accomplishment in the title boxes.
Create an illustration that represents each heading using appropriate scenes, characters, and items.
Write a short summary of each heading in the space below the illustration.

Lesson Plan Reference

Grade Level 4-6

Difficulty Level 2 (Reinforcing / Developing)

Type of Assignment Individual

Common Core Standards

[ELA-Literacy/W/3/2] Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
[ELA-Literacy/W/3/7] Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
[ELA-LITERACY/WHST/6-8/2/B] Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.