Biography Presentation Lesson Plan

Assignment: Students research on the internet to find information about a specific person. Students collect several images of their person. Students create a 4 -5 slide biography of their person using PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, Google Presentations, or similar resource using their research information and images.

Download: biography-student-handout.docx

Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.7 Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.2.A

Download: rubric-for-slide-presentations.pdf

Slide 1 - Title Slide - Name of Person

Students add a title with the name of their person. Students add one or more images of their person. Students add their name.

Slide 2 - Early Life

Students add a title called Early Life. Students add one or more images representing their person's early life. Students add two or more facts about their early life.

Slide 3 - Important Accomplishments

Students add a title "Important Accomplishments". Students add one or more images representing their person's important accomplishments. Students add two or more facts about their most important accomplishments.

Slide 4 - Interesting Facts

Students add a title called "Interesting Facts". Students add one or more images of their person. Students add two or more interesting facts.

Biography Presentation Handout