Biography
Scrapbook
When you choose a biography to read it must be approximately 100 pages long. Your person must have
had a significant positive impact on the world. Your person may NOT be an entertainer or an athlete. You
must have your biography book approved by Mrs. Smith. You will be expected to take about 6 to 13
pages of notes from your book. You may also choose to find additional information from other sources.
Suggested Resources
A&E Biography Channel http://biography.com
American History Biographies http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/bios/bios.html
From Revolution to Construction http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/index.htm
History Channel http://www.history.com/
PBS People http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/
Biography Scrapbook Table of Contents
Page Content
1
Bio Riddle
This is a poem that you will create to give the reader clues about who you researched. Write at
least a 12-line poem giving clues about your character. Remember, the more clues given, the
easier it is for the reader to infer who you are talking about.
2
Oh You Kid!
This is a page about your person as a child. You will describe your person’s childhood. You need
to cite page numbers to reference your book.
3
Family Tree
This is a family tree for your character's life. This is a page about your person's family and friends.
Fill the spaces on the tree with facts about your person's family and friends. You also need to site
page numbers for reference to your book.
4-5
Report Card & Explanation
This is a pretend report card that you will create about your person. This is an opportunity for you
to show your person's talents and abilities. Show the possible subjects that your person would have
taken and the grades that he or she might have received. Also make up pretend subjects for your
person that shows his or her strengths or weaknesses. The most important part of creating this
page is the explanation. On a separate page you need to type an explanation of why your character
took these classes and why he or she received these grades. Please site page numbers from your
book.
6-7
Time of My Life & Explanation
This is a page that shows historic events that were going on during your person's life. You will
need to do research to find out the time period in which your person was alive. You will need to
find a famous book or author or their time; an invention or discovery of their time; a famous artist
or composer of their time; another famous person who lived when they did; an important social
issue or historical event of their time; another person of any time who did work like your person.
A good resource to use is http://www.historychannel.com and you can look for a time line based
on century or decade to search for important events.
8
News Flash
This is a news article that you will write about your person's most important
event in his or
her life. You will write a news story about your person's most important event. You need to have a
date for when your article might have been seen in a newspaper. Make sure your give your story a
headline and a photo. Be sure to not repeat any story you have already used for another scrapbook
page.
9
Obituary
This is an article written about your person's death. Be sure to include his or her birth information,
major life accomplishments and activities, and information about his or her family. If your person
has not dies yet, then you will need to give information as if he or she died today.
10
Memories
This page is about special memories in your person's life. You will choose two memories, a
special friend, and a most prized possession from your person's life. For each you must have a
picture, photograph, or magazine clipping and an explanation for each. Be sure to include page
numbers from your book.
11-12 Dan Flanders
This is a letter written from your character to an advice columnist. For this page you will write a
letter to an advice columnist in a newspaper with a problem your character has been having. Then
you will pretend you are Dan Flanders and respond with writing a letter back to your character
with advice to help with the problem.
Page 1 Bio Riddle
Write at least a 12 line poem giving clues about your character. Remember, the more clues given, the
easier it is for the reader to infer who you are talking about.
Page 2 Oh you Kid!
Description of your person’s childhood. You need to cite page numbers to reference your book.
Page 3 Family Tree
This is a page about your person's family and friends. Fill the spaces on the tree with facts about your
person's family and friends. You also need to site page numbers for reference to your book.
Page 4 Report Card
This is an opportunity for you to show your person's talents and abilities. Show the possible subjects that
your person would have taken and the grades that he or she might have received. Also make up pretend
subjects for your person that shows his or her strengths or weaknesses. The most important part of
creating this page is the explanation. On a separate page you need to type an explanation of why your
character took these classes and why he or she received these grades. Please site page numbers from your
book.
Page 5 Report Card Explanation
This is an example of the back of the report card that gives an explanation of your person's school grades
and subjects.
Page 6 Time of my Life
You will need to do research to find out the time period in which your person was alive. You will need to
find a famous book or author or their time; an invention or discovery of their time; a famous artist or
composer of their time; another famous person who lived when they did; an important social issue or
historical event of their time; another person of any time who did work like your person. A good resource
to use is http://www.historychannel.com and you can look for a time line based on century or decade to
search for important events.
Page 7 Time of My Life Explanation
This is an example of an explanation for the "Time of My Life" pictures.
Page 8 News Flash
You will write a news story about your person's most important event. You need to have a date for when
your article might have been seen in a newspaper. Make sure your give your story a headline and a photo.
Be sure to not repeat any story you have already used for another scrapbook page.
Page 9 Obituary
Be sure to include his or her birth information, major life accomplishments and activities, and information
about his or her family. If your person has not dies yet, then you will need to give information as if he or
she died today.
Page 10 Memories
You will choose two memories, a special friend, and a most prized possession from your person's life. For
each you must have a picture, photograph, or magazine clipping and an explanation for each. Be sure to
include page numbers from your book.
Page 11 Dan Flanders
For this page you will write a letter to an advice columnist in a newspaper with a problem your character
has been having. Then you will pretend you are Dan Flanders and respond with writing a letter back to
your character with advice to help with the problem.
Page 12 Dan’s Reply