Third Grade Biography / Wax Museum Project |
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Civil Rights
Heroes |
Focus
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| Some heroes involved with the Civil Rights Movement & other important social changes between 1920 - 1980's | ||||||
Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Leader |
Thurgood Marshall Supreme Court Judge |
Rosa Parks Civil Rights Leader |
Mary McLeod Bethune teacher |
Coretta Scott King Civil Rights Leader |
Jesse Jackson Civil Rights Leader |
Rachel Carson Environmentalist |
Cesar Chavez Civil Rights Leader for farmworkers |
Dolores Huerta Civil Rights Leader for farmworkers |
President John F.Kennedy |
Senator Robert Kennedy |
Jane Addams Social Leader for poor people |
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt Social activist for many causes |
Juliet Gordon Low |
Mary Church Terrell Equal Rights Leader |
President Lyndon B. Johnson |
Susan B. Anthony Women's Rights Leader / voting |
Ida B. Wells-Barnett Civil Rights Leader |
Carter G. Woodson Father of Black History |
Malcolm X Civil Rights Leader |
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Boundary Breakers: ---> |
Ruby Bridges elementary student |
Jesse Owens Olympic athlete |
Jackie Robinson professional baseball player |
Marion Anderson singer |
If
you have an idea & a book about someone your interested in studying,
let me know. |
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Heroes
Project Timeline ... in a perfect world, this timeline would
be accurate! |
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| April 12, 2007 (Thursday) | Heroes assigned! Books provided to give them a start. Get reading !!! |
| April 16 - 20, 2007 | Read about your hero; learn all you can to become an expert! Read in class & at home on your topic. We'll take notes on certain qualities we want to learn about about our hero. |
| April 23 - May 10, 2007 | We'll work on our rough drafts for 3 weeks in class. Week 1: Intro & paragraph 1. Week 2: paragraph 3 & 4. Week 3: paragraph 5 & Conclusion. Think of costume ideas and props in the back of your mind for the wax museum. What might your character typically wear? We have a costume closet if you can't come up with something. |
| May 11, 2007 (Friday) | Complete rough draft due - introduction, at least 3 paragraphs with topic sentences & supporting details, and a conclusion. See complete details on the web.We'll do a Writers Workshop on Tuesday so they can get feedback & ideas to revise it the rest of the week. |
| May 14, 2007 (Monday) | Costume and props should be ready! If not, I need to know by today to help you pick a few items from our costume closet. |
| May 16, 2007 (Wednesday) |
Wax Museum Rehearsal - (not a dress rehearsal - practice poses, 1 minute speech) |
| May 17, 2007 (Thursday) |
Wax Museum: Students should arrive in costume by 6:00. Doors will open for families at 6:30 p.m. and will go until 8:00 p.m. Students should take all of their props home that evening. This is a special event for third grade families and friends; all Gilham families are welcome to attend |
| May 18-ish, 2007 (Friday or so...) |
Final draft due - handwritten or typed. (I'd like them to type their report in to WriteSite so others can read and respond to them) |
May 22, 2007 (Tuesday 1:00 p.m) |
Heroes Musical: School assembly in the gym. Family members are encourage to attend as there will be no evening performance of this special event. |
| May 23 - 31, 2007 (Mon.,Tue., Th, / Tu., Th) | Speaking Presentations - in costume preferably. Check the schedule below (I'll post it a week in advance). Let me know if there are any complications. |
Assigned Biographies for |
Theme: |
Presentation Date & Time (TBA) |
Student |
Historical Figure | Date |
| Brian Kong | Martin Luther King, Jr. | |
| Abigail Nelson | Susan B. Anthony | |
| Alex Kim | Martin Luther King, Jr. | |
| Ariana Buchanan | Eleanor Roosevelt | |
| Austin Turvey | Thurgood Marshall | |
| Brandon Wolgamott | Pres. J.F. Kennedy | |
| Brittany Allard | Marion Anderson | |
| Caydan Surrett | Jackie Robinson | |
| Camren Haro | Cesar Chavez | |
| Hannah Vaughan | Elizabeth Stanton | |
| Jada Glass | Ruby Bridges | |
| Joseph Johnson | Jesse Owens | |
| Joshua Harris | Martin Luther King, Jr. | |
| Karla Manning | Ruby Bridges | |
| Lauren Kogutkiewicz | Carter G. Woodson | |
| Malay Johnston | Ida B. Wells-Barnett | |
| Serena Collier | Rosa Parks | |
| Taylor Carman | Juliet Gordon Low | |
| Speaking Presentations Schedule
(the full report) Benchmark Standards listed below the schedule |
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Fri. 5/25 1:15 - 2:00 |
Tues. 5/ 29 1:15 - 2:00 • Ariana • Malay • Brittany |
Tues
6 / 5 |
Wed. 6/6
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Thurs.6/7 |
Thurs.
6/7 |
Mon. 6/11 |
| They should practice their presentation
at home with family as an audience at least 4 times before they present.
Their presentations should be about 2-4 minutes. I'll encourage them to
speak as if they are their hero; however, if they're more comfortable following
the format of their report, that would fine as well. Their wax museum speech
will be very brief: 1 minute tops. We'll write this mini-speech on Wednesday. To EXCEED the speaking benchmarks, they should be able to speak clearly and fluently to the class and maintain eye contact with little or no reference to their notes. They should use good expression, gestures when appropriate, and speak loud enough for the whole class to hear. The content of the report should have substantial detail and personal insights; the information should be well-organized with a clear beginning, middle, and end, and have smooth transitions. To MEET the speaking benchmarks, the above standards apply; however, there is minimal eye contact because they are reading some parts of their report. There might be some space-fillers (ie, "....um, ... like... you know... whatever...") Ideas & Content, Organzation may be a bit weaker or undeveloped. To NOT MEET the speaking benchmarks, students would read their entire report with little or no eye contact, frequent space-fillers, speaking too quickly or slowly, too softly or loudly, or with little or no voice inflection or gestures. The content of the report would have missing, undeveloped details, no introduction or conclusion, flat ineffective language, or poor grammar. As you can see, a little practice each day could go a long way to exceeding the benchmarks! |
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Assigned Biographies
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Presentation Date & Time (TBA) |
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Assigned Biographies for |
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Presentation Date & Time (TBA) |
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