110513 Amazing People Inspiring Women BBS

Name ______Biography Research Graphic Organizer This person Top 5 Character Traits CD-110513 is known for . . . Name ______Picture: Amazing People: Inspiring Women Bulletin Board RESOURCE GUIDE

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S Sacajawea Born _____ 1906 - 1975 1907 - 1954 1907 - 2002 1908 - 1998 ca. 1820 - 1913 1820 - 1906 1860 - 1935 1905 - 2003 1923 - 2014 1940-1994 1815 - 1852 1867 - 1934 1821 - 1912 1864 - 1922 1897 – ca. 1937 A Famous Quote Died _____ J B F K A L M G H T S B A J A G E A C W R A L M C C B N B A E Josephine Baker Frida Kahlo Astrid Lindgren Martha Gellhorn Harriet Tubman Susan B. Anthony Jane Addams Gertrude Ederle Alice Coachman Wilma Rudolph Ada Lovelace Marie Curie Clara Barton Nellie Bly Amelia Earhart

_____ 1917 - 1996 1928 - 2014 1929 - 1993 1929 - 1875 - 1955 1880 - 1968 1884 - 1962 1971 - 1975 - 1980 - 1906 - 1992 1907 - 1964 1927 - 2002 1930 - 1933 - 2020

e IX _____ Titl E F M A A H Y K M M B H K E R K Y A M V W G H R C P M S D O R B G Ella Fitzgerald Maya Angelou Audrey Hepburn Yayoi Kusama Mary McLeod Bethune Helen Keller Eleanor Roosevelt Kristi Yamaguchi Aimee Mullins Venus Williams Grace Hopper Rachel Carson Patsy Mink Sandra Day O’Connor Ruth Bader Ginsberg Three Major Events in ______’s Life _____ 1942 - 2018 1946 - 1954 - 1977 - 1913 - 2005 1915 - 2015 1945 - 2010 1981 - 1997 - 1998 - 1918 - 2020 1930 - 1939 - 2016 1947 - Write a caption to describe each event.

A F D P O W S R P G L B W M S W S B Y M K J T Y J T K S C M Aretha Franklin Dolly Parton Oprah Winfrey Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll Rosa Parks Grace Lee Boggs Wilma Mankiller Serena Williams Simone Biles Yusra Mardini Katherine Johnson Tu Youyou Junko Tabei Kathrine Switzer Christa McAuliffe

1982 - 1987 - 1947 - 1947 - 1959 - 1934 - 1951 - 2012 1956 - 1959 - 1964 -

VP M C A S T G J H R M J G S R M J M L K H Misty Copeland Ali Stroker Temple Grandin Judith Heumann Rigoberta Menchú Jane Goodall Sally Ride Mae Jemison Maya Lin Kamala Harris

1997 - 2003 - 1964 - 1982 - Artists & Performers Activists & Advocates

Athletes

Scientists & Mathematicians

Trailblazers M Y G T M O D P Malala Yousafzai Greta Thunberg Michelle Obama Danica Patrick

Congratulations on an awesome purchase! Our greatest hope with this set is that it serves as inspiration for your students. We want them to see great people celebrated for great things, but most of all we want for them to see themselves on the wall. To see that they can do great things no matter their skin color, gender, situation, or interests. Narrowing down the (very, very large) list was a long, difficult task. We researched, ______discussed, debated. We reached out to get feedback from diverse groups of people, including many ______teachers. We tried to balance the list with a mix of well-known and less-known names, and with people from the past as well as those who continue to contribute to our world. We hope that while you may not agree with every person chosen, your class will be inspired by these amazing people. Other Interesting Facts This is not the list, but a list. It’s a starting point and we hope you and your class will explore, have your own discussions, and add more people of your own choosing!

Psst! All of the information was correct at the time of printing. However, life goes on and things may change. Carson Dellosa will make every effort to make updates and corrections available in a timely manner.

110513 Amazing People Inspiring Women BBS RG.indd 1 11/23/20 3:19 PM Wax Museum Assign a person from the bulletin Periodic Table of YOU Use the Amazing People board to each student or allow students to bulletin board as a jumping off point for a While we took into account multiple facets of a person’s life and considered their choose a person who interests them. Students whole-class project. Discuss the organization appropriateness as a role model for children, the reality is that no one is perfect. Everyone is should research the person (see Brilliant of the periodic table (by both categories and human, and humans make mistakes. We felt a person’s accomplishments need not be discounted Biographies) and use the information to become birth year). Ask students to envision a periodic because of other choices they have made. Perhaps it will make for a positive teachable moment a statue in a wax museum. Students should table of their class. What categories would be where students can learn about making good choices. However, you know your school and students create an information tri-fold display and dress included? How would it be organized? Where best, so use your judgment as you share this set with your class and work on any of the activities up as the person. Invite parents and other would they fit into the table? After the class below. You may want to preselect or limit the people students may choose from. classes to walk through your wax museum. has agreed on categories (and their colors) and We chose five major categories to organize the people: Artists & Performers, Activists & Students should be able to talk to the visitors “in organization, have students use the template Advocates, Athletes, Scientists & Mathematicians, and Trailblazers. Some people could easily fit in character” as if they were the person and answer (page 3) to create a block for themselves. multiple categories. So, we aimed to include each person in the group where we felt they made the any questions they may have. Students should write a paragraph describing greatest impact. We are all multifaceted, so in many cases determining the best place for a person why they are in that category. Staple the was a challenge. This is the perfect opportunity for a teachable moment and for you and your class You Be the Editor! Who would your students paragraphs behind the blocks. Then, assemble to discuss and reshape your class’s unique version of this bulletin board set! add to the bulletin board if they could? Have the blocks on a bulletin board with the title A students propose a new person to add. They Check online at carsondellosa.com for a short bio of each person included. It may help Periodic Table of Mr. ____’s Class. should write a persuasive essay detailing who familiarize you and your students with unknown names or serve as a jumping-off point for they would add and why. Depending on time, research projects. students may add one person or suggest an addition to every category.

Activities Brilliant Biographies Assign a person from Five-Pocket Person Assign a person from the bulletin board to each student, or allow the bulletin board to each student, or allow students to choose a person that interests them. students to choose a person who interests Provide the graphic organizer (page 4) to help them. Students should research the person students collect information as they research (see Brilliant Biographies) and use the the person. Allow students access to the library information to create a poster of their person. and internet to do the research. Enlist your The poster should feature a drawn or crafted media center specialist for help in pulling image of the person and should have five resources and guiding students throughout the pockets included on or by the person. In project. After completing the research, have each pocket, students should include a short students compile their information. You may paragraph about one facet of the person, - choose to have students write essays, make such as where and when they were born, their posters, or complete a project included here accomplishments, etc. Posters can be drawn but like the five-pocket person or wax museum. if desired, encourage students to get creative and add dimension with materials like yarn, fabric, buttons, and more.

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