With over 30 titles, and more each year, Penguin’s Who Was? series is a great classroom resource. Each Who Was? book offers a detailed account of a famous fi gure’s life and historical period. From artists to astronauts, Who Was? covers them all!

Use these activities to enrich your class’s biography unit:

✎ As students read about their subject, ask them to keep a timeline of that person’s life. When was that person born? When did he/she die? Did he/she ever marry? If he/she were a political fi gure, how long was his/her period of power?

✎ Ask students to draw a map of their subject’s travels. They can trace an explorer’s path or outline the borders of ruler’s empire. If their person did not travel much, encourage them to sketch a picture of that person’s home or town.

✎ Each of the Who Was? covers is a caricature of the biography’s subject. After defi ning ‘caricature,’ ask students to draw or paint a caricature of someone they think is important, whether it is a family member or a current celebrity.

✎ Why did each student pick their specifi c historical fi g u r e ? For an essay topic, encourage students to write about the traits they most admire in their subject. What traits do they think they share with their person?

✎ At the end of the biography unit, encourage students to dress as their historical subject and deliver a 1-3 minute speech in the manner or character of that person.

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