My name is Walter and I am learning all about Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks was famous for changing the law. Rosa Parks went to jail because she did not move out of the set for a white man when the bus driver told her to. Two white police officers came to the bus and said, ”You have to go to jail!” Rosa Parks helped change the law so that white and black people would be together at schools, at stores, outside your houses on your porches, on the streets, and married together. Rosa Parks helped change the segregation laws for every state.
Hi my name is Keyshaun and I am studying Vincent van Gogh. Vincent was born March 30 1853.Vincent had a little brother and a little sister. Vincent was 13 when he painted his self portrait in 1889. Vincent was the oldest kid in his family.Vincent painted the ‘Stary Night’ in 1889. Vincent died July 29 1890.
Hi! my name is Nahdia and I am doing a project on Helen Keller and here are some facts! She was born in Tuscumbia Alabama on June 27 1880. Helen Keller was blind since she was a baby. In February 1882 she got sick. She was six moths. She was deaf. She was angry that she couldn’t talk.
I’m Gabe. Apolo Ohno is a famous speed skater. He is going to be in the Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada. He first started trying to speed skate when he was thirteen. Other speed skaters saw him skating and they asked his dad if he could go and train as a speed skater. His dad said he could. At first it was hard for him. He was getting homesick. He missed his friends and family. After about a month he stopped getting homesick and started training harder. Then when he was only fourteen he went to the Olympic Games and won the gold metal. Now he is 27 years old and competes all the time.
Hi, my name is Nya. I’m doing a project about Jane Yolen. She is famous for writing books. She wrote ‘Mizz Berlin Walks’ and “Owl Moon’. She loves writing stories about stuff that really happened in her life.
My name is Cameron. I working on a project about Wilson Bentley. Wilson was the man who discovered what snowflakes really look like. He was born on February 9, 1865. He really loved the snow. He lived near a farm. He took pictures of the snowflakes and showed the pictures to everyone. They called him “Snowflake Bentley.” He was a great man.
Hi, my name is Zoe. Abigial Adams was born in 1764. She was famous for being a U.S. President’s wife and the mother of the 6th U.S. President. Abigial made a difference by fight for equal rights for women.
My name is Keondra. I am working on a biography about Frida Kahlo. Frida was born on July 6, 1907 in Coyoacan, Mexico. She was famous for her paintings. Her father gave her her first paintbrush. When she became ill with Polio, she taught herself to draw to keep from being sad. Frida’s paintings are some of the most beautiful art ever created.
Hi, my name is Josiah. My biography is on Venus Williams. She is a tennis player. She was born on June 17, 1980. Her dad is her coach. She can run the court and hit every shot with great power. In 1998 Venus won her first single challange.
Hi, my name is Aaliyah. I am doing a biography on Amelia Earhart. Amelia was born on July 24, 1897. Amelia Earhart is famous because she was the first women to fly over the Atlantic Ocean. Amelia took off in golden and red single engine air plane from Harbour Grace Newfoundland on May 20, 1923. Her last flight was in 1937. Amelia disappeared somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. She was forty years old.
Hi my name is Aidan. I am learning about Benjamin Banneker. He was born in 1731. He took apart a watch and he built a clock. And it took him from 1751-1753. Benjamin was friends with Thomas Jefferson. He took a telescope and he looked the night sky.
I am Brandon and I am doing a project about Mae Jemison. Mae Jemison was born on October 17, 1956. Mae had to learn to be an astronaut and became one in 1988. She was the first African American lady to go into space. She went on the space shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992. She stayed eight days in space and went around Earth more than 120 times. In 1993 Mae Jemison left NASA and started her own company.
I am Bahijah. I learned about Marian Anderson. She was born on Feb. 27, 1897. She wanted to go to music school but they would not allow black people so she took private lessons instead. In 1955 she was the first Black American to sing opera at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. The concert in N.Y.C. was a success.
My name is Jeremiah. I am learning all about Daniel Boone and hunting. Daniel Boone was born in1734. Daniel was the greatest hunter ever. Daniel had sisters and ten brothers. Daniel had a battle with the Indians the Indians took 3 girls but Daniel rescued them. Daniel died 1820.
I know a lot of facts about Walt Disney. I’m going to tell you some. His real name is Walter Elias Disney and he was born on Dec. 5th 19o1 in Chicago, Illinois. Walt’s pictures were all over the outside of his house he sold his first picture at age 7. These are good facts about Walt Disney. (by Will)
Hi! My name is Briella, and I am doing a project on Louis Pasteur, and here are some facts! He was born in 1822, and died in 1895. When he was 8 years old, a mad wolf killed 8 people in his neighborhood and he never forgot it. He loved to draw portraits of family members. When he was 20, he went to Ecole Normale, a school for teachers in Paris. There, he studied chemestry and physics. In 1850 he had a baby.
Hi I’m Nicholas and I learned a lot about Dr Seuss. I learned he was born in 1904. His real name was Theodore Seuss Geisel. He graduated in 1920.The first book he wrote was ‘Mulberry Street’ in 1937. After that he wrote, ‘Cat in the Hat‘ in 1957. He died in 1991. He received a Hollywood star in 2004. Interesting facts I learned – I learned that he sold 200 million copies of children books. He went to Oxford Collge to please his father. He illustrated 44 books.He lived to be 87.
I am doing a project about Sitting Bull. Sitting Bull was born in 1831 near South Dakota. Sitting Bull went to the war when he was 14 years old. Sitting Bull became the leader of the Strong Hearts. Sitting Bull is famous for protecting his family and friends and his people. Sitting Bull died because he was going to jail and his friends tried to save him but he died. Sitting Bull is my favorite person. (by, Nigel)
Hi my name is Mikail. My biography project is on Johnny Appleseed.The five interesting facts I learned is…He was born in 457.He died at the age of 70.He owned many nurseries in Ohio,Pennsylvania,Kentucky,Illinois and Indiana.He was buried in Fortwayne Indiana.He spent 50 years growing appletrees.This is 1 more interesting fact about Johnny Appleseed.He planted appletrees in Newyork and Pennsylvania.
Hi! my name is Peyton and I’m doing Claude Monet. Monet was born on November 14, 1840.When Monet got married his wife (Camille) had 8 kids! That’s alot! His first son was born in 1868. Monet’s paintings were NOT that famous until he died. OH! I forgot to tell you when Monet died. He died in 1857. He was only 86. In the last 10 years of Monet’s life he painted ‘Water Garden‘.
Hi my name is Ronan and my biography person is Beethoven and here are some interesting facts about Beethoven. He was born in 1770. And in 1800 was his first symphony. In 1827 he died during a storm. Beethoven became deaf in 1801. In 1787 he studied with Mozart. Beethoven never got maried though. Beethoven’s most famous symphony was his 5th. He stopped going to school when he was 11 because he was too busy composing. Many people believe that Beethoven is the best composer ever. A couple songs that Beethoven composed are ”Ode To Joy” and ”Fur Elise.”That’s all the songs I know that he wrote. He wrote love notes to girls he liked. You can see his house in Bonn, Germany which now is a museum. Beethoven’s real name was Ludwig Van Beethoven.
Hi! My name is Elizabeth and I am doing Eleanor Roosevelt as my person. Here are some cool facts about her. She was born Oct. 11 1884.When she was only TWO AND A HALF YEARS OLD she sailed to Europe with her relatives.Then her mother died when she was only eight years old and then a year later her father died when she was only nine years old. Then she went to her grandmother’s house to live. When she was 15 her grandmother sent her to a boarding school. She came back when she was 18 and then met her distant cousin, Franklin D. Roosevelt who soon became her husband. A few years later her husband got elected as president so that meant she was First Lady. She helped the women of America get their civil rights. She was the first First Lady to have a job. Her job was as a newspaper columnist. She was also the first First Lady to hold weekly press confrenes. She died in 1962 of heart failure and tuberculosis.
My name is Walter and I am learning all about Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks was famous for changing the law. Rosa Parks went to jail because she did not move out of the set for a white man when the bus driver told her to. Two white police officers came to the bus and said, ”You have to go to jail!” Rosa Parks helped change the law so that white and black people would be together at schools, at stores, outside your houses on your porches, on the streets, and married together. Rosa Parks helped change the segregation laws for every state.
