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Famous People in March
Many famous people have March birthdays. Usually such lists include celebrities from the world of sports and entertainment that most students would easily recognize. The list below may be a challenge for most students because only one of them is involved in any current events.
These persons have made the world a better place, both during and after the prime time of their major accomplishments.
- Ralph Ellison (March 1)
- Mikhail Gorbachev (March 2)
- Michelangelo Buonarroti (March 6)
- Luther Burbank (March 7)
- Yuri Gagarin (March 9)
- Percival Lowell (March 12)
- Albert Einstein (March 13)
- Andrew Jackson (March 15)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (March 21)
- Stephen Sondheim (March 22)
- Wernher Von Braun (March 23
- Sandra Day O'Connor (March 26)
- August Busch, Jr. (March 28)
- Sam Walton and Cy Young (March 29)
- Vincent Van Gogh (March 30)
- Cesar Chavez, Rene Descartes, and Albert Gore, Jr. (March 31)
Activity
Most elementary curricula include student activities that include researching the biographies of notable persons. This activity is designed to do just that.
Assign a different person on the list to each student. Students then present an oral or PowerPoint report of about two minutes that includes a picture of the person as well as a second picture of something representative of the person's work.
The report should include answers to at least four of the following essential questions for critical thinking:
- When and where was this person born and in what field did he do his best work?
- What was this person's greatest accomplishment?
- What do you think inspired this person to achieve what he/she did?
- How do this person's accomplishments benefit us today?
- Are there any events or deeds that you think this person might regret?
- Is there anything about this person's life that inspires you?
Pathfinder #1: Click the Biographies link on the right side of the Search page, select the alphabetic index, then browse for this person.
Pathfinder #2: If the person in not in the Biographies section, use a keyword search on the Search page instead.
Here are some new ProQuest models that students can use for their written (model) and PowerPoint reports (model 1 and 2.)
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