Look at the list of famous Maryland natives. Choose and read Biography of Billie Holiday. Then choose Photo Gallery and look at some pictures of the jazz legend.
Go back to the Maryland Biographies page. Click on Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary. Read about this famous civil rights leader.
Create a short outline of the life of each person.
About the Site
Calverton Elementary School in Maryland hosts this page of biographies for research purposes.
Lesson Objectives
Students will use the Internet to learn about famous African Americans.
Students will read short biographies of two famous African Americans from Maryland.
Students will look at historical photos.
Students will make outlines of the people they researched.
Suggested Additional Activities
Have students read some of the other biographies for famous people from Maryland.
Have students search for famous Americans from your home state. Have students do a report and presentation over their choice.
If your computer is capable, click video profile. Otherwise, click transcript to read the transcript of the interview.
Click Audio Q&A with Sandra Day O'Connor.
Read each question. If your computer is capable, listen to the answers by clicking responds in RealAudio. Otherwise, click transcript to read her answers.
About the Site
Dare to Dream, a program designed to show middle school girls successful female role models, sponsors this Web site that features a fascinating biography of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Students may read a transcript of an interview with O'Connor, listen to an audio clip, and view a video of O'Connor telling her story. The video requires RealPlayer 4.0 and the audio clips require ReadAudio.
What to Do
Discuss life goals with students. What are their goals? How do they plan to achieve them? How will they overcome obstacles that may impede them?
Have students read or listen to the interview with Sandra Day O'Connor.
Ask students what growth experiences helped her to define or achieve her goals.
