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FAMOUS MISSOURIANS:
RESEARCH & Adapted
from Mrs. Umphrey
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There
are many famous people who have come from Missouri. The Governor of Missouri
has asked 4th graders from several towns to research these famous individuals
and to create a museum of Famous Missourian statues.
It
is your task to choose a famous Missourian and research their life. You can
find your information using the Internet, encyclopedias (electronic or
standard), and other written documents. The report must contain the following
information about the famous Missourian:
Name
Time Period of their life
Place they lived
Personality traits that describe them
Background information
Obstacle they faced
Significance of their life to Missouri
Quotation from them
First, Choose a
famous Missourian from the list: Famous
Missourians
Second, gather
your information on the Student Response Sheet (Print
one copy to collect your research)
Sites
where information can be found on Famous Missourians.
Famous
Missourian Resource list
Hall of Famous
Missourians
Web
List of Famous Missourians
Third, you will type
your information gathered on your Student Response
Sheet using the BIO
Cube online resource and print 2 copies.
Finally, you will
complete the Bottle Buddy Project below.
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BOTTLE BUDDY PROJECT |
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Bottle buddies are 2 or 3 liter
bottles, emptied and cleaned. They are then decorated to look like your
assigned famous Missourian. They can represent someone from the past or the
present such as Harry S. Truman, George Washington Carver, or Mark McGuire.
The bottle can be decorated with an actual picture of the famous Missourians
face attached to the top of the bottle by the threads. You can add yarn for
hair, eyebrows, and mustache. The bottom of the bottles can be just plain, or
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last updated May 2, 2007
vnewcomb@bolivar.k12.mo.us