Biography in a Bottle

So often we wonder how to make projects more interesting , more engaging, give them something extra while teaching to the standards. The following is a project my students recently did with biographies:

1. Students chose a person from North Carolina or who contributed to NC history
2. They researched the person
3. Wrote a 5 paragraph essay on google docs
4. Created a poster board, google slides presentation or another creative way to present their work
5. Created their person from a water bottle
6. Presented their work with classmates commenting: 2-positive (constructive) comments, 1 thing the presenter can work on next time.


I received very positive feedback from my students about engaging in this project. They stayed interested even with the amount of work it required and took ownership of their work. Here is my rubric and a few examples of student work.