Li'l Stories Lesson, Grades 2-4: Biographical Stories

Social Studies or Writing

TARGET SKILLS: UNDERSTANDING STORY STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT, BIOGRAPHICAL WRITING, RESEARCH

This lesson introduces students to a specific story structure, biographies. Students will research and develop a narrative surrounding a famous figure.

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Li’l Stories Materials included:

• Lesson Plan: Biographical Stories (Outline, Procedure, Adaptations/Modifications, Assessment, Activity Expansion)

• Teacher's Guide

• Storyboards

• Extension Boards

• Custom storyboard with pre-filled Inputs

• Li’l Stories Biographies Cards (Martin Luther King, Jr., Amelia Earhart, Albert Einstein, Abraham Lincoln, Beatrix Potter, and Research Questions Card)

• Li’l Stories Story Elements Question Cards