Ask yourself these questions about the person you have chosen to write about:
Who? What? Where? How? and Why?
1. BOOKS
Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini by Sid Fleischman.
This is one of the biographies we have in our library.You'll find it at 92 HOU.
There is a wonderful exhibit--Houdini: Art and Magic-- at the Jewish Museum in NYC now until March 27, 2011. In the exhibit there are movies of Houdini performing his escapes and the equipment he used for them, including handcuffs, the giant-sized milk churn, the "water torture" box, and the traveling trunk. I saw this exhibit over the weekend and I highly recommend it for all ages!
You can browse the biography areas of our library. In the 921 or B area you will find books about individual people (one book for each person). In the 920 area you will find books about groups of people. For example, a book about explorers, a book about American presidents and so on.These are collections of biographies.
2. ONLINE REFERENCE
Search for a famous person in World Book Online. If you use this online encyclopedia from a computer at school you do not need a user name and password. If you go to this encyclopedia on your computer at home you will need a user name and password, which you can get from Mrs. Feldman in the library.
Tips on how to write biographies from Infoplease.
Who? What? Where? How? and Why?
1. BOOKS
Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini by Sid Fleischman.
This is one of the biographies we have in our library.You'll find it at 92 HOU.
There is a wonderful exhibit--Houdini: Art and Magic-- at the Jewish Museum in NYC now until March 27, 2011. In the exhibit there are movies of Houdini performing his escapes and the equipment he used for them, including handcuffs, the giant-sized milk churn, the "water torture" box, and the traveling trunk. I saw this exhibit over the weekend and I highly recommend it for all ages!
You can browse the biography areas of our library. In the 921 or B area you will find books about individual people (one book for each person). In the 920 area you will find books about groups of people. For example, a book about explorers, a book about American presidents and so on.These are collections of biographies.
2. ONLINE REFERENCE
Search for a famous person in World Book Online. If you use this online encyclopedia from a computer at school you do not need a user name and password. If you go to this encyclopedia on your computer at home you will need a user name and password, which you can get from Mrs. Feldman in the library.
Tips on how to write biographies from Infoplease.
