People Fair

Each year the students in Mrs. White's gifted classes choose a famous character either living or dead to portray for People Fair. After months of research, the student activities culminate in a one-day presentation to the public.

Below are links to help facilitate student research.

Biography.com
Use Bio Search to search over 25,000 lives both past and present.

InfoPlease.com Biographies
Search for biographies by category such as authors, world leaders athletes, presidents, women, deaths in 2001, etc.

Awards & Prizes
Links to lists of many awards and prizes including Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, Emmy Awards, and Pulitzer Prizes.

PBS Biographies
Links to many biographies from PBS.

UXL Biographies and Discovering Authors
Use this online database to find information
about your People Fair subject.
(See Gale link on Online Resources page for home access.)

Lives, the Biography Resource
The largest guide to biography sites on the web.

Presidents of the United States
Links to all sties for all United States Presidents.

FBMS Library Research Help
Print your own copy of
Mrs. Carr's research tips for People Fair.

People Fair 2002
Review pictures and characters portrayed
at the 2002 People Fair.

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