Five People whose lives are interesting

Teacher's Write

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So here’s your assignment for today: Make a list of five people whose lives you find interesting. They can be famous historical figures or little-known people who have amazing stories. And then, for each one, try to imagine three different ways you might write a picture book biography of that person, other than the cradle-to-grave model. For example, in writing about George Washington, one might choose to focus on Washington the Soldier, or Washington the Enslaver, or on one small chapter in Washington’s life that changed its course. Got the idea? If you need to take a little reading & research time, go right ahead. And then spend a little time brainstorming angles for your own picture book biographies!

Cliff Young Australian potato farmer- at age 61 won the Sidney to Melbourne Ultramarathon. 544 miles Never stopped to sleep. 
Storyline: Write about the race with flashbacks about his childhood as a boy. He said he could run that long because he had to round up the cattle when he was young and they were so poor they couldn't afford horses.

Mileva Einstein-Maric - Einstein's first wife. Brilliant scientist in her time. Born with a displaced hip, life-long limp. So gifted that her parents were able to put her in an all boys high school. 
Storyline: Her parents were a bit embarrassed about her hip (disability). Write a children's book about her early years or going to an all-boys school. What obstacles she had to face. 

http://www.markfisherauthor.com/category/celtic-monks/
Celtic Monks - 800 A.D. What was it like to live in a monastery? 
Mill on the river
limekiln
ring a bell to summons to dinner or prayer
work on manuscripts in a scriptorium
Leather satchels hang from the ceiling, writing is done on calfskins which have to be scraped and cut.
Fasted twice a week. 
Storyline: a fictitious monk, historical fiction picture book. 

Christine Paxton - called Tissie - my mother's mother, my grandmother
Born on the Onward Ranch, Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada 1895, one of eleven children.
Mother, Agnes, died at age 42. Sent to live with the Borlands at age 3 or 4.
Raised by the Borlands who were wealthy and gave her many advantages that she would not have had.
Excellent horsewoman, her horse's name: Morning Plume
Excellent pianist, played for silent movie house and many dances.
Engaged to Nassau, but ran off and married Herbert Spencer (she was pregnant, oops)
Married 1912 at age 17.
Contracted tuberculoses and her first born daughter dies from tuberculoses at age 21.
Tissie helped Herbert start the William's Lake Stampede.
She rode her horse in many of the events. She helped make the crown for the Miss William's Lake Stampede Rodeo Queen.
Storyline: Being sent to live with another family after your mother died who gave her advantages she would not have had otherwise. Focus on piano lessons, riding a horse, and living in a sanitarium while she had tuberculoses, losing her first born daughter. (My mother had to stay with relatives while she was in sanitarium).