Biography research paper ideas for kids

Last semester, the kids worked on their first mini-research paper. They hadn’t done a project like this before, so I took them step-by-step through the process of finding books and Internet resources, creating a bibliography, taking notes and writing a paper.

They had a “due date” and I graded their paper and gave them feedback on what they could do better next time.

Biography research paper ideas for kids

I wanted them to have the experience of doing the project from beginning to end.

For years I taught history both on the high school and college level. I found that many of my students could not write well and I really want to make sure my kids build the skills they need to be skilled writers.

To be honest, their papers were not stellar, but it’s a starting point.

This is a glimpse of the packet I made for my kids. They did the research paper first. Then we took time off and at the end of the semester DD begged to do the wanted poster project a