1. Biography Project Everyday Heroes

2. Directions Each of you will select person to research and write a Bio Poem about them. Bro wse the biography section Search the OPAC “biography” or on a specific field you would like to find a person in. Select a person Complete the Bio Poem form. Make a final copy of Bio Poem.

3. Bio Poem Format (Line 1) First name (Line 2) Birth-Death Dates (Line 3) Three or four adjectives that describe the person (Line 4) Important relationship (daughter of...,mother of..., etc) (Line 5) Two or three things, people, or ideas that the person loved (Line 6) Three feelings the person experienced (Line 7) Three fears the person experienced or quote by them. (Line 8) Accomplishments (who composed..., who discovered..., etc.) (Line 9) His or her residence (Line 10) Last name

4. John Deere John February 7, 1804 – May 17, 1889 Risk taker, creative, inventive and tall. Son of Sarah, father of the steel plow. Who loved Demarius, his children and quality. Who felt the loss of children, two blacksmith shops and a wife. “Never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me.” Who invented the first non-stick steel plow. Born in Vermont and moved to Illinois. Deere