History biography ideas for 2nd graders

Looking for a fun, new research and writing project for your elementary kiddos?

History biography ideas for 2nd graders

This living wax museum is a great way to tie together reading, writing, social studies and speaking and listening skills all in one fun project. I have done this project with second through fourth graders and they have all loved it.

Reading

Start this project off by having your students select what famous figure they want to research, or by assigning them a famous figure.

My ABSOLUTE favorite books for us to conduct our research are the “Who Was” Series by Jim Gigliotti. They are perfect for on-level/higher second graders, and are most appropriate for third and fourth grade students.

Typically, I will introduce the project, show the students my example, and then briefly introduce all of the famous figures that they can pick from.

I then let them go one by one and pick which person they want to research.

For my second graders, I always