Mrs. Renz's 4th Grade Class  Redmond, Oregon

 

2006

Helen Keller

by Amanda

Helen Keller

by Amy

Cleopatra

by August

Chief Joseph

by Brandon

Louis Pasteur

by Brian

Betsy Ross

by Caitlin

Harry Houdini

by Carlos

John Lennon

by Carson

George Washington

by Charles

Tiger Woods

by Dalton

John F. Kennedy

by Daulton

Martin Luther King, Jr.

by Elliott

Eleanor Roosevelt

by Emma

Meriwether Lewis

by Emily

Georgia O'Keeffe

by Hannah

Benjamin Franklin

by Jacob

Anne Frank

by Jadie

Albert Einstein

by Jesse

Rosa Parks

by Krystina

Louis Pasteur

by Levi

Annie Oakley

by McKenna

Dolley Madison

by Megan

Walt Disney

by Sara

Dr. Seuss

by Selina

Babe Ruth

by Shane

Abraham Lincoln

by Tanner Mark

Roald Dahl

by Tanner Hil

Jane Goodall

by Tayler

Francis Marion

by Terry

Meriwether Lewis

by Una

Harriet Tubman

by Girl 1

Earnest Shackleton

by Boy 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Helen Keller by Amanda

The important thing about Helen Keller is that she was blind and deaf.

She was a wild child.

She learned how to read by using Braille at age 10.

She learned how to speak at age 16.

But the most important thing about Helen Keller is that she was blind and deaf.

 

 

 

 

Helen Keller By Amy

The important thing about Helen Keller is she was blind and deaf. Helen learned how to speak.

She read by sign language on her hand.

She wrote by touching bumps of dots.

She learned at home and at school.

But the most important thing about Helen Keller is she was nice and helped others that were blind and deaf like her.  She became really famous by going on stage and making speeches.

 

 

 

 

Cleopatra by August

The important thing about Cleopatra is she was a queen.

She was a romantic girl who married a three people.

She was very beautiful.

Cleopatra sometimes fished.

The most important thing is she was an ancient ruler.

 

 

 

Chief Joseph by Brandon

The important thing about Chief Joseph is that he loved his family and Nez Perce tribe.

He was a great leader.

He fought for his rights.

He died on a reservation.

But the most important thing Chief Joseph is that he loved his family and Nez Perce tribe.

 

 

 

 

Betsy Ross by Caitlin

The important thing about Betsy Ross is that she sewed the American flag.

She also secretly sewed clothes for men in the Army.

She also got a visit by George Washington.

She also won a competition for making American flags.

But the most important thing about Betsy Ross is that she made the first American flag.

 

 

 

 

 

Harry Houdini by Carlos

The important thing about Harry Houdini is that he was one of the best magicians of all time.

He did a lot a magic tricks.

He once jumped into San Francisco Bay with a 75 pound ball attached to his ankles and handcuffs on his wrists.

He had a U.S. postage stamp issued in his honor.

But the important thing about Harry Houdini is that he was great at magic.

 

 

 

 

John Lennon by Carson

The important thing about John Lennon is that he was a famous rock star.

He had a band in college called the Quarrymen.

He played rock and roll.

He renamed his band The Beatles. 

But the important thing about John Lennon is he was a famous rock star.

 

 

 

George Washington by Charles

The important thing about George Washington is that he was the first President of the United States.

He is on the one dollar bill. 

He read the Declaration of Independence to his troops.

He became a commander in the Army.

But the most important thing about George Washington is that he was the first President of the United States.

 

 

 

Tiger Woods by Dalton K

The important thing about Tiger Woods is that when Tiger Woods was 18 months old he took his first swing at golf.

When Tiger wins he gives some money to charity.

When Tiger was 1 year old he got first hole in one. 

Tiger was the first black man to win a golf tournament. 

But the important thing about Tiger Woods is that he became a good golfer.

 

 

 

John Kennedy by Daulton

The most important thing about John F. Kennedy is that he was the 35th president.

He was sworn in as President of the United States January 20, 1961.

When he served in the war, he saved a lot of people and his boat was sunk.

He got married September 12, 1953 to Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.  

But the important thing about John F. Kennedy is that he was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963.

 

 

 

 

Martin Luther King, Jr.  by Elliott

The important thing about Martin Luther King, Jr. is that he was a good speaker.

He loved his family.

He did not like the Jim Crow laws.

He was a pastor.

But the most important thing about Martin Luther King, Jr. is that he wanted people to have the same rights as whites.

 

 

 

Meriwether Lewis by Emily

The important thing about Meriwether Lewis is that he explored the Louisiana Territory with William Clark.

He became governor of the Louisiana Territory.

He made a historical route called the Northwest Passage.

He was secretary for Thomas Jefferson.

But the most important thing about him is that if he didn’t explore the Louisiana Territory you would probably not live in Oregon. 

 

 

 

 

Eleanor Roosevelt by Emma

The important thing about Eleanor Roosevelt is she won the right for women’s voting.

She was the only first lady for four elections.

She traveled the world during World War I and II to boost the soldiers’ morale.

She married her fifth cousin once removed.

But the most important thing about Eleanor Roosevelt is that she wrote books in her spare time.

 

 

 

 

 

Georgia O’Keeffe By Hannah

The important thing about Georgia O’Keeffe is that she was a famous artist.

She painted landscapes.

She was an art teacher.

She painted lines colors and notan (a Japan work of lines and color).

But the most important thing about Georgia O’Keeffe is that she was an artist until she was 94.

 

 

 

 

Anne Frank by Jadie

The important thing about Anne Frank is that she lived in a German concentration camp

for two years.

She was in hiding for two years from the Nazis.

Her mom died in a German concentration camp before Anne did.

She survived typhus and lived one month more than her sister.

But the important thing about Anne Frank is had her dairy published after she died.

 

 

 

 

Albert Einstein by Jesse

The important thing about Albert Einstein is that he invented lots of things.

He listened to the radio lots when he was little and his favorite theme was The Andy Show.

He encouraged many people to do as much as they could.

He invented a lot of things and won third prize for one of his mathematical inventions.

But the most important thing about Albert Einstein is that he was the smartest person in the world and helped us a lot in our troubles.

 

 

 

 

Rosa Parks by Krystina

The important thing about Rosa Parks is that she refused to give up her seat to a white man.

She fought for civil rights.

She started the bus boycott.

She made a difference in others’ lives.

But the most important thing about Rosa Parks is she she stopped the segregation of whites and blacks.

 

 

 

 

 

Louis Pasteur by Levi

The important thing about Louis Pasteur is that he found how to prevent spoiled milk.

He almost got shot.

He found the silk worm disease.

He found how to prevent rabies.

But the most important thing about Louis Pasteur is that he found how to prevent spoiled milk.

 

 

 

 

Annie Oakley by McKenna

The important thing about Annie Oakley is she was a sharp shooter legend.

She was in Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild, Wild West Show.

She could shoot the ashes off her husband, Frank’s cigarette.

She could shoot a card in the air 50 times in a row.

But the important thing about Annie Oakley is she was the best sharp shooter in the world.

 

 

 

 

Dolley Madison By Megan

The important thing about Dolley Madison is she was first lady for 5 years.

She planned for the Washington Monument.

She was kind and generous.

She showed the world just how important a first lady could be.

But the most important thing is she saved a portrait of George Washington from going up in flames.

 

 

 

 

Walt Disney by Sara

The important thing about Walt Disney is that he made Disneyland.

He made all of the Disney characters.

He made people happy because he also made Disney World and other Disney parks all over the world.

He made movies and books.

But the important thing about Walt Disney is that he made Disneyland.        

 

 

 

 

Dr. Seuss by Selina

The important thing about Dr. Seuss is that he loved writing books for kids.

He loved his family.

He traveled the world to get new ideas.

He loved to laugh when he could.

But the most important thing about Dr. Seuss is that he wrote the Cat in the Hat and other children’s books.

 

 

 

 

Babe Ruth by Shane

The important thing about Babe Ruth is that he was a professional baseball player.

He started playing professional baseball at age 19.

He was famous for hitting many home runs.

He was a good pitcher.

But, the most important thing about Babe Ruth is that he was elected in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

 

 

 

 

Abraham Lincoln by Tanner Ha

The important thing about Abraham Lincoln is that he was the 16th president.

He fought against slavery.

He thought that slavery was wrong.

He issued the Emancipation Proclamation abolishing slavery.

But the most important thing about Abraham Lincoln is that he was the 16th president.

 

 

 

 

Roald Dahl by Tanner Hil

The important thing about Roald Dahl is that he was in the Air Force.

He survived a crash.

He made Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

He wanted to be a doctor when he was a kid.

But the important thing about is that he wrote a lot of children’s books.

 

 

 

 

Jane Goodall by Tayler

The important thing about Jane Goodall is that she helped scientists study chimpanzees because she knows so much about them.

She is the only person who understands the chimpanzee better than we do. She can talk to the animals and communicate with them and we can’t.

She is wonderful at speech and she is my inspiration.

But the important thing about Jane Goodall is that she was a life changer.

 

 

 

Francis Marion by Terry

The important thing about Francis Marion is that he fought in the Revolutionary War.        

He helped people by being kind and was good farmer.

He saved Charlestown.

He was an excellent horseman and marksman.

But the most important thing about Francis Marion was he fought for freedom in the Revolutionary War.   

 

 

 

William Clark By Una

The important thing about William Clark is that he helped the U.S.

He traveled across the Northwest.

He found new species.

He made new discoveries.

But the most important thing about William Clark is that he was an American explorer.

 

 

 

 

 

Harriet Tubman by Girl 1

The important thing about Harriet Tubman is that she was the person who freed over 300 African American slaves in 20 years.

She was one out of 11 children in her family and worked hard for her master and mistress.

She married John Tubman, who was a free man.

She met John Brown in 1858, a leader in the movement to end slavery.

But the important thing about Harriet Tubman is that she was the conductor of the Underground Railroad.

 

 

 

Earnest Shackleton by Boy 1

The important thing about Earnest Shackleton is that he was a famous explorer.

He sailed across the world for a living.

He went to the South Pole.

His ship, Endurance, got stuck in the ice in Antarctica.

But the important thing about Earnest Shackleton is that he made many expeditions to the South Pole.