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Thanks to all who responded with ideas for making Biography Hash peanut free.. I have decided to forego using it this year since it seems many products have some connection to peanuts.. [since I had already bought some big boxes of goldfish crackers that will have to be the treat for now] This 'recipe' has been out on LM-NET for quite a while.. I have been using it for many years.. .. here is the earliest one I could find.... so Thanks to all of you who keep this recipe going... *Dear Members,* I had posted a request for lesson on biographies and in my letter mentioned *biography* *hash*. I received so many requests for it that I thought I would post it now and then post a hit later regarding lesson plans for teaching biographies. The following "receipe" I got when I attended a Judy Freedman seminar. I highly recommend them, I got so many good ideas! I used a large mixing bowl, had on a cook's apron, big spoon etc.but kept the ingredients out of sight. I said Most biographies include certain things about the famous person, today we are going to put all those ingredients together to make *biography* *hash* and "eat" a biography. Birth date and place - yellow raisins (We come out wrinkled, and see = the sun.) (add the raisins to the bowl) Family members - peanuts, unsalted (some family members can be a bit = nutty sometimes.) Check first to see if you have any students who are = allergic to nuts. Childhood and School Life - add golfish crackers (fish gather in = schools.) Hobbies, Interests, and Activities - Bugles (sometimes we like to = blow our own horns.) Anecdotes - Pretzels (All lives have interesting stories, with = twists and turns, ups and downs, just like a pretzel) Career - Chocolate chips (when a person makes a lot of money or has = good fortune, we say he or she is "in the chips") Reason for Fame - Cheerios (We cheer a famous person's successes.) Later life/Old age - M & M's (This stands for More Mature.) Death - Black raisins (We become shriveled and the lights go out.) Photos and Likenesses - Sunflower seeds (Good biographies let us see = how the person looked or looks. Sunflower seeds remind me of = sunflowers, which reminds me of Vincent Van Gogh's paintings of = sunflowers, which reminds me of his self portraits. Now I thought this = was too difficult for my kids to understand, so I used the cereeal Kix = as it is multi-colored and I told the students that biographys are about = people of all races, religions, gender. Then I use small see through cups and dish them out to the students = and then we "eat" the biography. It is great fun. Again, thanks to Judy Freedman Susan Pengelly Media-Tech K-5 Woodhaven Brownstown Schools Brownstown, Michigan [the posting date on this message was 2002] Sue Marley Media Specialist/Tech Cooridnator K-5 Smoky Row Elementary Carmel, Indiana http://www.ccs.k12.in.us/sre/Media/index.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------