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BOOK REPORT- Biography Name_Gabrielle Caselnova __Date3/23/09__ __BOOK TITLE:__ _Last Flight __ Author - Walter J Bayne ___ __Biography of__ _Amelia Earhart __Publisher__ _Amelia Earhart
 * Woman Research Project **
 * Directions: You will select one book about a famous woman, read it, and use it to fill in the form below.** The book must be approved by me. You must also use one encyclopedia article for additional information. Feel free to use [|http://www.wikipedia.org] . Next you need to fill out the form and post it on your wiki page. **Also, you must create a slide show** of your famous woman using the website [|http://www.slidelicious.com] . Please embed your slide show on your wiki. Finally, create a bibliography using the site [|www.bibme.org] and add it to the end of this assignment. This will count as a reading grade and is worth 150 points.

Early Years: Write what you have learned about the person’s early years. How did these childhood experiences influence the person’s achievements as an adult?

When Amelia Earhart was a young girl she did not have any interest in flying planes. She loved to be in school because she loved to learn. In fact,when Amelia was seven she and her younger sister went to the worlds fair and saw a big roller-coaster. When she got back to Kansas City, Amelia tried to build one in her yard. She did it with the help of her family. She loved the roller-coasters speed because it was if she was flying through the air. Her sense of adventure contuied through her teenage years. It was not until she was 23 when she was attending an air show and was facinated by the tricks the pilots performed and the speed of the planes and wondered how much it would cost to take flying lessons. Three days later she took her first plane ride. From that day on she had a goal to become a pliot.

What were this person’s main accomplishments?

Amelia was a good student. She practiced flying planes and read and studied about flying.She also learned how to repair planes.Learning about air planes kept Amelia on her feet. At 24 years old, Amelia bought her first plane,painted it yellow and named it the Canary.She got her pliot's license in less than one year from when she took her first lesson. Amelia's main accomplishments were flying the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans solo. She made many historic flights around the world. Some of the most historic flights were flying to Mexico,Honolulu, and the South Pacific. Amelia thought that there was no reason why women could not fly planes and that there is also no reason why she could not fly the same planes as men. Since she did both, people would view her accomplishments as the same as a man.

Describe the goals of this person. Do you think this person was successful? Why or why not? What factors influenced this person’s achievements?

Amelia's goal was to become a pilot and fly places where no one thought they could. Amelia was successful becuase she never gave up and always believed in herself. Not long before she became a pilot, Amelia wanted to try for a flying record to see how high she could go. She finally made it to 14,000 feet, the highest record at that time. She was courageous and was the first women to fly across the Atlantic. She was very proud of her accomplishments and was thankful that her family supported her goals. In fact, she chose not to get married until she was much older because she knew the men who wanted to marry her wanted her to stay home and have children, which is not what she wanted to do.

What influence did this person have on the community, or the world?

Amelia liked the attention that she received when people in London and the United States honored her for flying across the Atlantic. She knew that she could get people to be as excited about flying as she was, then the airline business could grow since they would think of flying as a method of transportation instead of cars. Amelia influenced her community and the world by flying solo on all her flights.She also influenced everyone because she flied non-stop everytime she was flying. Ameila was also known as one of the best dressed women in the US. and started her own clothing line which Macy's sold. The clothes were easy to take care of and very comofortable.

What is your opinion of this person’s life and accomplishments?

Amelia Earhart was someone who believed in herself and often said "You can do anything you decide to do." She is a role model to all children who want to become pilots and to all women to believe in themselves and that they are equal to men. She was very inspirational and I can only imagine what it would have been like to experience her life.

Would you recommend this biography to others? Why, or why not?

Yes, I would recommend this book becuase it was very intresting to read. I would also recommend it because I think it would be cool if little kids could read this becasue it would tell them how she made history and how she did not have any intrest in flying planes when she was little. Rather then now she loves flying planes and made very good achivments.

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