Students in Leilah Austin-Draitser’s fifth-grade class at PBE delved into biographies of many historical and popular figures recently.

They learned of the discipline and nonviolence of Mahatma Gandhi, the trailblazing of Jackie Robinson, Rosa Parks and Amelia Earhart, the bravery of Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Malala Yousafzai, the brilliance of Albert Einstein, and the power and courage of Simone Biles, to name just a few.  

 

Each student selected a biography, read it and then had some fun! They colored “ugly” sweaters based on their knowledge of the person about whom they had just read. The sweater drawings were colorful and informative, and very far from ugly!