The Famous Person Report - Rethinking Reports

About the photograph

Picking the most famous faces out of the crowd may not be the best way to study history. Alternative research assignments challenge students to think critically about historical actors — including which actors are worthy of reports.

LEARN NC, a program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, finds the most innovative and successful practices in K–12 education and makes them available to the teachers and students of North Carolina — and the world.