A B C Book

We are creating ABC Books in our class this year.

The first thing you need to do is brainstorm for topics. 
Alphabetize by last names, or Nick Name or Title. . . NOT by first name. 

Exceptions to this rule:

a famous person who has only one name 

-> examples: St. Augustine, Cleopatra, Moses

a fictional character who is better known/recognized by their first name

-> examples: Winnie the Pooh, Harry Potter

a person known by a title

-> examples: Queen Elizabeth, Mother Teresa

a person best known by their nick-name

-> examples: Dr. J (could be D or J), Babe Ruth, Shoeless Joe Jackson (S. or J.)

You must have at least two ideas for each letter.  

You will be writing one paragraph per entry. Choose wisely.

Famous People (mini biographies)

EXAMPLE:  Aristotle, John Quincy Adams, St. Augustine of Hippo, Bach, Beethoven, St. Bernadette, Constantine, Cleopatra, Charlie Chaplin, Dante, Dr. J., Thomas Edison, Esther, Benjamin Franklin, St. Francis, Ulysses S. Grant, Homer, St. Ignatius of Loyola, Issac, Thomas Jefferson, Job, John F. Kennedy, Gene Kelly, Francis Scott Key, Abraham Lincoln, C.S. Lewis, The Little Flower, Mother Teresa, Michelangelo, Napoleon, St. John Henry Newman,  Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dr. Oppenheimer, Octavian, Padre Pio, St. Paul, Vince Papale,  Queen of Sheba, Queen Elizabeth, St. Rose of Lima, Rembrandt, St. Steven, Sacagawea (Sacajawea),  Socrates, Harry S. Truman, Ulysses, Johnny Unitas, St. Valentine, Vincent Van Gogh, Veronica, John Wayne, Noah Webster, Frank Lloyd Wright, The Wright Brothers, St, Francis Xavier, Liu Xiaobo, Yo Yo Ma, Linus Yale, Jr., Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Ludwig L. Zamenhof

Cities of the World

EXAMPLE: Albuquerque, Athens, Atlanta, Berlin Brenham, Charleston, Chicago, College Station,  Detroit, Dayton, Erie, Elizabethtown, Frankfurt, Florence,

A State in America

EXAMPLE:  PENNSYLVANIA:  Amish, City of Brotherly Love, Dr. J, Erie Canal, Ben Franklin

A Country   

EXAMPLE:  ITALY:  Arrivederci,  B,  Ciao!,  Dante,  E,  Florence,  Galileo Galilei,   

Art and Artists

EXAMPLE:   Sandro Botticelli,  Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Caravaggio, Mary Cassatt, Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Salvador Dalí                       

Dance

EXAMPLE:  American Ballet Theater,  Alvin Ailey, Balanchine, Cecchetti, Chorus Line,  Isadora Duncan, Degage, Entrechat, Fouette, Martha Graham, Horton, 

Careers  https://www.who2.com/a-to-z/

EXAMPLE:  Artist, Accountant, Banker, Ballet Dancer, Chiropractor, Coach, Doctor, Engineer, Financial Advisor, Geologist, Horticulturist, Insurance Adjustor, Judge, K, Lawyer, Midwife, Music Therapist, Nun, Occupational Therapist, Priest, Quality Control Analyst, Realtor, Stock Broker,  Speech Pathologist, Teacher, Umpire, Veterinarian, W, X-ray Tech, Yoga Instructor, Zoologist  

EXAMPLE OF AN INITIAL BRAINSTORMING LIST:

GENRE:  Saints
A  St. Augustine  Feast day: August 28   sinner turned saint, son of St. Monica 

SOURCE 1:   https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-augustine-of-hippo

SOURCE 2:   https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=418

     St. Anthony  Feast day: June 13  "Tradition honors a a mystical experience St. Anthony had during his life that was witnessed by a benefactor who gave the Franciscan saint a place to stay for the night." <-- 3rd link is source

SOURCE 1:   https://www.franciscanmedia.org/who-was-st-anthony-of-padua

SOURCE 2:   https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=24

SOURCE 3:   https://aleteia.org/2019/12/21/why-is-st-anthony-of-padua-depicted-holding-the-child-jesus/

B   St. Bruno Feast day: October 6     Confessor, ecclesiastical writer, and founder of the Carthusian Order.

SOURCE 1:   https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=575  

SOURCE 2:   https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-bruno

"This saint has the honor of having founded a religious order which, as the saying goes, has never had to be reformed because it was never deformed."