Sarah Stephens is an Australian model, best known for winning Girlfriend magazine's Model Search 2006 and walking in the 2008 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at the age of 18. She also played the young witch in the 2015 movie The Witch... (wikipedia)
The projects get the kids engaged - it is reading and researching and writing and history.
The reason why I chose these projects is because it combines a lot of academic skills.
In my experience, children don't like to write. These projects are intended to build up their writing skills. And they will see how they will be able to use that later in their careers.