Curated OER
Richard Nixon: Man and President (2 parts)
Learners watch the video "Richard Nixon: Man and President, complete vocabulary work and discuss the video using the question provided.
Curated OER
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Restless Spirit
Students observe an intimate view of the life of Eleanor Roosevelt including her childhood experiences and personal relationships, it explores her role in American politics, civil rights, and foreign affairs.
Curated OER
All About Me
Students practice biographical and autobiographical forms of writing: autobiography, biopoem, character traits, classmate biography.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies
A fantastic resource where you can find biographies of historical figures. You can search by the person's name or by topics, such as Presidents, United States Leaders, Scientists, Inventors, Humanitarians, Explorers and Pioneers,...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Thomas Jefferson (Spanish)
A brief biography on Thomas Jefferson with pictures and links.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Benjamin Banneker
A look at the life of a brilliant colonial American who was a mathematician, astronomer, inventor, surveyor and writer. (In Spanish)
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: Los Pronombres Relativos
Great Spanish language practice with the relative pronouns que, quien, quienes, and lo que. Use these pronouns to complete three short biographical profiles of three famous hispanic women, and check your answers.
MLB Advanced Media
Chicago Cubs: Sammy Sosa
Profiles the life and career of Chicago Cubs right fielder Sammy Sosa. It has current statistics and links to other resource information.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement:portrait of a Hero
Discussing real life heroes and heroines and viewing their pictures will help students learn about reading and writing biographies. A writing rubric assessment is included in this series of activities designed to teach about heroes and...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Writing an Opinion Based on Facts From a Text
Students will plan a paragraph that states their opinion and cites evidence to justify their opinion about an informational text. This lesson uses biographies since students can easily be able to write down factual information from the...
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech: Betsy Byars: Techniques and Themes
Teachers with classes reading the works of Betsy Byars will find information on this prolific author's craft.
abcteach
Abcteach: Middle/high School Reading Comprehension
[Free Registration/Login Required] Here one can generate several reading comprehension activities for middle or high school students with material ranging from biographies to non-fictional content.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Stories of Great Men by Faye Huntington
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Stories of Great Men by Faye Huntington (c1887), a collection of short biographies about a series of great men.
Other
Journalist Express: Homepage
This site from Journalist Express lists more links than you could visit in a lifetime. This is another site to save for future reference.
Other
Wic Biography Index
This site lists biographies of Living Legacy Award recipients and other exceptional female humanitarians alphabetically.
Other
Mnc: Great Norwegians
Biographies of famous Norwegians from all areas of endeavor from film to world exploration are available from here.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Random House Kids
This comprehensive publisher site links to interesting activities, author biographies, synopsis of books, and links to other sites. Games, recommended reading levels, and writing activities provided for students. Teachers resources are...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies
A fantastic resource where you can find biographies of historical figures. You can search by the person's name or by topics, such as Presidents, United States Leaders, Scientists, Inventors, Humanitarians, Explorers and Pioneers,...
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement
The Academy of Achievement brings students face-to-face with the extraordinary leaders, thinkers, and pioneers who have shaped our world. Features include profiles of academy members (author Amy Tan at the time of this writing) and...
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Full Chronological Mathematicians Index
This site from the University of St. Andrews has information on any mathematician you can think of and who may be found through a chronological index approach or alphabetically.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 1926)
This site provides a short biography of Rainer Maria Rilke and a list of his many works.
Other
Plane Writing
This resource contains quotations and information about aviation throughout history.
Other
Gunston Hall Plantation: Be a Mason Detector
Explore how we learn about people from long ago by becoming a detective. To do this, look for information, or clues, in different places. Then, put the clues together and try to make sense of them. In the 1700s, doing this would make you...
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Samuel Johnson
An account of the life and times of Samuel Johnson. Includes a list of selected works by Samuel Johnson.