This autobiographical site takes the writings of Jefferson and breaks them down into easy to read sections. Here you will find the section on the French Revolution.

[Free Registration/Login Required] What is history? And why do historical accounts differ? For this lesson, students create brief autobiographies and then reflect on the process to better understand how history is written. Exploring...

Robert La Follette, Progressive Wisconsin legislator, wrote his autobiography, focusing on his work for Progressive issues. Read the autobiography here on this Library of Congress site.

Five primary source materials on African American history: I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr., My Bondage and Freedom by Frederick Douglass, The Narrative of Sojourner Truth, The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois, Up From...

This site provides the text of "The Autobiography of Charles Darwin" by Charles Darwin.

Following this brief autobiographical sketch, there are is a biographical statement, a list of works written by the author, and a list of works about the author.

Read about the life of this famous industrialist and philanthropist in his own words in this full-text edition published in 1920.

Resource presents multiple digital formats of this literary text. You can read about the famous scientist's life in his own words, as he recalled his thoughts and actions for his children.

The complete full-text of this literary work is available to download or read in online multiple digital formats. This famous translation was first published in 1910 and includes an introductory note by the translator, John Addington...

Contains plans for nine lessons that ask students to write autobiographies before creating multimedia presentations for them. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as...

This site contains excerpts from Elizabeth Cady Stanton's autobiography.

In this lesson, students research the history, meaning, and personal significance of their life story. Students will interview parents and reflect on their own experiences to learn the history of their lives. Contains links to step...

This guide is full of teaching ideas, activities and includes some discussion and comprehension questions.

Good for planning purposes, this 4 page .pdf offers background, summary, character analysis and some suggestions for post-reading activities.

In this lesson, young scholars will create original poetry and prose and will assemble a written autobiographical booklet in a middle school language arts class. After all poetry and prose are written, students will create a digital...

Explores Canadian poetry that reveals personal insights and reflections on the larger Canadian identity, and presents learning activities where students do research and write poems.

Contains plans for five 30-40 minute lessons that ask students to create BioBags, a kind of literature autobiography. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to PDF handouts and links to...

This lesson focuses on the MLA formatting guidelines. It offers a MLA format video presentation followed by a self-quiz on the information. It provides links to the MLA website and Purdue Owl Online Writing Lab: MLA Formatting and Style...

Excerpts from Thomas Jefferson's autobiography.

This lesson focuses on Colonial period slave narratives including the autobiography, "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano" by Olaudah Equiano. Links are provided to the narrative and the website Africans in America:...

A very detailed version of Booker T. Washington's life as a slave and as an educator. This autobiography is the outgrowth of a series of articles he had published in the Outlook magazine. The simple story of an extraordinary man.

Walk into the life of Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, through his autobiography found here. Discover a time line of Douglass's life, papers he'd written, as well as his family tree.

This article provides extensive excerpts from "The Autobiography of Frederick Douglass." This is a lot of information about the great abolitionist and orator written by himself.

The complete text of James Weldon Johnson's novel, "The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man," and his lyrics, "Lift Every Voice and Sing." The texts can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 format. In addition, each...