A reader's theater script for Eleanor Coerr's book, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, a biography about Sadako Sasaki, is provided on these pages. Speaking parts for all students in a classroom are available in this activity.

This is a brief biography of businessman, politician, scientist, and author Benjamin Franklin. Click "Benjamin Franklin Activities" for related materials.

Zora Neale Hurston is featured in this biography highlighting her literary contributions which focused on African Americans as whole people, celebrating their heritage, in an era when black authors tended to write about their...

Lesson in which learners are required to read and analyze biographies and autobiographies and use them as a model for writing about an autobiographical experience. Students complete the writing process and share written work with the class.

Here you will find activities for Tomie dePaola's autobiography, "26 Fairmont Avenue."

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Learn how to describe the structural and substantive differences between an autobiography or diary and a fictional adaptation of it.

An online resource featuring links to information on the life and work of Ernest J. Gaines. These links provide biographical information along with lesson plans and activities.

This site provides a concise biography of Haley, the video [12:28] "Alex Haley Interview Roots (Merv Griffin Show 1977)" and links to six of his books.

This resource covers every aspect of Asimov's prolific writing career. Biographical information, movie connections, short story collections, lists of Asmiov's works are all here.

Delve into this resource featuring links to biographical information, and lesson plans for some of Louis Sachar's work.

Hans Wilhelm's site offers a biography, an autobiography, photos, a story to read aloud and news about his upcoming work and appearances.

Teacher guide for Douglass's biography features 24 pages of chapter-by-chapter study questions, quotations, and activities. Valuable post-reading activities as well as methods for eliciting student responses also included. This is a .pdf...

Read Janet Steven's autobiography and visit her studio to learn more about being a children's literature author.

Harriet Jacobs escaped from slavery and wrote a book about her life experience. Her autobiography was written in 1861 with the help of an abolitionist.

This resource provides Gary Soto's brief autobiography in which he discusses his writing. Also the transcript to an interview with Soto is given along with book reviews by students.

This site contains a biography of Barbara Cooney, and a summary of each of her picture books. Pictures of each of her books are provided.

Read this exciting recollection of John Andrew Jackson in his book, "The Experience of a Slave in South Carolina, "published in 1862. Find out about his experiences as a slave and his escape. Included are illustrations, biographical...

Teachers with classes reading the works of Betsy Byars will find information on this prolific author's craft.

Good article on Ibn Sina (Avicenna), who is known for his scholarly studies and contributions to several academic fields and his written works, which include an autobiography. This article focuses on his influences in the areas of math...

The Official Nobel Prize website offers press releases, an autobiography, a biography, Mann's acceptance speech and links.

This biography of Booker T. Washington includes some details of his early life and education, plus the more outspokenly anti-racist views of his later life. Click to related pages on the Booker T. Washington National Monument and notes...

Learn about quoting accurately and making inferences on this site. A link provides a model with text and supported inferences.

This University of Toronto site provides information on Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The text of some of his works is provided.

Margery Kempe's spiritual biography is often called the first autobiography in English this provides access to the material culture of Kempe's 15th century world.