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3 Creative Ideas for Teaching Biographies Your Students Will Love

There is so much power in teaching our students about history using biographies. We can all learn from the success and failures of others. But biographies often get a bad rap of being dry and boring. It doesn’t have to be that way. In fact, through this genre, our students can practice many different reading skills and strategies. That’s why I use graphic organizers that will allow my students to recall information from the biographies in creative ways. I am excited to share these 3 creative ideas for teaching biographies using fun and exciting graphic organizers I know your students will love!

Teaching Biographies can be Exciting

When teaching biographies in my classroom I like to immerse my students into the lives of the person they are learning about. From decorating the classroom to dressing up like the person we are studying, the possibilities are endless. This really helps to “bring the person to life” and make the learning more engaging and realistic for our students.

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Biography Project: Research and Class Presentation

1.Using your classroom or school library, have each student check out a biography of a famous person. The biography should be about one of the three people on the student's list from Session 1.

2.Pass out the Web Rubric and go over expectations and criteria with students.

  • Web has categories that fit with the information written about the person and are easily understood by the reader.

  • Each category has supporting information that helps the reader understand the details of the person's life.

  • The writing is clear with no spelling or grammatical errors.

  • Each bubble gives brief, clear information.

  • Web shows the main achievements of the person's life based on the student's interpretation.
3.Use the sample web for Martin Luther King, Jr. to model for students how each item of the rubric applies to the creation of the web.

4.Ask students to skim (or preread) their biographies, focusing on the questions they generated during Session 1 about the selected person. Then have students work with their
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Biography Research Projects

Students need to read and learn about many different types of informational texts, including biographies. A biography research project can combine many important skills besides just learning about the life of an important person, such as:

  • note-taking
  • summarizing and paraphrasing information
  • evaluating information
  • finding the best sources for information
  • organizing information
  • the importance of citing your sources 
  • practice writing informational text

Basics of a Biography

Teach students the call number 

When I teach about biographies in the library, I start by showing students the biography section and pointing out the call number for biographies. I always give my biographies the call number of 92; however, each library is different. 

What’s the difference between a biography and an autobiography?

I then like to discuss the difference between a biography and an autobiography. Abiography usually provides facts about a person from their childhood through adulthood and is written by someone else. It will discuss

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