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Download printable lesson plans , reading passages , games and puzzles , clip art , bulletin board ideas, and skills sheets for kids in any grade. Browse Scholastic's collection of printable biography worksheets and mini-books on famous historical figures, inventors, civil rights leaders, and more!
Our biographies on famous and historical figures will enhance your lessons and students will enjoy studying them. Included are reading warm-ups, poems, discussion guides, and more. These resources are appropriate for a variety of grade levels, from kindergarten through high school.
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Sep 6, 2022 · Biographies can be very interesting topics and a fun way to marry various subjects in your homeschool like history, writing, reading, English, research, and more. Biographical research for kids includes: Narrowing down a person to research. Putting research skills into practice to gather all the information needed. Writing a detailed outline.
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Dinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist by Linda Skeers, illustrated by Marta Alvarez Miguens PALEONTOLOGIST Perfect in every way, this appealing biography recounts Mary Anning’s beach discoveries of the first dinosaur bones–fossilized ancient creatures that no one had ever seen before. Even though women weren...
All the Way to the Top: How One Girl’s Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything by Annette Bay Pimentel, illustrated by Nabi H. Ali DISABILITIES ACTIVIST Jennifer uses a wheelchair because of her cerebral palsy. Using a wheelchair means that she can’t get into the neighborhood school with stairs or eat lunch in the cafeteria with th...
O Captain, My Captain: Walt Whitman, Abraham Lincoln, and the Civil War by Robert Burleigh, illustrated by Sterling Hundley Fascinating and important! I learned so much history that I didn’t know about both Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman.Whitman observed Lincoln as a candidate and later as the President. The Civil War affected Whitman deeply, he ...
Anna Strong: A Spy During the American Revolution by Sarah Glenn Marsh, illustrated by Sarah Green It’s wonderful to see how every person can make a difference. During the Revolutionary War, a lady named Anna Strong helped the Patriots by spying on the Loyalists and the British army.America needed her and she delivered. This is history worth knowin...
Sing with Me The Story of Selena Quintanilla by Diana López, illustrated by Teresa Martinez A concise, entertaining biography of Selena’s early years as she worked hard until she saw success as a singer — winning awards and learning Spanish and getting married. (You’ll appreciate that this biography does not talk about her death.) Ruby’s Hope: A St...
The Boy in Number Four by Kara Kootstra, illustrated by Reagan Thomson I enjoyed this picture book about Bobby Orr’s life as a young boy playing hockey — how hard he worked and how much he loved playing. Nadia The Girl Who Couldn’t Sit Still by Karlin Gray, illustrated by Christine Davenier This lovely biographical picture book introduces a new gen...
Try It! How Frieda Caplan Changed the Way We Eat by Mara Rockliff, illustrated. byGiselle Potter Frieda Caplan introduces new fruits and vegetables at a produce market in Los Angeles starting in the 1950s with mushrooms. She continues sharing unusual foods at the market, foods that you probably haven’t even heard of, let alone tried such as the nop...
Our website offers free printable biography worksheets, including biography activity worksheet, that can be easily accessed and downloaded for any project. They provide students with a ready-to-use template to record and organize information about their chosen subject.
Jan 19, 2022 · Here is a great collection of biography and autobiographies for kids of all ages. These books are suitable for elementary, middle grades to teens. You can find them in your local library or nearby bookstores. If they are unavailable locally, you can click on the links or images below to purchase from Amazon.
Sep 17, 2019 · Need a list of picture book biographies for kids? This list covers famous and lesser-known people who accomplished great things in a variety of fields.
