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Biography

This category has biographies and autobiographies suitable for children to read and use for enjoyment or for schoolwork. Biographies may be brief and sites sites may have several, perhaps connected by occupation, but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g. birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, and so forth.

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• - Short biographies of about a dozen famous people.
  
• - A selection of biographies of people who have shaped the 19th and 20th centuries including actors, authors, and inventors.
  
• - Describes the man known as a desperado, bank robber, and someone that no jail could hold.
  
• - Tells the stories of ordinary people who have accomplished extraordinary things.
  
• - Selection of noteworthy persons, their accomplishments and failures.
  
• - Provides short profiles of modern day leaders.
  
• - Famous leaders page offers short biographies political leaders, scientists, inventors, athletes, and others who made a great impact on their world. Stories are written for elementary school students, and each page includes links and a dictionary of terms.
  
• - Explores the lives of important historical people whose pictures have appeared on U.S. postage stamps.
  
• - Contains information on more than 28,000 notable people from ancient times to the present day. Searchable by names, keywords, and dates.
  
• - Introduces the men and women who shaped the 20th century. Includes profiles, biographies, and interviews.
  
• - Biographies of famous women written by third and fourth grade students.
  
• - Short illustrated profiled of personalities, both historical and fictional, who have inspired and enriched the nation.
  
• - Provides biographies of great men and women of the world. Organized into sections on leaders and activists, heroes and humanitarians and scientists. Profiles available in English and French.
  
• - Web home of the animated series that introduces children to the exciting stories and people behind the birth of a nation. From PBS.
  
• - A Canadian who is a former teacher provides information on Americans inspire Canadians.
  
• - Profiles the 100 most influential people of the 20th century as selected by TIME Magazine in five fields -- leaders and revolutionaries, artists and entertainers, builders and titans, scientists and thinkers, and heroes and icons.
  
• - Contains biographies of dozens of men and women whose lives have shaped the course of history.
  
• - Tells the stories of hundreds of women who have helped to shape the course of history. Searchable by name or topic.
  
• - Short biographies of famous people, ranging from actors and actresses to political leaders and historical figures.
  
• - A large collection of biographies on notable men and women.
  
• - Fourth and fifth graders write about the lives and characters of twelve famous individuals.
  
  

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