Biography Resources
A biography is a narrative that tells the true story of someone's life.
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This student-friendly website has biographies organized by category, by date, or alphabetically.
This website is a student-friendly source of information on a variety of subjects, including biographies.
Britannica School offers a variety of learning resources, including encyclopedia articles, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, and research tools, at a choice of Elementary, Middle or High School level.
This student-friendly website has biographies organized by category, as well as a section on "How to Write a Biography."
This version of Wikipedia uses simpler language, making it more appropriate for younger students than the standard Wikipedia.
Hoopla is a San Francisco Public Library resource for streaming ebooks, audiobooks and more. It requires login with your hoopla account.
This is a database from the San Francisco Public Library. It requires login with your SFPL library card number and PIN.
This is a database from the San Francisco Public Library, suitable for grades 5 and up. It requires login with your SFPL library card number and PIN.
This is a database from the San Francisco Public Library, suitable for grades 5 and up. It requires login with your SFPL library card number and PIN.
Britannica School offers a variety of learning resources, including encyclopedia articles, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, and research tools, linked here at the Middle School level. They also have a section on African American History at a Glance which provides a variet of resources, including biographies.
This link will take you to the biography section of the website Pitara.com, which has biographies of "people who have changed our world." This site is best for middle school and up.
This site offers biographies across a variety of fields, and includes figures who may be less well-known to the general public.
Biographies of women, searchable by theme, era and location.
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