Ducksters
Ducksters: Explorers for Kids: Vasco Da Gama
On this site learn about the biography and life of explorer Vasco da Gama. Learn how he was the first to sail from Europe to Asia around Africa.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Explorers for Kids: Ferdinand Magellan
On this site, learn about the first explorer to sail around the world. This site contains the biography and life of explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Explorers for Kids: Captain James Cook
Learn about how Captain James Cook discovered much of the South Pacific for England on this website.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Explorers for Kids: Christopher Columbus
Learn about the biography and life of explorer Christopher Columbus on this site. Explore how he discovered the Americas for Spain.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Explorers for Kids: Daniel Boone
This website describes the biography and life of American frontier explorer Daniel Boone. Learn how he explored Kentucky and the Cumberland Gap.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Explorers for Kids: Sir Edmund Hillary
Explore the biography and life of explorer Sir Edmund Hillary on this website. Learn about the first man to climb Mount Everest.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Explorers for Kids: Henry Hudson
The biography and life of explorer Henry Hudson can be found on this website. Read about how he explored North America searching for the Northwest Passage.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Explorers for Kids: Hernan Cortes
Investigate the biography and life of Spanish explorer and conquistador Hernan Cortes. Read about how he conquered the Aztec Empire.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Explorers for Kids: Sacagawea
On this site, learn about the biography and life of explorer and guide Sacagawea. Explore her life as a Native American woman who helped Lewis and Clark.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Explorers for Kids: Spanish Conquistadors
Investigate the life of Spanish Conquistadors on this website.
New York University
O'connor, Flannery
This site, part of one on medicine and the humanities from New York University, provides links to discussions of four of O'Connor's stories. The discussions included summaries of and commentaries on the stories.
New York University
New York University : Lanford Wilson
This site from the New York University provides a very brief biographical sketch of Wilson, along with a link to a short summary of and commentary on Wilson's play "A Poster of the Cosmos."
Other
Scholastic Canada: Tamora Pierce
Get the details about Tamora Pierce's early life and what she enjoys doing when she isn't writing best-selling fantasy fiction.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: David Wagoner
Biographical information about poet David Wagoner.
Other
Encyclopedia of World Biography: James Joyce
Biographical information about the life and works of author James Joyce.
Other
The Literature Network: Author List
A list of authors with links to additional information on each author. Links include biographical information a searchable collection of works, and more.
EL Education
El Education: Bessy
8th grade students at the Pioneer Charter School in Fort Collins, Colorado, each created a historical character file (HCF) as part of a Learning Expedition on slavery. Each HCF is a fictionalized account of a historically/geographically...
EL Education
El Education: Blanca Rosenberg
This memoir-style book was created by a 5th/6th grade student in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, and tells the life story of a Holocaust survivor. Blanca Rosenberg is the biography of Blanca written in first person narrative, as told to the...
EL Education
El Education: Meet Local Scientists
Students learn about local scientists through research, interviews, and brief internships. Then students create pages for a class book containing digital photographs and information about the scientist and his/her field of study.
EL Education
El Education: Refugee Profiles
Students learn more about African history and culture through research, interviews, movies, books, and work with historians, college professors, and religious leaders. Then student write biographical stories of local refugees in first...
EL Education
El Education: Seasons of Life
Students make multiple visits to a nursing home to develop a relationship with one person and learn about his or her life. Then students use a combination of illustrations, photographs, digital pictures, and biographical text to create a...
TES Global
Blendspace: Anne Frank
A learning module with eight links to pictures, websites and videos with information about the life of Anne Frank.
Stephen Byrne
History for Kids: Harriet Tubman
A brave woman on a mission to help free and protect African Americans from slavery in the 1800's, Harriet Tubman is featured in this concise biography. Get her story and discover some of her nicknames!
Other
S9: Biographical Dictionary
Search biographical dictionary for famous people by using keywords or dates such as birth and death years, achievements, awards, literary or artistic works, or occupation and positions held. This is a Wikipedia type system where everyone...