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Teacher Feature: The Maya


Nothing is more fascinating than the true story of a real person's life. You'll have the time of your life exploring how biographies go behind the scenes to find out about famous people — with the featured video clips, lesson plans, discussion guide, and activities.

Teacher Resources

Discussion Guide
Get up close and personal as you examine the basics of biography through the life stories of famous people in the United States.
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Grade 3-5 Lesson Plan
Who was a famous American inventor, statesman, writer, and signer of the Declaration of Independence? With your class create a biographical timeline to represent the biography of Ben Franklin.
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Grade 6-8 Lesson Plan
Challenge students to discover the man behind the myth as they explore the biography of one of our most famous Americans, Benjamin Franklin.
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Grade 9-12 Lesson Plan
Guide students to take on the role of reporters for an early American newspaper as they write an editorial based on George Washington's biography.
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Student Activities

Biography
A clip art image representing biography as a story of a person's life, for use in a classroom presentation

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Get a Life
As students identify the appropriate letters to go in the cells, they create a message about biography.
Puzzle PDF

Video Clips

Achievements of Leonardo da Vinci
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Young Ben Franklin Pursues His Dream of Becoming a Writer and Printer
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Eisenhower
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Hatshepsut: The Queen Who Became King
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20th-century Biographies

What happens when a writer sets out to track down the hidden life of a famous person? The result is the type of revealing biography that the 20th century is known for.

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