BIOGRAPHIES for KIDS
Famous Leaders for Young Readers

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These stories of presidents, inventors, educators, scientists,
business men and women etc. are presented to inspire the student
to follow their examples of courage, determination, honesty and willingness to work.

Each story features 7 free printables!
multi-choice test, word search, crossword puzzle, word scramble, study sheet, student worksheet., and picture to color.

There are 7 online activites for each biography.
Online computer-graded tests, online games, jigsaw puzzles, crossword puzzles,
word searches, scrambled word puzzles, and pictures to paint. .

The biographies and accompanying worksheets
can be helpful for developing reading comprehension.
They may be used in conjunction with a computer program or independently.

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PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES

George Washington 1st President of the United States	John Adams 2nd President of the United States	Thomas Jefferson 3rd President of the United States
James Madison 4th President of the United States	James Monroe 5th President of the United States	Andrew Jackson 7th President of the United States
Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the United States	Theodore Roosevelt 26th President of the United States	Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd President of the United States
John F. Kennedy 35th President of the United States	Ronald Reagan 40th President of the United States	Barack Obama 44th President of the United States

OTHER AMERICAN PATRIOTS

Benjamin Franklin Patriot and Statesman

Francis Scott Key Wrote the Star Spangled Banner

Deborah Sampson Woman soldier in the Revolutionary Army

WORLD LEADERS

Constantine Roman Emperor

Alexander the Great Greek Conqueror

Winston Churchill British Prime Minister

INVENTORS

Alexander Graham Bell Inventor of the telephone Alexander Graham Bell Museum	Johann Gutenberg Invented the printing press	Cyrus McCormick Invented the mechanical reaper
Thomas A. Edison Invented the electric light bulb	The Wright Brothers Flew the first airplane	Henry Ford Automaker
Sequoyah Cherokee alphabet	Nikola Tesla 700 patents	.

EXPLORERS

John Muir Explorer and naturalist	Meriwether Lewis Explorer to the Western United States	Christopher Columbus Discovered America
Robert Peary Arctic Explorer	Matthew Henson Arctic Explorer	Sir Edmund Hillary Mt. Everest
Kit Carson Scout, Indian agent	John Chapman Johnny Appleseed Orchardist	.

WOMEN WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE

Amelia Earhart Woman Aviator	Harriet Tubman Deliverer of Slaves	Clara Barton Founder of the American Red Cross
Florence Nightingale Founder of the Nursing profession	Joan of Arc Religious and military leader	Annie Oakley Sharpshooter
Susan B. Anthony Suffragette	Elizabeth Keckly Seamstress	Helen Keller Blind and Deaf
Anne Frank Diarist	Eleanor Roosevelt First Lady, humanitarian	.

SCIENTISTS

George Washington Carver Botanist and educator	Albert Einstein Physicist, genius, Nobel Prize winner	Marie Curie Scientist, physicist, Nobel Prize winner
Louis Pasteur Chemist, biologist	Sir Isaac Newton Explained gravity and properties of light	Galileo Astronomer, physicist
Lise Meitner Physicist	.	.

EDUCATORS

Booker T. Washington Leader and educator

Noah Webster Wrote the dictionary

Aristotle Greek philosopher

PHYSICIANS

Hippocrates Father of medicine

Walter Reed Discovered cause of yellow fever

Albert Schweitzer doctor, humanitarian

RELIGIOUS LEADERS

Increase Mather religious leader - Salem witch trials

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ATHLETES

Michael Phelps Olympic swimmer	Wilma Rudolph Olympic gold medal winner	Tiger Woods Championship golfer
Lou Gehrig Baseball player	.	.

CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS

Martin Luther King Jr. Civil rights leader	Rosa Parks Bus desegregation	Sojourner Truth Former slave and abolitionist
Frederick Douglass Abolitionist	Mary Ann Shadd Cary Civil rights leader	James Forten Inventor, abolitionist
Mahatma Gandhi Civil rights leader in India	César Chávez Civil rights leader	.

COMPOSERS

Ludwig van Beethoven Composer

ARTISTS

John James Audubon Artist and Naturalist

Gutzon Borglum Sculptor, Mount Rushmore

Ansel Adams Photographer

(Look for biographies of artists on each artist's page.)

Famous Paintings for Students

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Drive Thru History America: Foundations of Character By David Barton & Nita Thomason / Focus On The Family One thing many of our nation's founders shared was a Christian worldview. Teach your students how beliefs influence actions, as demonstrated by Noah Webster, George Washington, Abigail Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and others. This 9-unit DVD-based cross-curricular supplement incorporates history, government, citizenship, culture, science, social studies, and technology. Features 10-minute "teaser" segments that introduce each lesson; and reproducible work sheets. 128 pages, softcover with DVD-ROM from Tyndale. Grades 6-12. This kit includes: Nine video sessions with teacher's guide on DVD. Student textbook included.

Your Story Hour Volume 7 - Audiobook on CD By Your Story Hour Children will listen and learn as they experience the historic adventures of Joan of Arc, John Bunyan, Albert Schweitzer, George Mueller, Florence Nightingale, Clara Barton, Louis Pastuer, Sir Wilfred T. Grenfell, Dwight L. Moody, John Wanamaker, George W. Carver, and Keith Argraves. Exciting, educational, and entertaining, these dramatizations feature sound effects, music, and professional actors portraying the high moral values demonstrated by men and women throughout history, and necessary for successful living today. 12 one-hour CDs in a vinyl storage case.

Everyday Life Inventions Grades 4-6 By Good Year Books In this captivating chronicle, kids will learn about some of the inventions that helped shape the history and character of our country. Kids will see how progress in such fields as science, industry, medicine, transportation, electronics, communications, and technology not only changed the way we live and work, but gave America the highest standard of living in the world. Told in an easy-to-read, anecdotal narrative that kids can read and enjoy on their own, "Inventions" includes activities that involve the reader in the invention process. Forty-three activities plus an answer key are included. For grades 4-6. Softcover, reproducible pages.

TruthQuest History: American History for Young Students II (1800-1865) By Michelle Miller / Truth Quest History History may seem murky, but only because we wrongly focus on the long corridor of human actions. History is really a door to God Himself! God created mankind and his times. He is the initiator; we are the responders. So, it is first God's truths and then our responding beliefs which shape all of history: government, philosophy, art, architecture, literature, scientific thinking, economics, law, and the value placed on human life itself. TruthQuest History opens the door to it all by bringing together worldview wisdom, literature recommendations, and chronology... all in a fascinating storyline of spiritual context! How? Picture your family reclining in a comfy boat. The current of TruthQuest History carries you... because each topic has its own powerful commentary and reading list. Your children do not just visit times... they understand them! They do not just read... they see cause-and-effect truth! Whatever your style, TruthQuest History can benefit you. It follows key Charlotte Mason and Classical resources, and assists unit-study and unschooling familes exploring an era. TruthQuest History even helps you teach your own theology and choose your own resources! Adaptable for all grades.

Other Biography Resources

Word meanings courtesy of
Word Central's Student Dictionary
by Merriam - Webster

Biography Puzzles
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