BIOGRAPHIES for KIDS
Famous Leaders for Young Readers

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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	Martin Van Buren 8th President of the United States	Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt 26th President of the United States	Calvin Coolidge 30th President of the United States	Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd President of the United States	Harry S. Truman 33rd President of the United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower 34th President of the United States	John F. Kennedy 35th President of the United States	Lyndon B. Johnson 36th President of the United States	Jimmy Carter 39th 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

Molly Pitcher Heroine of the Battle of Monmouth

WORLD LEADERS

Constantine Roman Emperor

Alexander the Great Greek Conqueror

Winston Churchill British Prime Minister

INVENTORS

Alexander Graham Bell Inventor of the telephone	Johann Gutenberg Invented the printing press	Cyrus McCormick Invented the mechanical reaper	Thomas A. Edison Developer of the electric light bulb
The Wright Brothers Flew the first airplane	Henry Ford Automaker	Sequoyah Cherokee alphabet	Nikola Tesla 700 patents
Leonardo Da Vinci Flying Machine	Dean Kamen Segway	Jack Kilby Integrated Circuit	Donald O'Neal ONIL stove
Michael Faraday Electric motor	.	.	.

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
Daniel Boone Frontiersman	.	.	.

WOMEN WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE

Amelia Earhart Aviation Pioneer	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	Madam C.J. Walker Entrepreneur
Henrietta Lacks Immortal Cells	Sadako Sasaki Hiroshima Victim	.	.

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	Norman Borlaug Father of the Green Revolution
Benjamin Banneker Astronomer - Mathematician	.	.	.

EDUCATORS

Booker T. Washington Leader and educator

Noah Webster Wrote the dictionary

Aristotle Greek philosopher

Mary McLeod Bethune Educator

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PHYSICIANS

Hippocrates Father of medicine

Walter Reed Discovered cause of yellow fever

Albert Schweitzer doctor, humanitarian

RELIGIOUS LEADERS

George Müller minister - builder of orphan homes

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	Nelson Mandela Freedom Fighter	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
William Wilberforce Member of Parliament - Abolitionist	Sojourner Truth Former slave and abolitionist	.	.

COMPOSERS

Ludwig van Beethoven Composer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer

AUTHORS

Laura Ingalls Wilder Author - Children's Books	Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) Author - Humorist	Ernest Hemingway Author - Novelist	Greg Mortenson Author - Humanitarian
Phillis Wheatley Slave - Poet	.	.	.

ARTISTS

John James Audubon Artist and Naturalist	Gutzon Borglum Sculptor, Mount Rushmore	Ansel Adams Photographer	Vincent van Gogh Artist
Michelangelo Sculptor and Painter	Rembrandt van Rijn Artist	Grandma Moses Folk Artist	Mary Cassatt Impressionist
Renoir Artist	Cezanne Artist	Norman Rockwell Artist/Illustrator	Dale Chihuly Glass Sculptor

Biographies of 48 Famous Artists

Black History . Garden of Praise features biographies of 19 notable blacks for your students.

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 8 free printables!
multi-choice test, word search, crossword puzzle, word scramble,
study sheet, student worksheet, alphabetical order page, 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.

How to Use Biographies for Kids for Tutoring

Ideas for Using Garden of Praise Lessons

Looking for a children's book? There are links to hundreds of biographies written for children.
Selected pages are available online for preview. You may want to incorporate some of them into your lessons.

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and in lessons for which they charge a fee.
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Birthdates of Famous People

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BIOGRAPHY ACTIVITIES Free Biography Flashcards A printable set of 75 Biography cards is available for teaching about famous people. Biography "Who Am I?" online activities are complete with pictures. Online Tests Crossword Puzzles Jigsaw Puzzles Word Searches Word Scrambles Online Jeopardy "Guess the Word" Paint pictures online Online Games

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