Biographies Increase Student Interest
Sunday April 13, 2008
Biographies are a great way to teach students and make connections throughout the curriculum. Here is an interesting article that explains how you can use biographies in your class.

By Melissa Kelly, About.com Guide to Secondary Education since 2000
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Comments
Biographies are great and so are diaries or correspondence. I really got to know John and Abigain Adams through their letters to each other during the Revolutionary years and he also left an interesting diary behind which is available to read online.