The Art of Biography

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 13.03.02

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview
  2. Content Objectives
  3. Background Knowledge
  4. Teaching Strategies
  5. Classroom Activities
  6. Resources
  7. Appendix I – Implementing District Standards
  8. Social Studies Essential Standards
  9. Language Arts Common Core Standards
  10. Appendix II – Biography Graphic Organizer
  11. Appendix III – Reading Literature Graphic Organizer
  12. Notes

Character Traits in Biography

Torrieann Martyn Kennedy

Published September 2013

Tools for this Unit:

Notes

1. H. Lee, Biography: A Very Short Introduction

N. Hamilton, How to Do Biography: A Primer.

2. H. Lee, Biography: A Very Short Introduction, 1.

3. "PLUTARCH on BIOGRAPHY," California State University, http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/plutbiog.html (accessed July 13, 2013).

4. "Hermione Lee Biography: A Very Short Introduction," Meet the Author Bringing Books to Life! http://www.meettheauthor.co.uk/bookbites/1842.html (accessed July 13, 2013).

5. C. Brown, Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography.

6. V. Woolf, Orlando: A Biography.

7. V. Woolf, Orlando: A Biography, 22

8. R.A. Caro, Means of Ascent.

9. R.A. Caro, Means of Ascent, 151

10. E. B. Pusey, The Confessions of St. Augustine, 13 & 103

11. L. Calkins and S. Harwayne, Living Between the Lines, 38, 43, 52.

12. "Cube Creator," International Reading Association Homepage, http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/cube_creator/ (accessed July 13, 2013).

13. " English Language Arts Standards," Common Core State Standards Initiative, http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy (accessed July 13, 2013).

14. L. Calkins and S. Harwayne, Living Between the Lines, 165, 166, 168, 169, and 177.

15. L. Calkins, The Art of Teaching Writing, 415.

16. " English Language Arts Standards," Common Core State Standards Initiative, http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy (accessed July 13, 2013).

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