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BIOGRAPHY
EVERYBODY
HAS A
STORY!
PRESENTATION AUDIENCE
 AIM: A PRESENTATION TO A STAFF MEETING
 PRIMARY OR SECONDARY
 SECONDARY STAFF CAN BE 40-65-85 TEACHERS
 PRESENTATION TO MEETING OF CURRICULUM
HEADS (SECONDARY)
Biography
Definition
Oxford:
a)
The story of a
person’s life
written
by someone
else.
b) Such
writing as
a part of
literature.
Biography covers the
breadth of human
experience over time.
Biography as a genre
lends itself to study
across the grades and
across the curricula of
study.
 WORLD LEADERS
BIOGRAPHY
 NOBEL WINNERS
 ATHLETES
THEMES
 ARTISTS
 AUTHORS
 INVENTORS
 HISTORIC FIGURES
 CHEMISTS
 PHYSICISTS
 ECONOMISTS
 MUSICIANS
 EXPLORERS ..... AND MORE!!
BIOGRAPHY
EXAMPLES
OF SOME
FORMATS
AVAILABLE
FOR
BIOGRAPHY
 BOOK FORMAT
 GRAPHIC NOVEL FORMAT
 ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES
 DVD’S/ VIDEOS/ MOVIES
 BIOGRAPHY CHANNEL
 MAGAZINE ARTICLES
 WEBLINKS
 DATABASES
 PUBLIC LIBRARY
BIOGRAPHY
WHERE TO ACCESS
BIOGRAPHIES
 SCHOOL LIBRARY – BIOGRAPHY SECTION
 SCHOOL LIBRARY WEBSITE TO SEARCH
S/L COLLECTION STACKS/SPINNERS
 SCHOOL LIBRARY WEBSITE TO LEAD TO
ONLINE RESOURCES
 ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIAS
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CANADIAN ENCYCLOPEDIA
ENCYCLOPEDIA UNIVERSALIS (FRANCAIS)
GROLIER ENCYCLOPEDIA
WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA
 KNOWLEDGE ONTARIO

GALE CENGAGE
 EBSCO
 ONLINE RESOURCES
BIOGRAPHY
PURCHASED BY SOME TDSB
HIGH SCHOOLS
WHERE TO ACCESS
RESOURCES
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ACCESS SCIENCE
BRITANNICA ONLINE
MC SCIENCE ENCYCLOPEDIAS
 INTERNET REFERENCE WORK
 CANADIAN BIOGRAPHY AND
PEOPLE
 DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN
BIOGRAPHY
LINK TO WORLDBOOK ONLINE
BIOGRAPHY
WORLD BOOK
ENCYCLOPEDIA
ONLINE
 http://www.worldbookonline.co
m/student/home
 (Canada, puffin)
 Biography centre on front page
 with subsections of inventors,
explorers, painters, athletes,
authors, world leaders, and more
search options.
 GROLIER
BIOGRAPHY
GROLIER
ONLINE ACCESS
 http://go-canada.grolier.com/
 Lesson, teacher
 KNOWLEDGE ONTARIO
BIOGRAPHY
KNOWLEDGE
ONTARIO
ACCESS THROUGH
SCHOOL WEBSITE
AT SCHOOL
AT HOME
 LINK
 http://infotrac.galegroup.com/it
web/ko_k12hs_d71
 trillium
BIOGRAPHY
SCHOOL LIBRARIES
WILL HAVE COPIES
OF BIOGRAPHY IN
THE COLLECTION.
SHELVES OR
‘SPINNERS’
BIOGRAPHY
HEROES
CANADIAN
HEROES
BIOGRAPHY
CANADIAN HISTORY
CANADIAN
POLITICAL LEADERS
GRAPHIC NOVEL
FORMAT
BIOGRAPHY
POLITICAL LEADERS
INTERNATIONAL
PAST AND PRESENT
BIOGRAPHY
LATIN
AND
CLASSICS
HISTORY
ANCIENT
CIV
BIOGRAPHY
THE SCIENCES
STORY OF
SCIENCE
TOLD
THROUGH
THE LIVES
OF TWELVE
LANDMARK
FIGURES
BIOGRAPHY
THE SCIENCES
CANADIAN AND
INTERNATIONAL
CONTENT
BIOGRAPHIES OF
PEOPLE WHO
MADE A
DIFFERENCE
BIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHICAL
DICTIONARIES
WOMEN IN
SCIENCE
BIOGRAPHY
SCIENTISTS
OF
DIFFERENT
CULTURAL
BACKGROUNDS
BIOGRAPHY
GREAT
CANADIAN
SCIENTISTS
BIOGRAPHY
SCIENTISTS
OF
DIFFERENT
CULTURAL
BACKGROUNDS
BIOGRAPHY
STORY
OF
SCIENCE
WITH
THE
STORY
OF
NEWTON
BIOGRAPHY
E=MC2
MATH
BIOGRAPHY
WORLD BOOK
ENCYCLOPEDIA
MEN AND
WOMEN OF
SCIENCE
MULTIPLE
BIOGRAPHY
CATEGORIES
BIOGRAPHY
NOBEL
LAUREATES
IN ALL
NOBEL
FIELDS
BIOGRAPHY
CANADIAN
AUTHORS
BIOGRAPHY
CANADIAN
AUTHORS
BIOGRAPHY
VARIETY OF
SUBJECTS
 100 WOMEN WHO SHAPED
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VARIETY
OF TITLES
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WORLD HISTORY
100 MEN WHO SHAPED
WORLD HISTORY
THE AGES OF GAIA: A
BIOGRAPHY OF OUR LIVING
EARTH
DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN
BIOGRAPHY
DICTIONARY OF SCIENTIFIC
BIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY
VARIETY OF
SUBJECTS
VARIETY OF
TITLES
 FOREVER BARBIE: THE
UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY
OF A REAL DOLL (MEDIA LIT)
 THE INTERNATIONAL
DICTIONARY OF 20TH
CENTURTY BIOGRAPHY
 MOTHER TERESA: A
COMPLETE AUTHORIZED
BIOGRAPHY
 PICASSO: A BIOGRAPHY
 ASIMOV’S BIOGRAPHICAL
BIOGRAPHY
VARIETY OF
SUBJECTS
VARIETY OF
TITLES
ENCLYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY: THE
LIVES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
OF 1510 GREAT SCEINTISTS
FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO
PRESENT
 BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY
OF SCIENTISTS
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BIOLOGISTS
CHEMISTS
PHYSICISTS
ASTRONOMERS
BIOGRAPHY
VARIETY OF
SUBJECTS
VARIETY
OF TITLES
 BIOGRAPHY OF A PLANET:
GEOLOGY, ASTRONOMY, AND
THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE ON
EARTH
 HONEST ED MIRVISH: HOW
TO BUILD AN EMPIRE ON AN
ORANGE CRATE, OR 121
LESSONS I NEVER LEARNED
IN SCHOOL.
 LIVES OF THE GREAT
COMPOSERS
 LONG WALK TO FREEDOM:
BIOGRAPHY
VARIETY OF
SUBJECTS
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VARIETY OF
TITLES
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF
NELSON MANDELA
MARTIN LUTHER KING
MOUNT EVEREST AND
BEYOND: SIR EDMUND
HILARY
THE NEHRUS AND THE
GANDHIS: AN INDIAN
DYNASTY
POPE JOHN PAUL 11: AN
AUTHROIZED BIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY
VARIETY OF
SUBJECTS
VARIETY OF
TITLES
 SHAKESPEARE AND HIS
THEATRE
 SIGNING ON: THE BIRTH OF
RADIO IN CANADA
 SIXTEEN MEN: THE PRIME
MINISTERS OF CANADA
 TIME 100: BUILDERS AND
TITANS: GREAT MINDS OF THE
CENTURY
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LEADERS AND REVOLUTIONARIES
 WHO WAS WHO IN THE
BIOGRAPHY
VARIETY OF
SUBJECTS
VARIETY OF
TITLES
GREEK WORLD, 775 BC-30 BC
 WOMEN IN MATHEMATICS
 WOMEN WHO RULED:
CLEOPATRA TO ELIZABETH 11
 THE INTERNATIONAL
DICTIONARY OF 20TH CENTURY
BIOGRAPHY
 THE PILL: THE BIOGRAPHY OF
THE DRUG THAT CHANGED THE
WORLD
 GALILEO AT WORK: SCIENTIFIC
BIOGRAPHY
 AUTHENTIC RICH
BIOGRAPHY
VARIETY OF
ASSIGNMENTS
PERFORMANCE TASKS
 BEYOND UNDERSTANDING
THE LIFE AND THE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
 HAVE BIOGRAPHICAL
CHARACTER LIVING TODAY,
SPEAKING TODAY (CHANGE
CONTEXT, SETTING)
 WHAT IF: THIS PERSON HAD
NOT LIVED? HOW WOULD
HUMANITY BE DIFFERENT?
 INDEPENDENT STUDY UNITS
BIOGRAPHY
ASSIGNMENT
EXAMPLES
IN MANY SENIOR COURSES
 OVERVIEW ASSIGNMENT TO
UNDERSTAND THE FIELD,
SUBJECT OR DISCIPLINE VIA
BIOGRAPHICAL STUDIES
 EXAMINE SIGNIFICANT
PEOPLE IN THE FIELD (ARTS,
SCIENCES, SOCIAL SCIENCES,
POLITICS, LITERATURE ETC)
 FLEXIBILITY IN FORMAT OF
PRESENTATION/CHOICE
 ENCOURAGE TEACHERS TO
BIOGRAPHY
NEXT STEPS
TEACHERLIBRARIANOFFERS
COLLABORATION
WITH CURRICULUM
LEADS OR TEACHERS
ASSISTS IN
DESIGNING
ASSIGNMENTS TO
INCLUDE
BIOGRAPHIC
RESEARCH.
VISIT THE LIBRARY OR
LIBRARY WEBSITE
 ENCOURAGE THEM TO
SEARCH AND LOCATE
BIOGRAPHIC MATERIALS FOR
USE IN COURSEWORK
 INVITE TEACHERS TO
COLLABORATE DESIGNING
NEW, CREATIVE
ASSIGNMENTS IN THEIR
SUBJECTS