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Biography on AE

http://www.biography.com/search/index.jsp

Provider: A&E Television Networks


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Biography on AE is an online companion to the AE channel’s biography program and is a searchable online database containing the biographies of over 25,000 famous persons, past and present. In many cases the biography is short. Click on a letter, or enter a name in the box below to discover who they were, what they did, and why. Information is presented in a table format with the dates of life and a line of information about the person, enabling students and teachers to see how many persons in history have had the name “George Washington”.Find information about notable African Americans and women in the Black History Month and Women’s History Month sections in the Features area.

This is a very useful teaching resource for anyone needing quick, concise biographies for almost any person imaginable. These biographies would be great to use with students as short introductions to people who will be discussed in a particular lesson or activity.