Reading and writing biographies can spark student interest and growth in a number of areas.  Get your students started with the following resources.

Bellington Public Schools: The Biography Maker
Excellent and a must visit.

BioCube
Biography links -- students follow a formula to study biographies and write them as well.

Biographical Dictionary

Biographies:  Creating timelines of a life

Biography.com
More current biographies -- use with caution as a lot of Hollywood is here.
 
Biography.com: Bio4Kids
Check out the “Meet the people” and “Defining Moments” sections.  Lot’s of good stuff.

Biography Book Report
For younger students

The Constitutional Convention: Four Founding Fathers You May Never Have Met

Explorations in Black Leadership – Profile
Provides a personal outline helper.

Historic Figures
From an English perspective

How to write – from Concept to Outline
For teachers and older students

Index of Biographies
Organized by last name and years, this site is stuffed full of bios, but bland.
 
No Path without Pain
How to Write a Biography contains a nice rubric.

Picture Book Biography
For younger students

Pizza biography
Ideas and more are worth a quick look.

REC Authors

REC English
Sites in all areas

REC World Leaders
Current leaders