Famous american biography project

In a letter to his friend Robert Hooke, Sir Isaac Newton wrote, &#;If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.&#; Newton understood the importance of reading biographies: they provide mentors from different times and different places. They inspire bravery, ingenuity, and greatness.


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Charlotte Mason also championed the reading of narrative history. She recognized that biographies put names and faces to the facts of the international timeline. Unlike the typical self-help book, a biography doesn't beat you over the head with strategies and step programs.

They teach valuable personal life-lessons gently through story. Biographies are subtle, but effective character builders.

While there are a lot of great biography series for kids, the Childhood of Famous Americans books is one of the best. Written by numerous authors in the s through the s, each of these easy-to