Subscribe to our newsletter. Many students are turned off to history because it is old, dry and boring. One way to connect with students is to have them discover the real people behind history.
Biographies can do that.
However, biographies don't have to be limited to history classes. Read on to find out why. As I have already stated, biographies can bring history to life. When we find out what motivated great individuals from the past it helps us understand their actions. For example, in a biography I have posted this week about Mohandas Gandhi, we find that his Mother's religion seriously affected his later life.