There are a number of benefits of using biographies throughout the curriculum, i.e., good biographies can serve
a. as didactic devices to teach a moral or a lesson to young adults.
b. to motivate young adults in certain areas such as social studies, but are usually not successful in math and science.
c. as advanced organizers or as a summarizing activity for the study of a historical time period.
d. to demonstrate stereotypes that are actually true about historical people.
Question 2
To keep a biography from becoming a chronology of events or a collection of dates without any unifying theme,
a. there needs to be a strong plot to keep the readers' interest and avoid sequencing of events.
b. the setting must be in congruence with the time, so events will not be viewed singularly.
c. the characterization should be of such high quality that the people take precedence over the plot.
d. there needs to be a definite narrative thread.
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