Filter by
Subjects
Subject categories
- All subject categories (183)
- Geography (38)
- (-) Resources (38)
- AQA SOW planner (19)
- Food (13)
- Energy (12)
- The challenge of resource management (10)
- Water (8)
- Rural environments and issues (7)
- Economic development (4)
- Geographical applications and skills (4)
- Hazardous earth (4)
- Physical landscapes (4)
- Rural industries (4)
- The living world (4)
- Urban environments and issues (4)
- Population (3)
- Rural change (3)
- Graphical skills (2)
- Map skills (1)
- Settlement (1)
Key stage
Resource type
Exam board
Biographies and autobiographies
What is a biography?
A biography is a non-fiction text about a person’s life. It is written in the third person and in chronological order.
Here you'll find English teaching resources to help key stage 1 and key stage 2 children understand the features of a biography and those of autobiographical accounts. They include templates, example biographies and worksheets alongside reading comprehensions based on biographical texts about famous people.
Download our model texts, worksheets and PowerPoints to develop children’s biography writing skills and support them in researching the lives of famous individuals.