Genius Biographies - Pablo Picasso

Download a short Picasso biography

Download Matisse & Picasso: A Resource Guide for Teachers

Genius Biographies - Jim Henson

Read a biography of Jim Henson

Read and Listen about Sesame Street, a children's program created by Jim Henson

Genius Biographies - Mahatma Gandhi

Genius Biographies - James Watson

Read and Listen about DNA, and James Watson, one of the scientists that discovered it

Genius Biographies - Amelia Earhart

Read and Listen about Amelia Earhart

Genius Biographies - Cesar Chavez

Read and Listen about Cesar Chavez

Genius Biographies - Jane Goodall

Read and Listen about Jane Goodall

Genius Biographies - Miles Davis

Read and Listen about Miles Davis and his album Kind of Blue

Genius Biographies - Albert Einstein

Read and Listen about Albert Einstein

Thomas Edison, inventor

Johnny Cash

Listen to Johnny Cash music here.

Madam CJ Walker's steel comb

Original comb
Originally uploaded by professorzoom

Madam C.J. Walker (1867-1919) was a businesswoman, the first female African American to become very rich. She created hair-care products for African-American women.

Selected Biographies

This is a short selection of biographies for listening and reading.

Thomas Edison, 1847-1931: America's Great Inventor

Madam C.J. Walker, 1867-1919: She Developed Hair-Care Products for Black Women

Doctor Seuss, 1904-1991: A Children's Writer for All Ages

Crazy Horse Was Chief of the Lakota, a Warrior and a Holy Man

Mary Lyon, 1797-1849: A Leader in Women's Education in the Nineteenth Century

Edward Teller, 1908-2003: 'Father of the Hydrogen Bomb'

Samuel Gompers, 1850-1924: 'The Grand Old Man of Labor'