Biography Book question Worksheet
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Biography Book Worksheet Pages Student Name ______________________ Subject Name ______________________ The purpose of this worksheet is to give you a place to collect and organize your information for each page of the biography book as you do your research. These pages are for notes. When you write your rough draft paragraph you will use complete sentences. The questions for each book page are listed below along with a place to write the information down. There is a list of required questions and a list of optional questions. The optional questions are ones that some students were interested in that may apply to every subject. Page 1 Early Life Required questions: Where was your subject born? (include city, state and country) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ When was your subject born? (month, date, year) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Where did your subject grow up? (city, state and country – If they moved around you will need to include more than one place.) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 1 Biography Book Worksheet Pages Student Name ______________________ Subject Name ______________________ Who raised your subject? (parents, grandparents, uncles or others) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Did they have any siblings? (brothers, sisters, step brothers or sisters, half brothers or sisters) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Optional question: When they were a child, were they interested in whatever they became famous for later on? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 2 Biography Book Worksheet Pages Student Name ______________________ Subject Name ______________________ Page 2 Education Required questions: Where did your subject go to school? (Include as much information as is available. For example names and locations (city or town) of elementary school(s), high school(s), or college(s). If they did not go to a formal school then list how they were trained for their job – apprenticeship, observation, on the job training and who trained them.) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 3 Biography Book Worksheet Pages Student Name ______________________ Subject Name ______________________ Page 3 Adult Life Required questions: Did your subject get married? (Include the name of who they married.) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Did they have children? (How many? Names are optional) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Optional questions: Did they play any sports for fun? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Did they play an instrument? If so which one? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 4 Biography Book Worksheet Pages Student Name ______________________ Subject Name ______________________ Page 4 Inspiration and Fame Required questions: Who inspired your subject to do what they became famous for? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ What inspired your subject to do what they became famous for? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ What is your person famous for? (What did they do that made them famous?) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 5 Biography Book Worksheet Pages Student Name ______________________ Subject Name ______________________ What is your person famous for? (space continued) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ What was the first thing your subject did that they were recognized for? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ What was their greatest contribution to their work? (What do you think is the best thing they did in their line of work? For example - If you are studying Thomas Edison who invented a lot of things which thing that he invented was the best?) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 6 Biography Book Worksheet Pages Student Name ______________________ Subject Name ______________________ What are the three most interesting things your subject did their lifetime? (This is asking you what you think.) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Did they receive any honors for their work? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 7 Biography Book Worksheet Pages Student Name ______________________ Subject Name ______________________ Optional questions: Are the things they did or made still around or used today? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Did other people like or were interested in their work before they became famous for it? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Did they do something before they became famous that was related to what they became famous for? (For example: Did they have a job in chemistry before they found a medicine that cured a disease?) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 8 Biography Book Worksheet Pages Student Name ______________________ Subject Name ______________________ Page 5 Current Times IF YOUR SUBJECT IS NO LONGER ALIVE answer these questions – Required questions: When did your subject die? (month, date, year) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Where did they die? (city, state and country) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ How old were they when they died? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ What did they die from? (The actual cause of death – illness, old age, accident) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 9 Biography Book Worksheet Pages Student Name ______________________ Subject Name ______________________ IF YOUR SUBJECT IS STILL LIVING answer these questions – Required questions: How old are they now? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Where do they live now? (city, state and country) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ What activities/job are they doing now (working, playing golf, writing a book) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 10 Biography Book Worksheet Pages Student Name ______________________ Subject Name ______________________ Page 6 Author’s Notes Why did you choose to learn about this person? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ What did you like most about this person? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 11
