Friday, November 21, 2008

Guiding Questions for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Presentations

Historical Biography Guiding Questions

1. What made you want to learn about this person?

2. What did you know about the person prior to doing your research? Did you learn anything new about this person? If you knew of the subject before, did anything you read change your opinion?

3. What is the subject's most admirable quality? Is this someone you would want to know or have known?

4. What did you find to be the most interesting events in this book? What, if anything, surprised you?

5. If this person impacted history, discuss what may have been different without his or her presence.

6. What did you learn about the time period that you did not previously know?

7. What do you think will be your lasting impression of the person as a whole? How about the subject specifically?

8. What did you like or dislike about the person that you think others may want to know?

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