Due October 2 - Author Information

AUTHOR INFORMATION:

Let's take time to revisit our authors. <----(the author you chose for your essay)

Use your essay, your old sources, and (if needed) new sources to answer these questions.

Include the questions AND answers in your submission. 

Please answer ALL of these questions to the best of your ability. 

 a Early life 

1 Who is the famous person? 

2  When were they born? 

3 Where were they born?
4 CONNECT TO HISTORY: Add a brief description of what what was happening in history at the time your author was born.

5 What did their parents do? 

6 What else do you know about their parents? 

b Childhood 

1 What kind of childhood did they have? 

2 Where did they live as a child? 

3 Where did they go to school? 
4 CONNECT TO HISTORY: Add a brief description of what was happening during their childhood.

c Adulthood 

1 Did they have any further education? 

2 What was their first job? 

3 What other jobs did they do? 

4 Did they marry? If so, who did they marry? 

5 Did they have any children? How many? 

6 Where did they live? 
7. CONNECT TO HISTORY: Add a brief description of what what was happening during these years (history).

d Hometown/Country 

1 What was life in their hometown or country like at this time? 

2 How did they feel about life in their hometown or country? 

3 Did they travel (mention if it is important)

 e Becoming famous 

1 Why is this person famous? e.g. politics, music, film etc. 

2 How did they first become interested/involved in this area? 

3 When did they first become well known? 

4 What were the most important events during the time they were famous? 

5 What were the most difficult times? 

6 What were the most exciting times? 

7 Did they travel to other countries? 

8 Did they meet any very interesting people? 

9 Did they receive any awards for their work/achievements? 

f Life at the moment (if the person is still alive) 

1 Where is the person living now? 

2 How old are they now? 

3 What is their life like now? 

4 Have they had any important events in their life recently? 

5 Have they got any important events coming up in the near future?

g Later life (if the person is no longer living) 

1 Where was the person living at the end of their life? 

2 What was their life like at this time? 

3 What other things did they do in their life? 

4 When did they die? 

5 Where did they die? 

6 Where are they buried? 

7 How are they remembered today? 

h Your feelings about the person 

1 What are your feelings about the person? e.g. do you admire them, feel sorry for them, find them interesting/funny etc. 

2 Why do you feel this way about them? 

3 What do you feel were the most important things they did?