Famous People

155 English lessons

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From inventors to politicians to celebrities and humanitarians, your students will love reading about these famous, legendary, and influential people from across the globe. Each lesson includes a one-page biography, comprehension questions, vocabulary development tasks, and discussion questions.

Sample

Susan B. Anthony

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Nellie McClung

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Angela Merkel

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Angela Merkel

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Robin Williams

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David Beckham

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David Beckham

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Roméo Dallaire

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Malala Yousafzai

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Malala Yousafzai

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Bob Marley

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Bob Marley

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Pierre Trudeau

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Jackie Chan

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Jackie Chan

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Sir John A. Macdonald

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Pablo Picasso

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Pablo Picasso

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Martin Luther King Jr.

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Pelé

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Pelé

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Nelson Mandela

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Nelson Mandela

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Fidel Castro

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Madonna

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Rubin Hurricane Carter

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Tim Horton

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Winston Churchill

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Albert Einstein

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Oprah Winfrey

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Steve Jobs

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Steve Jobs

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Mahatma Gandhi

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Sigmund Freud

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Queen Elizabeth

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Princess Diana

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Bill Gates

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John Lennon

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Jesse James

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Dian Fossey

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Gloria Steinem

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Terry Fox

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Terry Fox

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Elvis Presley

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William Shakespeare

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Salvador Allende

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Billie Holiday

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Lech Walesa

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Akio Morita

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Bob Dylan

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Richard Pryor

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Martha Stewart

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James Naismith

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Pope John Paul II

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Alexander Graham Bell

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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Queen Noor

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Thomas Edison

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Mother Teresa

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Louis Armstrong

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Chung Ju-Yung

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Charlie Chaplin

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Coretta Scott King

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Mao Zedong

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Karl Marx

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Charles Goodyear

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Cesar Chavez

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Desmond Tutu

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Sam Walton

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Yuri Gagarin

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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

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Jigme Singye Wangchuck

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Charles de Gaulle

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Miguel de Cervantes

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Maya Angelou

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Joseph Stalin

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The Wright Brothers

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Christopher Columbus

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Frida Kahlo

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Charles Darwin

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Dr. Kevorkian

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Margaret Thatcher

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Whitney Houston

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Michael Jackson

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The Beatles

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The Beatles

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Louis Riel

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Neil Armstrong

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Norman Bethune

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Hugo Chavez

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Kim Yuna

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Kim Yuna

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Oscar Niemeyer

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Jane Austen

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Prince

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Prince

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Hedy Lamarr

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Chris Hadfield

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9/11 Heroes

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Black History Jigsaw

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Royalty Jigsaw

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Tommy Douglas

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Jim Henson

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Hillary Clinton

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Justin Trudeau

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Leonard Cohen

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Stan Lee

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Benjamin Franklin

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Michael J. Fox

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Shohei Ohtani

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Mozart

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Boris Johnson

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Frederick Douglass

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Viola Desmond

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Kamala Harris

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Eliud Kipchoge

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Terry Fox

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Marie Curie

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Dr. Seuss

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Fred Rogers

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Beethoven

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Virtue & Moir

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Banksy

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Gord Downie

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Jack Ma

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Lewis & Clark

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Viola Desmond

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Jim Henson

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Julian Assange

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Bach

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David Suzuki

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Stephen Hawking

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Elon Musk

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Lucy Maud Montgomery

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Steve Irwin

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Jack Ma

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Benjamin Franklin

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Harriet Tubman

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Martin Luther King Jr.

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Jane Goodall

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Tchaikovsky

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George Lucas

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Hillary Clinton

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy

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Simone Biles

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Roberta Bondar

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Margaret Atwood

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Michael J. Fox

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Greta Thunberg

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Frida Kahlo

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Taylor Swift

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Taylor Swift

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King Charles III

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Gord Downie

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