Thomas Edison Biography Report Reading Passage & Comprehension Activities

Learn about the scientist, Thomas Edison, through a fun, easy to read reading passage, QR Codes for additional biography research, comprehension activities that support the sequence of events and categorizing facts, and a simple biography report. Help students research information about Thomas Edison or writing a biography report on this historical figure.

This biography of Albert Einstein is a great way to combine reading, writing, and social studies.

The Thomas Edison Biography and Report includes:

• Vocabulary Cards with key terms from the biography reading passage
• Vocabulary Activities such as matching and Fryer Model
• Poster of the historical figure in color & black and white
• Reading Passage in two formats (back and white one-page; color with photos two-page)
• QR Codes for additional research of the person
• Graphic Organizer for note-taking and report writing
• Fact Sort where students can categorize the key events and attributes
• Short Answer Comprehension Questions for the biography
• Summary Page
• Report Pages in several formats
• Pages without "cute" graphics for older readers
• Answer Key

Google Classroom™ Digital Version

• Google Slides™ with vocabulary activities, reading passages, websites for additional research, graphic organizers, fact sorts, comprehension questions, and writing pages.

This Thomas Edison Biography aligns well with my Biography Report for ANY Person. While this biography includes report pages, the Biography Report for ANY Person includes MANY more options and an in-depth study of biography report writing.

Also available are QR Codes for Biography Research Reports. QR Codes are included in this individual biography report. BUT if you want more QR Codes for other biographical people, they’re available separately.

Also available are Biographies for:

• Booker T Washington
• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
• Garrett Morgan
• Frederick Douglass
• George Washington Carver
• Harriet Tubman
• Jackie Robinson
• Jesse Owens
• Louis Armstrong
• Bessie Coleman
• Mae Carol Jemison
• Maya Angelou
• Rosa Parks
• Ruby Bridges
• Sojourner Truth
• Thurgood Marshall
• Abraham Lincoln
• Benjamin Franklin
• Betsy Ross
• Clara Barton
• George Washington
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Amelia Earhart
• Sarah E. Goode
• Anne Frank
• Dolores Huerta
• Helen Keller
• Jane Goodall
• Malala Yousafzai
• Sally Ride
• Susan B. Anthony
• Eleanor Roosevelt
• Annie Oakley
• Juliette Gordon Low
• The Wright Brothers
• Walt Disney
• Albert Einstein
• Barack Obama
• Marie Curie
• César Chávez
• Thomas Edison
• Thomas Jefferson

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