Lorraine hansberry biography summary worksheet

Skip the typical Lorraine Hansberry introduction lecture and empower students to find their own interesting facts about this author’s life as you launch a study of A Raisin in the Sun with this “Author Bio” print-and-go activity.

This single-page worksheet (PDF & Google Drive versions included) is a powerful biography research organizer that’ll get students digging deep into Lorraine Hansberry’s background.

Please note: This download does NOT include a specific article or links to defined articles.

It is an organizer tool for students to use as they conduct their own research. In my experience, students take more ownership of the material when they are the ones to research and discover the elements that make a literary figure’s life fascinating.

They’ve seen enough of our introductory slideshows; this time, let your kids do the work and discuss/determine what they think is meaningful about Hansberry’s life.

Here are a few suggested uses for this flexible research tool:

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