Norman Bethune

Famous People

High Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

Students read a brief bio about Canadian surgeon Norman Bethune. In addition to comprehension questions and a vocabulary review, they discuss the idea of public health care. Students also compare communism and capitalism.

Open PDF

Focus

topic-based
academic
4-skills
biography
Canada
surgery
war
communism

Vocabulary

innovation
blood transfusion
follow in one’s footsteps
stretcher
wounded
radical
artificially
collapse
communism
shock
sanitation
martyr
A spinning paper plane
A spinning paper plane