Dr. Kevorkian

Famous People

High Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

Unlike many of the patients he helped, Dr. Kevorkian died of natural causes. In this lesson, students learn about this eccentric doctor. They interview each other about eccentric people in their own lives and practice the pronunciation of common diseases.

This lesson mentions suicide. Teacher discretion is advised.

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Focus

topic-based
academic
4-skills
biography
assisted suicide

Vocabulary

suicide
civil right
nickname
euthanize
eccentric
flea market
lethal
Alzheimer’s
paralysis
legalize
second-degree murder
Congress
A spinning paper plane
A spinning paper plane