Henry wadsworth longfellow biography facts worksheets

See the fact file below for more information on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow or alternatively, you can download our 22 page Henry Wadsworth Longfellow worksheet pack to utilise within the classroom or home environment.

Key Facts

Early Life and Interests

• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born on February 27, 1807, in Portland, Maine, part of Massachusetts. He was one of eight children of Stephen Longfellow, a local lawyer, and Zilpah Wadsworth, daughter of a Revolutionary War veteran.
• Young Henry enrolled at Portland Academy and then Bowdoin College. He was a bright student who excelled in foreign languages. As a young boy, Henry was interested in stories set in foreign places like the plays of Shakespeare and The Arabian Nights.
• While in Bowdoin, he met Nathaniel Hawthorne, a fellow student. By 1825, he graduated and travel
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Skip the typical Henry Wadsworth Longfellow lecture as you launch a study of Paul Revere’s Ride, The Song of Hiawatha, or introduce your students to the Fireside Poets and, instead, empower students to find their own interesting facts about this author’s life with this “Author Bio” print/post-and-teach activity.

This single-page worksheet (includes printable PDF and Google Drive versions) is a powerful research organizer that’ll get students digging deep into Longfellow’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 this author’s life.

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

1. Book your school’s computer lab or have students access Longfellow’s biography information on their own devices. Assign students to either work solo or in teams of two. Once the grids are complete, have students share and comp

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DIY Homeschooler

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Read the offering chapter online: “Longfellow although a Boy”

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