Biography Project Discussion Questions 

1. How does a person become a hero or a role model for others? 

2. What was this person’s major accomplishment? If you were designing symbolic 
representations for this person, what would you include? 

3. How did this person demonstrate perseverance? 

4. How did this person become famous? 

5. What character traits do you admire most in this person? 

6. What did you learn from this person’s life? 

7. Are there ways you can connect your experiences with this person’s experiences? 

8. What kind of impact did this person have on the lives of others? 

9. Can you link this person’s life to specific examples from fiction? 

10. Can you relate qualities in this person or aspects of this person’s experience to archetypes in 
literature? 

 
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