Mark twain biography video questions

This is our resource for viewing Biography's Mark Twain: His Amazing Adventures in your classroom.

Great for including with any study of Twain's literature.

List at least THREE of the jobs or occupations Mark Twain had in his lifetime.

List at least THREE of the jobs or occupations Mark Twain had in his lifetime.

This is a question video quiz for students to accompany the Ken Burns documentary about Mark Twain.

What year did Mark Twain begin dressing exclusively in his trademark white suit?

There are two activities in this Mark Twain biography viewing guide to introduce your students to Mark Twain or supplement your Twain unit or American.

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The documentary episode is 44 minutes in length and is available for free on Biography's YouTube account (video title: "Mark Twain: His Amazing Adventures | Full Documentary | Biography").

Students will complete viewing guide questions and discussion questions.

We've made sure to space out the viewing guide questions enough so that it's not too fast for writing down answers. The discussion questions prompt students to reflect on the content they learned in the film and can be done either independently or in small groups.

At the end, you can have the whole class share out.

This product includes:

• Overview
• Viewing Guide (answer key included)
• Discussion Questions (answer key included)
  

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