9136 who am i

Read the descriptions of these famous people who overcame obstacles to succeed.. Put the number of the famous person in the circle by his/ her picture.. Hans Christian Anderson Lance Arm

Read the descriptions of these famous people who overcame obstacles to succeed Then match the person’s name to his/her description Put the number of the famous person in the circle by his/ her picture

Hans Christian Anderson

Lance Armstrong

Beethoven

Marc Chagall

Charlie Chapman

Mary Cassat Dalai Lama Charles Darwin Thomas Edison Sigmund Freud

Mahatma Gandhi Steven Hawking Magic Johnson Michelangelo Golda Meir

Christopher Reeve Jackie Robinson Nelson Rockefeller Vincent Van Gogh Stevie Wonder

Who

Am I?

1

I was born into one of the

richest families in the U.S

and served as Vice

President despite suffering

from dyslexia

2

I was a painter who had to overcome society’s rules about a woman’s role in life

3

I was an actor who became a paraplegic after falling from a

horse

4

I am a very successful

musician despite being blind

since I infancy

5

I am a cancer survivor who won the Tour de France 7 consecutive times

(1999-2005)

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8

I was an artist who overcame religious persecution

6.

I was the fourth Prime Minister of Israel and had

cancer

7

I was an English naturalist who

proposed and provided

scientific evidence to support

I am the leader of the Buddhist faith who fearing persecution fled China and now lives in exile in Tibet

9

I fought against racial discrimination through non-violent protests

I was a brilliant artist who suffered from mental illness and eventually committed suicide

13

I faced religious discrimination and founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology

11

I fought against racial prejudice

to become the first African

American major league baseball

player

16

I am one of the most famous classical composers despite being deaf

17

I am one of the most

famous physicists in the

world I established the

theory of “Black Holes”

19

Although I became deaf early in life, I invented the phonograph and many other devices

18

I wrote fairy tales that are still read today

15

I was a very successful basketball player in the NBA who retired after contracting AIDS After retiring, I became a successful businessman

14

I overcame poverty to

become a famous

comedian in silent

movies

20

I overcame my father’s opposition

to become one of the greatest Italian Renaissance painters

Answer Key

1.Nelson Rockefeller 2 Mary Cassatt 3.Christopher Reeve 4 Stevie Wonder

5 Lance Armstrong 6 Golda Meir 7 Charles Darwin 8 Marc Chagall

9 Mahatma Gandhi 10 The Dalai Lama 11 Jackie Robinson 12 Vincent Van Gogh

13 Sigmund Freud 14 Charlie Chaplin 15 Beethoven 16 Magic Johnson

17 Stephen Hawking 18 Hans Christian

Anderson

19 Thomas Edison 20 Michelangelo