3.12 Questions, Sources, and Notetaking
The Big Driving Question
The Big "Driving" Question
The big questions provide focus and make biographical reading interesting. If you have a "big question", your readers will feel satisfied after reading the biography you will write. The reader will have an "understanding" of something important as a result of reading your biography.
- Some questions you might want to think about include:
- What kind of effect did he or she have on the world? other people?
- Do you feel this person made the world a better place to live in because of what he/she did? How? Why or why not?
- How would the history of the world been affected or changed if this significant
contributor had never lived? - What qualities did this person have that made him or her successful?
If you have a big question "in mind", it may change as you learn more about your person. That is OK.