Wilbur wright brothers biography lesson plan
Teaching with Primary Sources MHU - Mars Hill University
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS:
WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT
WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT LESSON
Directions:
Print the Wilbur and Orville Wright reading comprehension passage and questions (see below).
Students should read the story silently, then answer the questions about the story that follow.
Excerpt from passage
Have you ever been on an airplane?
You may have flown to go someplace on vacation or to visit a relative for the holidays. Either way, you would not have been able to fly if it had not been for Wilbur and Orville Wright. The Wright Brothers were the first to ever fly an airplane.
The Beginning of the Wright Brothers
Orville and Wilbur were both born in the Midwest.
Their parents had five children.
wilbur wright brothers biography lesson plan2
Orville and Wilbur were the two youngest boys. They had two older brothers, Reuchlin and Lorin and a younger sister, Katharine. Wilbur was born on April 16, 1867 in Millville, Indiana. Orville, the youngest Wright boy, wa The Wright Brothers - Ellii (formerly ESL Library) MOL