Woodrow wilson biography for 5th graders

WOODROW WILSON HISTORY LESSON

Directions:

Print the Woodrow Wilson 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

Woodrow Thomas Wilson was born on December 28, 1856 in Staunton, Virginia.

He was the son of a minister.

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Wilson moved back and forth between Georgia and South Carolina while he was growing up. As a child, Wilson had a learning disability but he worked very hard as a student.

Thanks to all his hard work, he was accepted to Davidson College in North Carolina and later he went to the college that would become Princeton University.

He graduated from college in 1879. After leaving the college that would become Princeton, Wilson studied law at the University of Virginia.

Woodrow wilson biography for 5th graders

After becoming a lawyer, Wilson married Ellen Axson. They were married until she died in 1914. The couple had th