Activity 1: Discuss the quotation below. Who is it about? How do you know? Who might have said this?

Worksheet 1 Fact file

He couldn’t go anywhere without being

stared at and drawing a crowd. Some people

would bother him, you know, because of his

height. They might come up behind him and

pinch his leg or something else, you know,

or even maybe try to kick him in the shins,

make sure he wasn’t on stilts.

Activity 2: Complete the fact file on Robert Pershing Wadlow below.

Fact file: Robert Pershing Wadlow

Nationality: Place of birth:

Date of birth: Birth weight:

Mother’s name: Father’s name:

Number of brothers: Number of sisters:

Height at 22: Weight at 22:

Shoe size: Cost of shoes per pair:Hobbies:

Medical problems:

Records broken:

Date of death: Cause of death:

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