WEEK 1 – ACTIVITY 1

Reading Comprehension Strategy

After practicing reading with the skimming and scanning skill. Design a timeline about Dr.
Blackwell’s life. You can design it by hand or you can do it in the computer.

1821 Born in England

Elizabeth´s father
1832 moved the family to the
United States

Her father died after a

1838
short illness

A visit to a neighbor
1844 changed the direction of
Elizabeth´s life

Blackwell moved to
1845 North Carolina and then
South Carolina

Blackwell applied to the

1847
best medical colleges

Elizabeth Blackwell

She graduated of the

1849
medical college

She returned to the

United States and set up
1851
an office in New York
City

She established a small

hospital for poor
1857
women and children in
New York City

Blackwell and her sister

opened the Women´s
1868
Medical College of the
New York .

She wrote books to

teach girls and women
1877
how to protect their
health

1910 She died