Informational Reading Comprehension: Biography of Dorothea Dix

Dorothea Dix was a dedicated humanitarian who led reforms in education, health care, and imprisonment practices in nineteenth-century America. Introduce your students to this famous advocate with this three-page reading comprehension worksheet! Students will first read a brief biography of Dorothea Dix’s life and achievements, including her work to improve living conditions for people with mental illnesses. Then, learners will use the text to answer a variety of nonfiction comprehension questions in which they'll gain practice determining the main ideas of a text, analyzing text structure, tracing arguments and claims, and using context clues to determine word meaning.