Christopher Hitchens

High school (ages 12+)
Philosophy & Big Questions

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/christopher-hitchens

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Christopher Hitchens born?April 13, 1949
2. Where was Christopher Hitchens born?Portsmouth, England
3. When did Christopher Hitchens die?December 15, 2011
4. What nationality was Christopher Hitchens?British and American
5. What is the education?University of Oxford (Philosophy, Politics, and Economics)
6. What is the career?Author and journalist

Polemicist: A person who engages in strongly worded, controversial arguments or debates.
Secularism: The principle that religious institutions and religious considerations should be separate from the state and public affairs.
Epistemology: The branch of philosophy concerned with the theory of knowledge, especially with its methods, validity, and scope.
Trotskyist: A follower of the political and economic theories of Leon Trotsky, a Russian revolutionary.