Lester B. Pearson

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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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/lester-b-pearson

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 Lester B. Pearson born?April 23, 1897
2. Where was Lester B. Pearson born?Newtonbrook, Ontario, Canada
3. Who was Lester B. Pearson?Lester B. Pearson was a Canadian Prime Minister who won a Nobel Peace Prize and helped create Canada’s flag.
4. Why did he win the Nobel Peace Prize?He helped solve the Suez Crisis by proposing the United Nations Emergency Force, a new way to keep peace.

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