TASK 2 M3 LA3 BIOGRAPHY

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Task 2a. Fill in the story elements of “Maria Montessori“in the following table.

Orientation Events Reorientation

Paragraph 1  She opened the first Montessori
Maria Montessori was an school—the Casa dei Bambini, or
Italian physician, educator, Children’s House—in Rome on
and innovator, acclaimed January 6, 1907.
for her educational method
that builds on the way Maria Montessori was born on
children naturally learn. August 31, 1870, in the provincial
town of Chiaravalle, Italy. She was
well-schooled and an avid reader—
unusual for Italian women of that
time.
 Maria’s early medical practice
focused on psychiatry. She also
developed an interest in education.
Maria designed learning materials
and a classroom environment that
fostered the children’s natural desire
to learn..
Paragraph 5
Maria also campaigned on
behalf of women’s rights.
Traveling in India in 1940
when hostilities between
Italy and Great Britain broke
out, she was forced to live in
exile for the remainder of
the war. At war’s end she
returned to Europe, spending
her final years in
Amsterdam. She died
peacefully, in a friend’s
garden, on May 6, 1952.

Task 2b. Answer these questions.

1. What do the bolded words in the text mean?

I didn’t find any bolded words in the text.

2. What moral value can you draw from the text?

People should learn from the efforts and struggle of Maria Montessori’ for education which
consider about the children’s natural desire to learn and her campaign on women’s rights.
3. How did Maria manage the struggle in difficult times?
She traveled to India in 1940 when hostilities between Italy and Great Britain broke out and was
forced to live in exile for the remainder of the war.

4. How did she end her life?

At war’s end she returned to Europe, spending her final years in Amsterdam. She died
peacefully, in a friend’s garden, on May 6, 1952.

5. Why do you think Maria’s story beneficial for education?

Maria’s story beneficial for education because Maria Montessori’s effortss for education,
particularly her design in learning materials and a classroom environment that fostered the
children’s natural desire to learn are now applied and useful worldwide