Informational Reading Comprehension: Biography of Thurgood Marshall

Introduce students to Thurgood Marshall—one of the leading figures of the United States civil rights movement—with this informational reading comprehension worksheet! Designed for middle school learners, this two-page worksheet asks students to read a short biography about Thurgood Marshall’s life and achievements and then answer several text-based comprehension questions. In addition to learning about this important historical figure, readers will practice essential nonfiction comprehension skills, such as identifying the main idea, making inferences, citing text evidence, and analyzing the interaction between ideas in a text.