Favorite Authors Robert Louis Stevenson

Favorite Authors Robert Louis Stevenson His writing took us from simple children’s poems to the adventures of Treasure Island and Kidnapped, but how much do you know about Robert Louis Stevenson and the world he lived in? Try the following puzzles to find out! First, fill in the blanks in the following puzzle using the word bank provided. Next, create a timeline of Robert Louis Stevenson’s life by writing the letter that corresponds to the correct year beside each event. Finally, take a look at life in Robert Louis Stevenson’s time. For each date, choose the correct event from U.S. history and the correct event from world history and write their corresponding letters in the blanks beside the facts. An answer key is in the back if you get stumped. Have fun!

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Robert Louis Stevenson Fill-In Robert Louis Stevenson was born in ____________________, Scotland, on November 13, 1850, to ____________________ and ____________________ Stevenson. He was their only son, and it was expected that he would take over the family business, which was ____________________ engineering. Robert Louis Stevenson took the bar exam in Scotland to become a lawyer and passed, but he did not want to practice ____________________. His only love was ____________________. From the time he was a child, he had serious ____________________ issues. The lung disease he had as a child developed into ____________________. He loved to read, especially ____________________ history. He often went to ____________________ for his health, and it was there he met his future ____________________. She was an American, and they were later married in 1880. After traveling in Europe for his health with his family, he published

Treasure Island, his ____________________ novel, and probably his most famous. He moved back to Britain because of the threat of a ____________________ epidemic, but he found the climate in Britain was not good for his health. While there, however, he revised A Child’s Garden of Verses and wrote several other books, including Kidnapped. In 1887, he left Britain and moved his family to ____________________. He lived in New York for a while, then in 1888, he decided to sail to the South ____________________. He traveled through the islands and decided to settle in ____________________. It seemed to be a good place for his health, and he became very popular with the

inhabitants

of

the

island. He

also

wrote

many

essays, travel

books, and

____________________. Some of the poems in A Child’s ____________________ of Verses are “Bed in ____________________,” “The Land of Counterpane,” “My ____________________,” “The Swing,” and “The ____________________ of Story-Books.” tuberculosis

Summer

wife

Shadow

Edinburgh

law

first

cholera

Samoa

Thomas

America

Scottish

Seas

lighthouse

poetry

France

Garden

Margaret

writing

health

Land


Robert Louis Stevenson’s Life _____ 1. Published A Child's Garden of Verses _____ 2. Began studying at Edinburgh University _____ 3. Robert Louis Stevenson was born _____ 4. Published Kidnapped, his best long novel _____ 5. Robert Louis Stevenson was married _____ 6. Left San Francisco for the South Seas _____ 7. Attends school for the first time, but can’t spend much time there because of poor health _____ 8. Published The Ebb Tide _____ 9. Treasure Island is translated into French. _____ 10. Revised Treasure Island to publish as a book _____ 11. Began a five-month tour of Europe with his parents _____ 12. Passed the bar examination

a. 1888

g. 1857

b. 1867

h. 1875

c. 1880

i. 1890

d. 1863

j. 1885

e. 1894

k. 1883

f. 1886

l. 1850


Life in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Time U.S.

World

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_____ 1. 1850—Robert Louis Stevenson was born

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_____ 2. 1875—Passed the bar examination

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_____ 3. 1878—Published first book, An Inland Voyage, a travel book

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_____ 4. 1880—Married Fanny Osbourne, an American, and returned to Scotland

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_____ 5. 1883—Published Treasure Island as a book

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_____ 6. 1885—Published A Child’s Garden of Verses

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_____ 7. 1886—Published Kidnapped

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_____ 8. 1887—Moved to the United States with his family

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_____ 9. 1888—Left for the South Seas, eventually settling in Samoa

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_____ 10. 1894—Robert Louis Stevenson died

United States a. James Garfield was elected President of the United States b. The Washington Monument was dedicated in Washington, D.C. c. Knute Rockne, University of Notre Dame head football coach, was born d. Millard Fillmore was sworn in as President of the United States e. U.S. President Grover Cleveland was married in the White House, the only president ever to do so f. The Pullman Strike occurred g. Brooklyn Bridge was completed h. President Andrew Johnson of the United States died i. Grover Cleveland Alexander, legendary baseball pitcher, was born j. Poet Carl Sandburg was born World k. French educator, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founded the International Olympic Committee l. German chemist Clemens Winkler discovered germanium m. Robert Stephenson’s Britannia Bridge, over the Menai Straits in northwestern Wales, was completed n. The volcano “Krakatoa” in Indonesia erupted, with explosions heard 2,200 miles away in Australia o. The second Anglo-Afghan War began p. The Convention of Constantinople concerning the Suez Canal was signed q. The word “boycott” entered the English language as the result of a land-tenant situation in Ireland under British estate manager Charles C. Boycott r. Queen Victoria celebrated her golden jubilee s. John Joseph Curtin, prime minister of Australia, was born t. The opera Carmen, by the French composer Georges Bizet, was first performed © Bonnie Rose Hudson www.writebonnierose.com

Robert Louis Stevenson Fill-In Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on November 13, 1850, to Thomas and Margaret Stevenson. He was their only son, and it was expected that he would take over the family business, which was lighthouse engineering. Robert Louis Stevenson took the bar exam in Scotland to become a lawyer and passed, but he did not want to practice law. His only love was writing. From the time he was a child, he had serious health issues. The lung disease he had as a child developed into tuberculosis. He loved to read, especially Scottish history. He often went to France for his health, and it was there he met his future wife. She was an American, and they were later married in 1880. After traveling in Europe for his health with his family, he published Treasure Island, his first novel, and probably his most famous. He moved back to Britain because of the threat of a cholera epidemic, but he found the climate in Britain was not good for his health. While there, however, he revised A Child’s Garden of Verses and wrote several other books, including Kidnapped. In 1887, he left Britain and moved his family to America. He lived in New York for a while, then in 1888, he decided to sail to the South Seas. He traveled through the islands and decided to settle in Samoa. It seemed to be a good place for his health, and he became very popular with the inhabitants of the island. He also wrote many essays, travel books, and poetry. Some of the poems in A Child’s Garden of Verses are “Bed in Summer,” “The Land of Counterpane,” “My Shadow,” “The Swing,” and “The Land of Story-Books.” Robert Louis Stevenson’s Life 1. j 2. b 3. l 4. f 5. c 6. a 7. g 8. e 9. i 10. k 11. d 12. h Life in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Time U.S. World 1. __d__ __m_ 2. __h__ __t__ 3. __j__ __o__ 4. __a__ __q__ 5. __g__ __n__ 6. __b__ __s__ 7. __e__ __l__ 8. __i__ __r__ 9. __c__ __p__ 10. __f__ __k__ © Bonnie Rose Hudson www.writebonnierose.com