Matthew Henson: The First Man to Reach the North Pole: Educational Version

By Caitlind L. Alexander

Matthew Alexander Henson was born in Maryland in 1866. As a boy he worked as a sharecropper. A sharecropper is a farmer, but they don't own the land they farm. They grow the food, then they share their crop with the landowner.
Every year Matthew and his family would grow a crop. Then they would have to share half of what they grew with the man who owned the land.
Matthew's parents died when he was young. Matthew didn’t want to be a farmer, so he ran away to sail the seas. He went to Baltimore, Maryland.

Find out how this choice led Matthew to become friends with Robert Perry, and how the two of them went on an expedition to discover the North Pole.

The Educational Version has activities that meet Common Core Curriculum Standards.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: LearningIsland.com
• Release date: Sep 20, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301397204

Caitlind L. Alexander

Caitlind Alexander is the author of over 60 books for children, including the Jamie and Kendall Broderick Mystery series, the 14 Fun Facts and 101 Fun Facts series, the Wonderful World of Animals Series, and the Miss Jones series.She lives in California where she loves to visit historic places and learn about new things. She also loves to travel and has been all over the world.

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MATTHEW ALEXANDER HENSON

The First Man to Reach the North Pole

By Caitlind L. Alexander

A LearningIsland.com

15 - Minute Biography

Editor: Jennifer Robinson

Photographs by Library of Congress

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Matthew Alexander Henson / Caitlind L. Alexander

Summary: A biography of Matthew Alexander Henson, the first man to reach the North Pole.

1. Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866 - 1955. Juvenile Literature. 2. Robert E. Peary, 1856 - 1920. Juvenile Literature. 3. North Pole, Juvenile Literature.

Created in USA

RL: 4.0

W: 2118

Ages 8 and up.

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MATTHEW ALEXANDER HENSON

The First Man to Reach the North Pole

Born August 8, 1866. Died March 9, 1955

Matthew Alexander Henson was born in Maryland in 1866. As a boy he worked as a sharecropper. A sharecropper is a farmer, but they don't own the land they farm. They grow the food, then they share their crop with the landowner.

Every year Matthew and his family would grow a crop. Then they would have to share half of what they grew with the man who owned the land.

Matthew's parents died when he was young. Matthew didn’t want to be a farmer, so he ran away to sail the seas. He went to Baltimore,