theodor seuss geisel
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Theodor SEUSS Geisel. The man behind the pen. By: Monique Sims. Life. Born March 2, 1904 Died September 24, 1991 Lived through: Sinking of Titanic, Prohibition, World War 1 and 2, Cold War Springfield, MA Came from wealthy family (Family owned Brewery) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Theodor SEUSS GeiselThe man behind the pen
By: Monique Sims
+Life• Born March 2, 1904• Died September 24, 1991• Lived through: Sinking of Titanic, Prohibition, World
War 1 and 2, Cold War• Springfield, MA• Came from wealthy family (Family owned Brewery)• Critical and cold father, encouraging loving
mother, older sister• Married twice• Never had children of his own
+ Social/Emotional/Cognitive Characteristics
• Overexcitabilities• Imaginational
• Creativity• Intellectual
• Curiosity• Awareness/
alertness • Emotional
• Empathy• Emotional
Intensity• Underachievement• “Logical-nonsense”• Enjoyed learning
• Creative writing
• Cartooning• Superior language skills• Sense of Humor• Failure Avoidance
• Self-doubt• Perfectionism• Multipotentiality
• Film making• Political Cartoonist• Advertisement• Children’s/Adult
books
+ Eminence
• Three Oscars• Two Emmys• Three Caldecott Honor Awards• At least 9 Honorable Doctorates• 47 Children’s Books• Innumerable Political Cartoons• And many, many more
+ Interesting Facts• Most of the Political Cartoons he wrote were related to
Prohibition• A lot of his Political Cartoons poked fun at different
races (no race spared)• Didn't write his first children’s book until 1937• The Cat in the Hat is his most famous book and it
drastically increased the sales of all previous books• Cheated on his wife while she was dying• Came up with the Pseudonym Dr. Seuss after being
banned from writing at Dartmouth because of being caught with Alcohol during prohibition
• Dropped out of Oxford• Last book written: Oh, the placed you’ll Go! Published
1990