Outline

Ben Carson was a man who overcame great adversities and did great things.

I.Early Life Note Cards

A.Early Life 1

Quotes: "Ben Carson had a childhood dream of becoming a physician."

Paraphrasing: Ben's whole life he dremt of becoming a doctor.

Source: "Carson America Exploratory Committee." Carson America Exploratory

Committee. Carson America Exploratory Committee, 2015. Web. 22 Mar. 2015.

B.Early Life 2

Quotes: "Ben's grades improved dramatically and he started to develop what would
become a life-long love affair with learning."

Paraphrasing: Ben would continually strive for knowledge throughout his life. he
never got sick of learning.

Source: "Carson America Exploratory Committee." Carson America Exploratory

Committee. Carson America Exploratory Committee, 2015. Web. 22 Mar. 2015.

C.Early Life 3

Quotes: "'It was at that moment that I realized I wasn't stupid,' he recalled later."

Paraphrasing: Within a few weeks Ben became the top of his class, impressing both
teachers and students.

Source: "Benjamin Carson Biography." -- Academy of Achievement. American

Academy of Achievement, 18 Apr. 2012. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.

D.Early Life 4

Quotes: "Young Ben excelled in high school and upon completion, went on to attend
college at Yale University."

Paraphrasing: Ben not only excelled at highschool but also excelled in college and
graduated witha degree in psychology.

Source: "Carson America Exploratory Committee." Carson America Exploratory

Committee. Carson America Exploratory Committee, 2015. Web. 22 Mar. 2015.

E.Early Life 5

Quotes: "He met Candy, the young lady who would become his wife."

Paraphrasing: While at Yale Ben would meet Candy Rustin who he would later marry.

Source: "Carson America Exploratory Committee." Carson America Exploratory

Committee. Carson America Exploratory Committee, 2015. Web. 22 Mar. 2015.

F.Early Life 6

Quotes: "And when he read about the work of a missionary doctor who had gone
overseas to help sick people, he had a goal: he, too, would become a doctor."

Source: "Ben Carson." Contemporary Heroes and Heroines. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale,
1992. N. pag. Biography in Context. Web. 24 Mar. 2015.
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II.Adversity Note Cards

A.Adversity 1

Quotes: "Ben Carson overcame poverty, racism, and a violent temper to become a
world-renowned neurosurgeon."

Source: "Ben Carson." Contemporary Heroes and Heroines. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale,
1992. N. pag. Biography in Context. Web. 24 Mar. 2015.
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B.Adversity 2

Quotes: "She required them to read two library books a week and to give her written
reports on their reading even though, with her own poor education, she could barely
read what they had written."

Paraphrasing: Doing this is what led to Ben's love of reading and learning.

Source: "Benjamin Carson Biography." -- Academy of Achievement. American

Academy of Achievement, 18 Apr. 2012. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.

C.Adversity 3

Quotes: "Fortunately, Bens mother, having only completed third grade herself,
challenged her two children to reach beyond their meager circumstances through
reading and building their knowledge of the world."

Paraphrasing: Ben struggled in school but his mother, fueled by the fact that she
had only completed classes up to the third grade, made sure that he got his grades
up and ben started to excell at school.

Source: "Carson America Exploratory Committee." Carson America Exploratory

Committee. Carson America Exploratory Committee, 2015. Web. 22 Mar. 2015.

D.Adversity 4

Quotes: "His classmates called him "dummy" and he developed a violent,

uncontrollable temper."

Paraphrasing: Benjamin struggled with his temper his whole life and it often got him
into trouble.

Source: "Benjamin Carson Biography." -- Academy of Achievement. American

Academy of Achievement, 18 Apr. 2012. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.

E.Adversity 5

Quotes: "...he learned to control the violent temper that still threatened his future."

Paraphrasing: Ben learned to control his temper at a young age which helped him
excell in the future.

Source: "Benjamin Carson Biography." -- Academy of Achievement. American

Academy of Achievement, 18 Apr. 2012. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.

F.Adversity 6

Quotes: "Thanks in large part to his mother, his own determination, and his strong
religious faith, however, he avoided becoming just another statistic and is now an
acknowledged expert in pediatric neurosurgery at one of the most prestigious
medical facilities in the world."

Source: "Ben Carson." Contemporary Heroes and Heroines. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale,
1992. N. pag. Biography in Context. Web. 24 Mar. 2015.
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G.Adversity 7

Quotes: "'I would just fly off the handle, and the only thing that was important to
me, if somebody made me mad, was to make them unhappy,' he explained. 'If that
meant hitting them with a rock or a brick or a baseball bat, that's what I wanted to
do.'"

Paraphrasing: Ben's temper often got him into trouble.

Source: "Ben Carson." Contemporary Heroes and Heroines. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale,
1992. N. pag. Biography in Context. Web. 24 Mar. 2015.
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III.Career Note Cards

A.Career 1

Quotes: "After graduation, Ben would work as an X-ray technician, a bank teller, a
school bus driver, a supervisor for highway cleanup crews, and a crane operator in a
steel factory, before being accepted into The University of Michigan School of
Medicine."

Paraphrasing: Ben had many jobs including a bank teller, a school bus driver, and
an X-ray technician, after graduating from Yale. He later returned to school at The
University of Michigan School of Medicine.

Source: "Carson America Exploratory Committee." Carson America Exploratory

Committee. Carson America Exploratory Committee, 2015. Web. 22 Mar. 2015.

B.Career 2

Quotes: "After graduating medical school, Ben moved his family to Baltimore where
he performed his residency training at the Johns Hopkins University Medical Center."

Paraphrasing: John started training at John Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore.

Source: "Carson America Exploratory Committee." Carson America Exploratory

Committee. Carson America Exploratory Committee, 2015. Web. 22 Mar. 2015.

C.Career 3

Quotes: "Johns Hopkins and Baltimore, Maryland would become his home for most
of his career, as Dr. Carson went on to direct pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns
Hopkins Childrens Center for 29 years."

Paraphrasing: Ben Carson stayed in Baltimore and more specifically at John Hopkins
for most of his career. He ended up directing pediatric neurosurgery at Hopkins for
29 years.

Source: "Carson America Exploratory Committee." Carson America Exploratory

Committee. Carson America Exploratory Committee, 2015. Web. 22 Mar. 2015.

D.Career 4

Quotes: "...the first and only successful separation of craniopagus (Siamese) twins
joined at the back of the head in 1987..."

Paraphrasing: Dr. Carson would succeed to separate Siamese twins conjoined at the
back of the head in 1987, which had not yet been done successfully and has yet to
be done again.

Source: "Carson America Exploratory Committee." Carson America Exploratory

Committee. Carson America Exploratory Committee, 2015. Web. 22 Mar. 2015.

E.Career 5

Quotes: "...the first completely successful separation of type-2 vertical craniopagus

twins in 1997 in South Africa..."

Paraphrasing: He also was the first completely successful doctor to separate

Siamese twins connected at the top of the head in 1997.

Source: "Carson America Exploratory Committee." Carson America Exploratory

Committee. Carson America Exploratory Committee, 2015. Web. 22 Mar. 2015.

F.Career 6

Quotes: "...the first successful placement of an intrauterine shunt for a

hydrocephalic twin."

Paraphrasing: Along with other accomplishments he successfully placed a shunt to

drain the excess cebralspinal fluid around the brain of a hydrocephalic twin.

Source: "Carson America Exploratory Committee." Carson America Exploratory

Committee. Carson America Exploratory Committee, 2015. Web. 22 Mar. 2015.

G.Career 7

Quotes: "His excellent hand-eye coordination and three-dimensional reasoning

skills made him a superior surgeon."

Paraphrasing: Ben would not only be a good neurosurgeon but one of the best.

H.Career 8

Quotes: "In 1987, Carson made medical history with an operation to separate a pair
of Siamese twins."

Source: "Benjamin Carson Biography." -- Academy of Achievement. American

Academy of Achievement, 18 Apr. 2012. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.

I.Career 9

Quotes: "A 70-member surgical team, led by Dr. Carson, worked for 22 hours."

Paraphrasing: This became the only surgery that separated twins conjoined at the
back of the head where they both survived.

Source: "Benjamin Carson Biography." -- Academy of Achievement. American

Academy of Achievement, 18 Apr. 2012. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.

J.Career 10

Quotes: "Carson's other surgical innovations have included... a hemispherectomy, in

which an infant suffering from uncontrollable seizures has half of its brain removed."
This stops the seizures, and the remaining half of the brain actually compensates
for the missing hemisphere."

Paraphrasing: Removing this part of the brain, stops seizures and the rest of the
brain makes up for the missing part.

Source: "Benjamin Carson Biography." -- Academy of Achievement. American

Academy of Achievement, 18 Apr. 2012. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.

IV.Contribution Note Cards

A.Contribution 1

Quotes: "Ben and Candy Carson founded the Carson Scholars Fund in 1994."

Paraphrasing: Dr. Carson and his wife started a foundation to give scholarships to
kids who excelled in school and community service.

Source: "Carson America Exploratory Committee." Carson America Exploratory

Committee. Carson America Exploratory Committee, 2015. Web. 22 Mar. 2015.

B.Contribution 2

Quotes: "Carson Reading Rooms in schools across the country to encourage young
students and their families to discover the pleasure of reading and to recognize the
true power of learning."

Paraphrasing: He also established rooms in schools throughout the US where

parents and young kids are encouraged to enjoy reading and learning.

Source: "Carson America Exploratory Committee." Carson America Exploratory

Committee. Carson America Exploratory Committee, 2015. Web. 22 Mar. 2015.

C.Contribution 3

Quotes: "In 2008, the White House announced that Benjamin Carson would receive
the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor."

Source: "Benjamin Carson Biography." -- Academy of Achievement. American

Academy of Achievement, 18 Apr. 2012. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.