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Activity Overview
So You Want to Be President? describes many attributes, facts, and tidbits of information about the presidents. In this activity, student will illustrate facts they have found about a specific president. Students can find information using the textual evidence, on the internet, or in other books.
Here is an example for Abraham Lincoln:
- He was the tallest president at 6 feet 4 inches.
- He was the first president to have a full beard.
Template and Class Instructions
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Student Instructions
Create a spider map that shows attributes and facts about a president from the book.
- Click "Start Assignment".
- Write the president's name in the title.
- Write attributes in each description box.
- Illustrate each attribute using appropriate scenes, characters, and items.
- Save and Exit
Lesson Plan Reference
- [ELA-Literacy/RI/2/2] Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
- [ELA-Literacy/RI/2/5] Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.
- [ELA-Literacy/RI/3/6] Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.
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