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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.

  1. Click "Start Assignment".
  2. Write the president's name in the title.
  3. Write attributes in each description box.
  4. Illustrate each attribute using appropriate scenes, characters, and items.
  5. Save and Exit

Lesson Plan Reference

Common Core Standards
  • [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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