Pros and Cons of Being President | So You Want to Be President?

So You Want to be President? - Compare/Contrast

Activity Overview

In this activity, students will make a list of the pros and cons of being the president of the United States. So You Want to Be President? describes many reasons why it would be a good idea to be president and many reasons why it wouldn’t. Students can compile a list of pros and cons from textual evidence alone, by researching on the internet, or in other books. Using the T-Chart, students will list and illustrate the pros in one column and the cons in the other.

Here is an example:

PROS

lives in the White House
has a pool, bowling alley, and movie theater
doesn’t have to eat yucky vegetables

CONS

always has to be dressed up
can’t go anywhere alone
people get mad at you

Lesson Plan Reference

Grade Level 2-3

Difficulty Level 3 (Developing to Mastery)

Type of Assignment Individual or Partner

Common Core Standards

[ELA-Literacy/RI/3/2] Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
[ELA-Literacy/RI/3/7] Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).
[ELA-Literacy/RI/3/8] Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).

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