Compare and Contrast Presidents
Subject Language Arts, Technology
Description:
Your child will read facts about Abraham Lincoln and George Washington on a website before writing sentences that compare and contrast the two presidents. Here is the link to the website for this activity.
Learning Objectives:- Make and use graphic organizer to record information about each of the two presidents
- Compare and contrast facts about the two presidents.
- Use complete sentences when writing the facts.
Keywords: Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, president (others may be found in the graphic organizer)
Materials needed:
- Computer with internet access
- Paper
- Pen or pencil
Activities: Talk with your child about what he/she already knows about Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. Use the information to make a graphic organizer that shows the facts about each. Explain compare and contrast the two men using facts that your child already knows. Orally give examples.
Ask your child to read the facts from the website about both men. Then using complete sentences write compare and contrast sentences about them.
Answers may
include:
President Washington's father died when he was a boy. President Lincoln's mother died when he was a boy. President Washington grew up in a British Colony. Lincoln grew up in the states of Kentucky and Illinois.
George Washington was a soldier. Abraham Lincoln was not a soldier. Washington was the first president of our country. Lincoln was the sixteenth president of our country. Lincoln was from a poor family. Washington was from a wealthy family.
