This 3-page 2nd grade social studies check covers George Washington in three parts. Part 1 has five multiple-choice questions with three options each, such as his home at Mount Vernon and the coin that carries his picture. Part 2 asks students to label three sentences Fact or Myth, including the cherry tree story. Part 3 is a short written answer. Page 3 is the answer key with a sample answer.
“Recall key facts about George Washington, including his role as the first president and as leader of the army.”
Part 1 questions 1, 2, 3 and 5 ask for these facts and Part 3 asks students to say why he is remembered.
“Tell a historical fact from a made-up story.”
Part 2 sorts three sentences into Fact or Myth, starting with the cherry tree story.
Five questions with check boxes. Was Washington the first, second or third president, what was his job before that, what was the name of his Virginia home, which coin shows his picture and what is his nickname. A portrait sits beside the title.
A table of three sentences with a column to write Fact or Myth. They cover the cherry tree story, his false teeth not being made of wood, and his picture on the one-dollar bill and the quarter.
One question asks why Americans remember and celebrate George Washington today. Students write one or two complete sentences on three lines.
Letters for questions 1 to 5, Fact or Myth for each sentence, and a sample answer for the short question.
After a read-aloud
Give it after a picture-book biography. Five questions and three sentences fit in about 15 minutes, and the short answer can be finished the next day.
Fact or myth vote
Read the three sentences aloud and have students vote with thumbs before they write. The false teeth sentence starts the most talk, because it is worded with not.
Money on the desk
Pass around a real quarter and a one-dollar bill for question 4 and sentence 3. Students find Washington on each one themselves.
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