Vocabulary
A good synonym for this word is prideful.
What is vain?
What is a main idea?
The main idea is the "big idea" the author wants you to understand or the main point the author is trying to make about a paragraph or passage.
What is a supporting detail?
What is a detail that explains, gives more information, or supports the main idea of the paragraph or passage?
George Washington said, "I greatly feel that my countrymen will expect too much from me," What did he mean by that?
What is, "He was afraid that people expected too much from him--that he wouldn't be able to live up to what they thought he could do?"
Quentin Roosevelt did this to cheer up his sick brother.
What is rode his pony upstairs in the White House elevator?
This word means that you are modest and that you really don't know how great you are.
What is humble?
Which main idea does this detail support: "The President never has to take out the garbage."
What is, "There are good things about being President?"
One main idea from the passage is, "There are good things about being president." Which of the following is a supporting detail for this main idea? A) The president always has to be polite. B) The President never has to take out the garbage. C) Many animals have lived at the White House.
What is, "The President never has to take out the garbage?"
Theodore Roosevelt said, "No President has ever enjoyed himself as much as I." What does this mean?
What is, "Theodore Roosevelt liked being the President of the United States?"
What did George Washington, Andrew Johnston and Harry Truman have in common?
What is they did not go to college?
This word means you have a duty to do something.
What is responsibility?
Which of these was a main idea of this selection? A) Roosevelt had many different animals. B) Bill Clinton had a cat. C) All kinds of pets lived in the White House. D) The Coolidges had a pet raccoon.
What is, "All kinds of pets lived in the White House?"
Which of these is a supporting detail from this story? A) All kinds of pets lived in the White House. B) Some presidents preferred dogs. C) There are bad things about being president.
What is, "Some presidents preferred dogs?"
Abraham Lincoln said, "I know very well that many others might in this matter as in others, do better than I." From this quote you can tell Lincoln was probably _____________.
What is "humble?"
Who is known as the most honest and humble President?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This is a document stating a system of laws.
What is the Constitution?
Which of these is a main idea from this story? A) All kinds of pets lived in the White House. B) Some presidents preferred dogs. C) Herbert Hoover had three dogs.
What is, "All kinds of pets lived in the White House?"
Which of these was a supporting detail of this selection? A) Quentin Roosevelt once took his pony Algonquin upstairs in the White House elevator. B) All kinds of pets lived in the White House. C) Almost any job can lead to the White House.
What is, "Quentin Roosevelt once took his pony Algonquin upstairs in the White House elevator?"
When someone threw a cabbage at Taft he said, "I see that one of my adversaries has lost his head." What did he mean by that.
What is, "He meant that one of his enemies was a 'cabbage head,' -- which means they aren't very smart?"
This president designed his own house (a mansion), founded the University of Virginia, and helped write the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
A synonym for this word is serious.
What is solemnly?
Which of the following was a main idea of the story? A) Most people become President to be famous. B) Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory. C) People want to be President for different reasons.
What is, "People want to be President for different reasons."
Which detail supports the main idea that most almost any job can lead to the White House? A) Presidents have been lawyers. B) Nine presidents didn't go to college. C) Having a president in your family can help you become president.
What is, "Presidents have been lawyers?"
When someone threw a cabbage at Taft he said, "I see that one of my adversaries has lost his head." What was the author trying to say about Taft when they included that in the story.
What is "he had a sense of humor?"
Why is it surprising that Andrew Johnson became president?
What is, "He didn't know how to read until he was 14, and couldn't write until after he was married?"