James Madison Literacy Activities
This section includes numerous literacy activities involving James Madison. Use the filters on the left side of the page to isolate activities by grade level or format (online or printable).
James Madison Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 343 Words; LEXILE: 910
James Madison Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 343 Words; LEXILE: 910
James Madison Cloze Reading - Online
Description: This online cloze reading exercise requires students to type the words from the word bank into the correct fields in the paragraph. It gives immediate feedback.
Dolley Madison Online Reading Comprehension
Description: This interactive reading comprehension activity allows students to read a passage, annotate text with highlights, adjust font settings, and listen to the passage using a built-in text-to-speech feature. It includes multiple-choice questions with navigation options, a “See All Questions” mode, and a printable, color-coded score report showing elapsed time and detailed feedback.
Comparing and Contrasting Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
Description: This activity requires students to compare and contrast Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Students must evaluate ten statements to determine if each is associated with Jefferson, Madison, or both.
Sequencing the Life of James Madison
Description: This fun activity requires students to read a James Madison passage and then, to sequence eight events of his life from earliest to latest.
James Madison Correct-me Passage
Description: This fun activity requires students to correct a passage about James Madison that has eight factual errors. Students first must discover the errors, then click on them and select the correct answer from the drop down menu.
James Madison Fact or Fiction - Online
Description: This fun activity requires students to read a James Madison passage and then, to sort 10 statements into those that are facts and those that are fiction. It gives immediate feedback.
James Madison Fact or Fiction - Printable
Description: This fun activity requires students to read a James Madison passage and then, to sort 10 statements into those that are facts and those that are fiction.
Constitutional Convention Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.
Federalist Papers Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage andseven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.
Federalist Papers Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions.
Federalists versus Republicans Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.
Federalists versus Republicans Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 237 Words; LEXILE: 1210
United States Constitution Digital Scavenger Hunt - the Bill of Rights
Description: This interactive page allows students to use the interactive Constitution exhibit to complete the digital scavenger hunt about the Bill of Rights
War of 1812 Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.
War of 1812 Cloze Reading - Online
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
James Madison Digital Centers - by Computer Mice
Description: This resource includes numerous bundled digital learning, researching, communicating, reviewing, and gaming activities on James Madison in a single resource. Students can conduct research , fill out graphic organizers and Venn diagrams, write e-books with pictures, conduct interviews, determine fact or opinion, play games, and much, much more! If you're teaching about James Madison, you're sure to find any number of unique opportunities for your students here.
