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Thomas Jefferson Literacy Activities

This section includes numerous literacy activities involving Thomas Jefferson. Use the filters on the left side of the page to isolate activities by grade level or format (online or printable).

Thomas Jefferson Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 250 Words; LEXILE: 810

Thomas Jefferson 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: 250 Words; LEXILE: 810

Thomas Jefferson Cloze Reading

Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph or paragraphs/

Declaration of Independence Reading Comprehension for Google Classroom

Description: This modified google quiz form allows you to collect data and scores using this reading comprehension exercise as part of your google classroom. These are designed for you to customize, add to, subtract from, and change . PLEASE MAKE A COPY AND DO NOT TYPE ON THE ORIGINAL.

Declaration of Independence Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This American Revolution/Revolutionary War 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 = 267 Words; LEXILE = 1110

Declaration of Independence Reading Comprehension

Description: This American Revolution/Revolutionary War resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 267 Words; LEXILE = 1110

Is Recess an Unalienable Right? - Declaration of Independence

Description: This writing prompt requires students to understand the concept of unalienable rights and then to form a persuasive essay on whether recess is a right or privilege that teachers should be able to take away.

The Secret Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence

Description: This American Revolution/Revolutionary War parody on the Declaration of Independence require students to fix the spelling, grammar, and punctuation of the "rough" draft of Thomas Jefferson's declaration.

Thomas Jefferson and the University of Virginia Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions.

Thomas Jefferson and the University of Virginia 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.

Thomas Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven 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.

Thomas Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions.

Virtual History Teacher - Grading a Thomas Jefferson Test

Description: Students play the role of a virtual history teacher and must grade responses to three questions about the life of Thomas Jefferson. Each response is incomplete, and students must fill in the missing information in the "response" section. Students can use the Thomas Jefferson biography for reference.

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.

Thomas Jefferson Digital Centers - by Computer Mice

Description: This resource includes numerous bundled digital learning, researching, communicating, reviewing, and gaming activities on Thomas Jefferson 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 Thomas Jefferson, you're sure to find any number of unique opportunities for your students here.

Louisiana Purchase 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

July 4, 1826: The Deaths of Jefferson and Adams Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions on the July 4th deaths of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. It gives immediate feedback.

July 4, 1826: The Deaths of Jefferson and Adams Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions.

Thomas Jefferson Activities Bundle -16 Printable Thomas Jefferson Activities from MrNussbaum.com

Description: This packet contains all of the printable Thomas Jefferson activities on MrNussbaum.com

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