Lincoln Assassination Online Reading Comprehension
Grade Level: 7+ | Lexile: 1300 | Word Count: 948
This activity gives a printable score report and allows for narration.

Use this Activity:

Discuss -

  1. What do you think Lincoln’s dream meant, and why might it have stayed with him?
  2. Why did John Wilkes Booth want to kill President Lincoln and others in the government?
  3. How did Booth manage to escape Ford’s Theater, and what happened to him afterward?
  4. Do you think all of Booth’s helpers should have been punished the same way? Why or why not?
Reading Groups - This passage serves as an excellent tool for enrichment-based reading groups in language arts or social studies.
Morning Work - The activity takes most students about 20 minutes to complete, making it an ideal solution for morning work.
Homework - This activity is a great way to assign homework in social studies or language arts.
Whiteboard - Have students come to the whiteboard to annotate important information or to click the correct answers.