Alexander Hamilton Online Fact or Fiction |
| Grade Level: 6 | Lexile: 1100 | Word Count: 742 |
| Read the passage and click the fact or fiction button next to each statement |
Use this Activity: |
| 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 15-20 minutes to complete, making it an ideal solution for morning work. It can be part of a series of Revolutionary War-themed comprehension activities offered to students as 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 click fact or fiction next to each statement. |
| Discuss - How did Hamilton’s early hardships shape his later success and ambition? Why was Hamilton’s role in creating the U.S. financial system so important for the new nation? How did Hamilton’s disagreements with other political leaders, like Aaron Burr and John Adams, affect his career and legacy? Do you think Hamilton’s ideas about government are still relevant today? Why or why not? |
| Debate - Do you think Alexander Hamilton’s vision of a strong central government was better for America than Thomas Jefferson’s vision of a limited federal government? |