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A reading comprehension lesson on the fourth President of the United States, James Madison.
 

JAMES MADISON HISTORY LESSON

 

A history reading comprehension lesson on the fourth President of the United States, James Madison, with information on the work he did as one of the Founding Fathers of the nation. Includes a printable teaching lesson worksheet.

 

Suggested Grades:

4th Grade -5th Grade - 6th Grade

 

 

Teaching Objectives:

By completing this lesson, students will be able to demonstrate their reading comprehension skills, including reading strategies, inference, literal meaning, and critical analysis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

JAMES MADISON LESSON

 

Directions:

Print the James Madison reading comprehension passage and questions (see below).

 

Students should read the story silently, then answer the questions about the story that follow.

 

Excerpt from passage

James Madison was born on March 16, 1751, in the Westmoreland area of Virginia. He grew up the son of a wealthy planter. Madison had a chance to go to and graduate from what would become Princeton University in 1771. Apparently, the college experience was valuable because five years later, in 1776, Madison was elected to the Virginia Convention.

Madison was hired for the Convention. He was given the job of mediating the relationship between the colonies and Great Britain. However, Madison did not agree with mediation. Instead, he urged the members of the Convention to consider making the colonies independent from Britain. By 1777 he was elected to be a member of the Governor's Council and served as a member until 1780. At that point he was elected as to become a member of the prestigious Continental Congress for three years. This was quite an honor because James was the youngest member!

Despite his young age his leadership ability was apparent and he rose through the ranks quite quickly. However, he did have problems working with such congress members as Alexander Hamilton and various other men. The main problem James had was that he believed in the need for a stronger central government and wanted to create this by giving Congress the power to tax and regulate trade. (continued...)

 

 

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James Madison History Lesson

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 Includes reading comprehension passage, questions, and answers.

 

 

 

 

 

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