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Abigail Adams: Persuading Her Husband WorksheetAbigail Adams: Persuading Her Husband Worksheet
Publisher
K12 Reader
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Grade
9th - 11th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Year
2012
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Abigail Adams: Persuading Her Husband

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After reading a brief excerpt from a letter written by Abigail Adams to her husband and future president of the United States, John Adams, your young historians will practice their reading comprehension skills and identify what Abigail is trying to persuade her husband to do.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

abigail adams, primary source analysis, first ladies, john adams, the first continental congress, women's history, women's rights, famous women, persuasive arguments, persuasive language, persuasive letters, persuasive text

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • This would be a great resource to begin a discussion of women's rights in that time period
  • Consider reading the text together as a class, identifying some difficult vocabulary and analyzing as you read along

Classroom Considerations

  • Learners can continue their writing on the back of their worksheets or a separate sheet of paper

Pros

  • Text of excerpt from letter provided
  • Includes answer key

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.9-10.6

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