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Abraham Lincoln reading passage

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Looking for a reading comprehension activity featuring Abraham Lincoln? Here you go!

This reading passage is great for helping kids learn about our 16th president. It's Abraham Lincoln for kids!

Today I’m sharing a free sample from my bundle of reading comprehension passages about famous people. I’m sharing the mid-level reading passage about Abraham Lincoln (with a response sheet).

This reading passage is great for helping kids learn about our 16th president. It's Abraham Lincoln for kids!

Before I asked my Seven (a mid-year second grader) to read the passage, I shared a picture of the Lincoln Memorial that I’d found online. I asked him if he knew what it was.

“It’s the Lincoln Memorial. We were there last summer.”

“That’s right! Do you know of any other big buildings like this that were built in memory of other presidents?”

“There’s the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Memorial.”

“That’s right – although Washington Monument is more of a tower. It’s actually called an obelisk. America has had a lot of presidents. Why do you think that our country has built a memorial like this for Abraham Lincoln but not for most of the other presidents?”

“He won the Civil War.”

“Yes, that’s one thing he did. Let’s read this passage and think about why America wanted to honor Lincoln with this magnificent building.”

As you can see, that was a quick introduction. And it’s what I recommend if you use this passage in a guided reading group. No need to take all kinds of time getting kids ready to read … reserve most of your time for the actually reading and responding.

This reading passage is great for helping kids learn about our 16th president. It's Abraham Lincoln for kids!

He read the entire passage. After that, I asked a series of response questions. (When you purchase the entire bundle, you’ll get a teacher’s guide for each passage. They include discussion questions like these.)

  • Where did Lincoln live as he was growing up?
  • What did young Abe like to do more than anything else? Why do you think so?
  • What was slavery like?
  • Why were Southerners upset when Lincoln became president?
  • What was the Civil War? How did it end?
  • What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
  • Why do you think Lincoln was shot?
  • Why do you think America built the Lincoln Memorial?
  • What is on the front and back of the penny?

This reading passage is great for helping kids learn about our 16th president. It's Abraham Lincoln for kids!

After our post-reading discussion, it was time for him to do the response sheet. I had him highlight the answers in the reading passage. This came in handy when he chose the wrong answer for #1 and found the correct answer in the second sentence. 🙂

This reading passage is great for helping kids learn about our 16th president. It's Abraham Lincoln for kids!

When the questions were a little challenging, I helped him find the clues in the text.

This reading passage is great for helping kids learn about our 16th president. It's Abraham Lincoln for kids!

Most of the vocabulary words did not have clear definitions in the text. But he used context clues to infer their meanings.

This passage works well for kids reading at a mid-second grade reading level – but you may have advanced first graders or older learners for whom it’s a good fit!

Don’t forget – if you want two more passages for Abraham Lincoln, plus passages for eleven other famous people, grab my affordable bundle of reading comprehension passages!

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  1. Christina

    March 10, 2022 at 10:19 am

    We couldn’t figure out where to click to get the free Abe Lincoln Sample 🙁

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    • Christina

      March 10, 2022 at 10:34 am

      I ended up finding it now 🙂 Thank you!

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      • Heather Groth, Customer Support

        March 10, 2022 at 1:48 pm

        Great! Thank you for letting us know, Christina!

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