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Center for History Education

Why is John Adams Standing on Thomas Jefferson's Foot?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Was it a bromance, or were they frenemies? Young historians use a controversial portrait and letters between Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and others to evaluate the relationship between the two Founding Fathers. Examining the primary...
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Introduction to Abigail Adams

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Remember this lady! Abigail Adams, the wife of John Adams, the second President of the United States, and the mother of the sixth president, John Quincy Adams, was much more than a wife and mother. This prolific letter writer is the...
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John Adams

For Students 8th - 12th
In this online interactive history quiz worksheet, students respond to 49 multiple choice questions about the accomplishments of John Adams. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Activity
Education World

Every Day Edit - President John Adams

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about President John Adams. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and spelling.
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PPT
Alabama Learning Exchange

American Revolution

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Introduce learners to the key players of the American Revolution. Each slide provides biographical information on the following people: John Adams, Samuel Adams, Crispus Attucks, King George III, Lord Cornwallis, Thomas Paine, Polly...
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Consequences of the Sedition Act

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research and discuss the consequences of the Sedition Act. They illustrate the difficulty of balancing security needs and personal freedom using an example from John Adams's presidency.
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K12 Reader

Abigail Adams: Persuading Her Husband

For Students 9th - 11th Standards
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...
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Abigail and John in Love

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The second lesson in the series asks groups to analyze an exchange of love letters between Abigail and John Adams. Scholars identify the many allusions and references in the letters and consider what they can infer about the writers.
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John Adams

For Students 8th - 12th
In this online interactive history quiz worksheet, students respond to 5 short answer and essay questions about the life and accomplishments of John Adams.
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Writing
Curated OER

Essay About a Quote by John Adams

For Students 6th - 7th
In this essay worksheet, students read the quote by John Adams, "A government of laws, and not of men." Students write an essay about what they think this means.
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Curated OER

John Adams Coloring Page

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this John Adams worksheet, students color and decorate a picture of the second President of the United States, John Adams.
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Curated OER

Creating the Constitution

For Students 8th - 11th
Useful as a review assignment or as a quiz, these ten questions on the U.S. Constitution address its creation. Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Ben Franklin are the main topics of the questions, as well as The Three-Fifths Compromise.
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Curated OER

Abigail Adams: Integrating Social Studies and Language Arts

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders increase reading strategies while learning about Abigail Adams and her role in history. In this Abigail Adams lesson plan, 3rd graders read about the American Revolution and Abigail Adams using all the balanced literacy...
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Abigail Adams and Thomas Jefferson

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed Standards
In addition to her letters to her husband, family members, and friends, Abigail Adams also wrote to key political figures of the time. In this lesson, scholars examine letters Adams' wrote to and received letters from Thomas Jefferson...
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Abigail as Letter Writer

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed Standards
The fourth instructional activity in the series of 16 asks researchers to analyze an exchange of letters between John and Abigail Adams for what they each valued in letter writing.
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PPT
Curated OER

1792 Election Results

For Teachers 10th - 12th
The beginning of American politics and elections is found in these slides, which detail the 1792, 1796, 1800 elections of Washington, Adams, and Jefferson (respectively). Plan on including your own discussion points and details in this...
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Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: President John Adams

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about President John Adams. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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Abigail as Feminist

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Young historians examine a 1778 letter from Abigail Adams to John Thaxter and another from Abigail to her husband John Adams, written in 1776, that reveal her views on the perceived role of women and the laws that governed women's roles....
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From the President's Lips: The Concerns that Led to the Sedition (and Alien) Act

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research and briefly summarize the international situation during John Adams's presidency. They list the concerns that led to the Sedition Act and describe it.
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Curated OER

Bunker Hill

For Students 5th
In this reading comprehension learning exercise, 5th graders will read a passage about John Adams and Bunker Hill. Students will then respond to five fill in the blank and five multiple choice questions about the story.
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National First Ladies' Library

The Education of Abigail Adams

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners read the biography of Abigail Smith Adams from the First Ladies Library web site. They work in small groups to write a description of her education. Students discuss their findings, and extend this to the education of girls in...
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Abigail in Mourning

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed Standards
People deal with grief in different ways. The series of Abigail Adams' letters in this instructional activity reveals how she dealt with losing her mother, father, and community members. The included worksheet helps young scholars...
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Skits and John Adams' Administration

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students perform skits which have been prepared on the events of John Adams' administration, including: The Alien and Sedition Acts, The Judiciary Act of 1801 (The Case of the Midnight Judges), The XYZ Affair, and the Kentucky and...
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The Era of Good Feelings

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Setting the context for the first part of the 19th century, the slides presented here display the "Era of Good Feelings," including the presidencies of Monroe and Adams. Maps and photographs help students to contextualize the concepts of...

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