Is your class studying President George H.W. Bush? If so, they can learn how he became president and some of the economic problems he faced in office by reading this brief informational text. There are three questions to answer below the reading passage.

Concepts

the bush administration, george w. bush, budget deficits, the federal budget

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Additional Tags

george h.w. bush, bush administration, fiscal conservative, budget deficit, social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Spend some time going over the terminology in the passage to help your learners more fully understand the concepts
• Require class members to mark the text as they read; they can note the answers to the questions, circle unfamiliar words, and more
• This would work well as a homework assignment or quick assessment