Grade 3 U2W2 Elisha Otis's Elevator

Grade 3 U2W2 Elisha Otis's Elevator

By Shawna O'Brien

Multiple Choice

What problem did Otis help his brother solve?

• How to stop elevators safely.

• How to move people up and down.

• How to build tall buildings in cities.

• How to move heavy things from floor to floor.

Multiple Choice

People did not want to ride in early elevators because-

• elevators did not have safe brakes.

• elevators could only move heavy things.

• elevators did not always go up and down.

• elevators were not strong enough to hold people.

Multiple Choice

Otis's invention affected elevators by-

• helping them move more quickly.

• helping them stop at each floor.

• making them able to go to the top floor.

• making them able to hold more people.

Poll

How well do you understand cause and effect in an informational text?

• Really well!

• Pretty well!

• Not so well.

• Not at all.

Multiple Choice

Which detail from the selection supports the idea that Otis's curiosity caused him to invent things?

• He was always interested in how things worked.

• This invention was used in buildings to lift heavy things from one floor up to another floor.

• Later in life, Otis started an elevator business.

• Otis had the idea to build a good brake system for elevators.