Vote Reading Wonders
Authored by Margaret Anderson
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3rd Grade
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This quiz focuses on civics and social studies content specifically examining voting rights, voting procedures, and democratic participation in the United States. Designed for 3rd grade students, the questions assess reading comprehension skills applied to expository text about voting and elections. Students need to demonstrate their ability to identify main ideas and supporting details, trace historical changes in voting laws, make inferences about electoral procedures, cite text evidence to support claims, and identify different text genres. The quiz requires students to understand fundamental concepts about democracy including voter registration requirements, the evolution of voting rights from restricted access to universal suffrage for eligible citizens, vote counting procedures, and the mechanics of casting ballots. Students must also distinguish between factual information presented in the text and their own background knowledge while practicing close reading strategies essential for informational texts. Created by Margaret Anderson, an English teacher in IN who teaches grade 3. This quiz serves as an excellent tool for integrating social studies content with English language arts instruction, allowing students to practice essential reading comprehension strategies while learning about civic responsibility and democratic processes. Teachers can use this assessment as a post-reading activity following a unit on voting and citizenship, as homework to reinforce classroom discussions about democracy, or as formative assessment to gauge student understanding before moving to more complex civics topics. The quiz works particularly well as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge before deeper exploration of American government or as review material before standardized testing. This assessment aligns with CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.1 for asking and answering questions using text evidence, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.2 for determining main ideas and supporting details, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.5 for using text features, and social studies standards addressing civic ideals and practices including the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Which of the following details would BEST support the MAIN idea?
Angry people protested.
Many people just don't vote.
No one could vote at any point.
You need to register if you want to vote.
Tags
CCSS.RI.3.2
CCSS.RL.2.2
CCSS.RL.3.2
CCSS.RL.3.1
CCSS.RL.4.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
How have voting laws changed since the beginning of our country?
Now only one person per family can vote.
Now only women can vote.
Now everyone can vote as long as they are 18, a citizen, and they register.
Now only men can vote.
Tags
CCSS.RL.3.1
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.1.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
According to the selection, what might happen if an election is won by just a few votes?
The votes might be recounted.
The candidates would both win.
They might do the election over.
The candidates would hold a debate.
Tags
CCSS.RI.3.2
CCSS.RL.2.2
CCSS.RL.3.2
CCSS.RL.4.2
CCSS.RI.4.2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
What text evidence (meaning from what you have read) supports the view that many people do NOT vote?
They are not allowed to.
They do not know how to.
They do not think it is important.
They do not think their vote will matter.
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.9
CCSS.RI.4.8
CCSS.RI.5.8
CCSS.RL.1.5
CCSS.RL.4.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
According to the selection, meaning the story that you read, how do people vote?
send a letter to the owner of McDonald's
text their vote to the President
send an email to the Mayor
use a voting machine or vote by mail
Tags
CCSS.RI.3.2
CCSS.RL.2.2
CCSS.RL.3.2
CCSS.RL.4.2
CCSS.RI.2.2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What genre is Vote! ?
poetry
expository text
humorous fiction
fiction
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RI.9-10.9
CCSS.RI.K.6
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.K.6
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