Abe Lincoln Remembers
By: Ann Turner
Grade 3
Activities created by Angela Orr, Graduate Assistant
In this book about Abraham Lincoln the reader will follow Abe from his
childhood until the end of his presidency. The book can be purchased at the
Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum or on Amazon at the following link:
https://www.amazon.com/Abe-Lincoln-Remembers-Ann-Turner/dp/0060511079
Included in this third grade pack are comprehension questions, word search, and
crossword puzzle.
Standards addressed are as follows:
Literature: Key Ideas and Details: 1. Ask and answer such questions to
demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis
for the answers.
Informational Text: Key Ideas and Details: 1. Ask and answer questions to
demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis
for the answers
Abe Lincoln Remembers
By Ann Turner
3rd Grade
1. What does it mean that Lincoln’s Pa told him he had legs like a colt’s?
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2. Why would Lincoln’s Pa want him to stay home and work instead of going to school?
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3. What does it tell you about Lincoln when he spoke of doing anything for a book, practicing
his numbers on a fire shovel, and reading any chance he could?
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4. What is the significance of Lincoln shaking hands with Jack Armstrong after they were done
wrestling?
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5. Why would Lincoln need to persuade people that slavery was wrong?
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6. What adjectives did Lincoln use to describe Mary Todd?
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7. What does the word debated mean?
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8. What does it mean that Lincoln’s three sons ……. were like balls bounding down a road……”?
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9. What happened at the Battle of Gettysburg?
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10. What does it mean “How much there is still to be done.”?
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