Inauguration Day is a time-honored tradition to celebrate the transition between presidential inaugurations. How much do you know about the history of the ceremony itself? High schoolers test knowledge about Inauguration Day with an interactive quiz, which includes ten questions about historical inaugurations.

Concepts

presidential inaugurations, united states presidents, the united states government, constitutional amendments, the united states constitution

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Project the quiz onto the board for a collaborative lesson
• Split the class into groups to answer as many questions as they can using online research or library resources

Classroom Considerations

• The answer for each question is available directly below the question; consider transferring the questions to a different document if you plan to use the resource as an assessment

Pros

• A fun resource to use after an election unit
• Interactive quiz promotes conversation about the history of American traditions

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.6-8.3