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Running for President Story Starter PrintablesRunning for President Story Starter Printables
Publisher
Classroom Jr.
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1st - 4th
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English Language Arts
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15 mins
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Running for President Story Starter

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Most American children have, at one point or another, imagined what it would be like to run for president. Offer this creative writing prompt to young writers and discover how the world would change if kids were charge.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

Narrative Writing, narratives, united states presidents, presidency, elections, presidential campaigns, campaigning

Additional Tags

presidents' day, creative writing prompt, election, presidential campaign, narrative, president, english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Create cross-curricular connections in elementary classrooms by supplementing this writing prompt into social studies units on US history or government
  • Celebrate Presidents' Day with this writing activity, taking volunteers to share their work with the class

Common Core

W.1.3 W.2.3 W.3.3.a W.4.3.a

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