President Andrew Johnson
About the President Andrew Johnson Lesson
Summary
A lesson of President Andrew Johnson. Students read about his life and accomplishments. The reading is accompanied by true/false questions.
Objectives
• To present the major historical facts pertaining to Andrew Johnson.
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To present the major achievements of the Andrew Johnson.
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To assess the student?s comprehension of Andrew Johnson history.
Suggested Grades
5th Grade
6th Grade
7th Grade
Excerpt
Johnson?s father died when Johnson was just three years old and several years later his mother remarried. The family never had much money and, following the customs of the times, apprenticed Johnson and his brother to a tailor when Johnson was fourteen. He later ran away from his apprenticeship and under the law he was the equivalent of a runaway slave. When he was seventeen he set up his own tailor shop in Greeneville, Tennessee.
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