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The Picture of a President



The Picture of a President

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     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 4 to 6
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   4.54

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    similarity, oath, historical, country, great, bathtub, exactly, however, alike, free, leader, nation, common, oval, office, also
     content words:    United States, Abraham Lincoln, President Taft, White House, George H. W., George W., Barack Obama, African American, President Obama


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The Picture of a President
By Erin Horner
  

1     The United States is a great country. It is known as the "land of the free and the home of the brave." It is also a land of great leaders. The leader of our country is the president. It is a big job to run a nation! The leaders of our nation have had many things in common. They have also had many differences. Some of our past presidents have been very tall. Abraham Lincoln was more than six feet tall. Some leaders have been really heavy. President Taft was one of them. He was so big that he couldn't fit into the normal bathtub at the White House! A special tub had to be ordered just for him.
 
2     For some leaders, being the president runs in the family. Some leaders have had cousins that also served in the oval office. In 1989, George H.W. Bush became president. Then in 2001, his son, George W. Bush, got the job.

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