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Inauguration of Joe Biden

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/inauguration-of-joe-biden

Step 2 · Questions

1. What is the date of inauguration?
2. What is the location of ceremony?
3. When did Joe Biden's inauguration happen?
4. Who became Vice President at the same time?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

Peaceful Transfer of Power
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

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Answer key (teacher copy)

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the date of inauguration?January 20, 2021
2. What is the location of ceremony?West Front of the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C
3. When did Joe Biden's inauguration happen?Joe Biden was inaugurated on January 20, 2021.
4. Who became Vice President at the same time?Kamala Harris became Vice President, and she was the first woman, first African American, and first South Asian American to hold that job.

Peaceful Transfer of Power: The constitutional process by which an outgoing administration hands over authority to a newly elected one.
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: The presiding judge of the highest court in the United States federal judiciary.