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Order of Merit

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

Name: 

Date: 

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/order-of-merit

Step 2 · Questions

  1. 1. Who wrote Order of Merit?

  2. 2. What is the establishment date?

  3. 3. What is the founding monarch?

  4. 4. Why does the Order of Merit only have 24 living members?

  5. 5. How can someone become a member of the Order of Merit?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

  • Commonwealth realms

  • Sovereign

  • Post-nominal letters

  • Honorary members

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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