The Best of the Fair

Elementary: Grades 3–4

Questions

Reading-Comprehension Questions

  1. Why was the fair called the "White City"?
  2. Name five things that Lily, Joseph, and Grandpa saw during their day at the fair.
  3. What did Lily, Joseph, and Grandpa do on the Midway?
  4. How did Lily find Mr. Weller?

Critical-Thinking Questions

  1. Do you agree that the Electricity Building was the best place at the fair? Why or why not?
  2. If you visited the World's Fair of 1893, what would you want to see? Why?
  3. If a World's Fair were held today, what kinds of things would you expect to see there?
  4. At the 1893 World's Fair, visitors were excited and a little bit afraid to go on the first Ferris wheel. Imagine that it is your job to invent a new ride for a World's Fair today. Describe your ride.

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