Goal Identification Answer Key

Students read four short passages about individuals in early America and underline the sentence that shows that person’s dream or goal. The activity reinforces identification of main ideas and helps students understand the motivations that shaped early American life. After reviewing each passage, students answer a final question about why early Americans worked hard to achieve their dreams. This encourages historical thinking about opportunity, scarcity, and determination in early U.S. society. Students strengthen reading comprehension, detail recognition, and inferencing skills.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Identifying Main Ideas and Details

Social Studies – Understanding Early American Life

English Language Arts – Reading Comprehension

Critical Thinking – Inferring Motivation and Purpose

This worksheet is part of our The American Dream Worksheets collection.