Close reading expects readers to focus on the information that a text provides, without relying on a lot of information or support. This is different from other kinds of reading lessons you teach, in which you may start out by introducing teacher-set purposes, discussions of studentsâ life experiences, picture walks, and so on.
Presidents and the Antiquities Act. Established in 1906, the Antiquities Act has been used by 16 presidents -- from Theodore Roosevelt to Barack Obama â to designate national monuments.Only three presidents did not use the Act: Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.n important conservation tool. The Antiquities Act is special because it allows the president to protect Americaâs wildlands and historical sites as national monuments. The president can use the Antiquities Act to: 1  Protect special natural, historical and cultural areas as national monuments. 2  Change monument boundaries.
Since 1906, 13 presidents, both Democratic and Republican, have used the authority of the Antiquities Act to proclaim 125 national monuments covering nearly 100 million acres of federal public lands.But such unilateral power has created fierce political brawls.ere are a few of the high â and low â points in the history of the Antiquities Act. 1906: A Bill Is Born. Under President Theodore Roosevelt's aggressive conservationism, the Antiquities Act was passed. Roosevelt used it to designate the 1,000-foot rock monolith Devils Tower in Wyoming as the first national monument.