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U.S. History Common Core RL.3.7 resources
Historical Perspectives MEGA Bundle Social Studies Texts Informational Passages
Teach social studies and reading together with Historical Perspectives. Historical Perspectives were made to make teaching social studies EASY! Each pack includes everything you need to teach these important topics in history. Each pack teaches through a fiction and non-fiction text, as well as through primary source photos and documents for grades 3-6. This resource is great for teaching a variety of reading and writing standards too. With the two passages for each topic your students will ge
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3rd - 6th
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Fireboat The Heroic Adventures of the John J Harvey by Kalman Lesson Plan
Fireboat The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey by Kalman Patriot Day Lesson is great for commemorating September 11th, teaching American history, and honoring the NYC firefighters. Printable & Nearpod (integrates with Google Classroom) This resource includes: Lesson objectivesPre-Reading Activity KLW ChartReading Comprehension QuestionsCause and Effect ActivityCause and Effect Activity Answer KeyNew Vocabulary ActivitiesStory Sequencing ActivityMain Idea and Details ActivityText-to-Se
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2nd - 5th
Revolutionary War on Wednesday Novel Study
Revolutionary War on Wednesday by Mary Pope Osborne is another wonderful book for students just starting chapter books. This comprehension focused guided reading unit is set up with before/during/after activities and vocabulary for each chapter. It works well with guided reading groups and if you enjoy running literature circles.Product ContentsEach chapter focuses on a different comprehension skill. Here is the table of contents:Prereading Activity: Schema builder and Quick Write to build ba
Grades:
2nd - 4th
September 11th The Little Chapel that Stood Literature and Writing Activity Pack
The Little Chapel that Stood, 45 pages, CCSS*FULLY UPDATED SEPTEMBER 2023*The Little Chapel that Stood is a beautiful poem by A.B. Curtiss, written about September 11th. It is less focused on the tragedies of the day, and highlights the acts of bravery that took place, which makes it appropriate for younger children. Many of the activities included in this product are differentiated.For your convenience, I have included a video link of the author reading aloud her book.Your purchase includes th
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3rd - 6th
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Locomotive by Brian Floca - Primary GATE Unit with Caldecott STEAM!
Another amazing Caldecott book and another load of opportunities across the curriculum for our primary GATE kids: hands-on and participatory activities, critical thinking, creativity, art and graphic design, and always best practices in gifted education. I’ve used this unit with 2nd graders, and it will definitely stretch to 3rd grade GATE.
You get 35+ pages of instructions, critical thinking questions and activities, and ready-to-print student activity sheets—assuredly more than you’ll ever
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2nd - 4th
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Literary Texts, Historical Fiction (Reading Skills Practice Workbook)
This workbook offers practice understanding and analyzing literary texts with a specific focus on historical fiction. This book contains six historical fiction passages on a range of American history topics. It includes passages based on Henry Ford, George Washington, the California Gold Rush, the Revolutionary War, the building of America’s transcontinental railroad, and the Oregon Trail. Each passage is followed by a set of 15 reading comprehension questions. This includes multiple choice, gr
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3rd - 5th
Book Activities for 14 Cows for America
Book study, book activities, novel study.
Can be used with small groups or whole class.
There are 38 pages and 13 activities in this book activity. The
individual activities include: an oral fluency activity, vocabulary
cut-apart matching game, a word search, a bingo game, word
shape activity, map of Kenya, understanding text (main idea
summarizing, writing a question), defining words in context),
identifying summary and theme, alphabetizing, word scramble,
story wheel, spelling act
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2nd - 5th
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Becoming Muhammad Ali novel study comprehension writing enrichment activities
This resource includes more than 150 comprehension questions with composition prompts and 19 cross-curricular enrichment/project activities for the book Becoming Muhammad Ali by James Patterson and Kwame Alexander. The resource is provided as a printable PDF and as Google Slides™ for use in Google Classroom™. This book is an engaging, inspiring, and timely, cross-curricular historical fiction book that recounts the life of Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) up to his professional career as a boxer. It
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4th - 7th
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Ruby Lee & Me Novel Unit
Ruby Lee & Me by Shannon Hitchcock is a book about the south in 1969. This is a book study for her novel. It covers the topics of friendships, racial integration, and doing what is right. This is a 56 page unit with general objectives and is correlated to Virginia Standards of Learning. It includes answer keys and a final quiz. NO PREP needed. Covered in the unit: -vocabulary-base words and affixes-cause and effect-similes-synonyms-predictions-sensory language-main ideas and supporting
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3rd - 5th
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Heart and Soul Heritage Pack - African American History Literature Lesson Guide
The Heart & Soul Heritage Pack is designed as a broad journey through the contributions and experiences of African Americans across the history of America. The lesson plans are grounded in Kadir Nelson’s stirring paintings and words that grace 100-plus pages of a gorgeous picture book whose story is told through the unique point of view and intimate voice of a one-hundred-year-old African-American female narrator. African American poets have often used words to express themselves during time
Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in: African American History & Culture - Heritage Packs Bundle #1
Fireboat The Heroic Adventures of the John J Harvey by Kalman Lesson
Fireboat The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey by Kalman Lesson | Patriot DayThe story of September 11th Google Classroom Ready This resource includes: Lesson objectivesPre-Reading Activity KLW ChartReading Comprehension QuestionsCause and Effect ActivityCause and Effect Activity Answer KeyNew Vocabulary ActivitiesStory Sequencing ActivityMain Idea and Details ActivityText-to-Self, Text, World Activity Word SearchExtension Video Resource This resource is great for: Teaching about American
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2nd - 5th
Locomotive by Brian Floca Lesson Plan & Google Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the nonfiction / informational text mentor text picture book Locomotive by Brian Floca. An excellent book about Westward Expansion, trains, engineering, and frontier life! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But Then So)close reading for describing text featurescomparing an
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2nd - 5th
Harlem Renaissance Heritage Pack - African American History Lesson Guide
The Harlem Renaissance Heritage Pack covers a golden age in African American culture from about 1918 until the mid-1930s when a brave and talented group of Black musicians, artists, poets, novelists, actors, and public figures came together in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood. Fueled by the Great Migration, these notable figures established roots and took center stage while creatively expressing extraordinary pride in their culture. The zenith of this “flowering of Negro literature”, as James
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: African American History & Culture - Heritage Packs Bundle #2
Making Inferences: Unspoken
This three part Google Classroom activity engages students in making inferences using Henry Cole's wordless book, Unspoken. Students are linked to video recordings of the book and are asked to use their observations to make inferences. They then watch a second video, this time of Henry Cole making observations and inferences based on his story. Afterward, students use their inferences to write the words of their favorite page, pretending that they are the author. Rubric included for easy grading
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3rd - 5th
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LOOKING AT LINCOLN BOOK STUDY PRINTABLE SEESAW GOOGLE SLIDES ABRAHAM
THIS IS FOR SEESAW/PDF DIGITAL FILES/TO PRINT!THESE ACTIVITIES WILL COVER MANY STANDARDS YOUR STUDENTS ARE LEARNING.THIS IS BASED OFF THE BOOK: LOOKING AT LINCOLN BY MAIRA KALMANSEE THE INTERACTIVE VERSION HEREHERE IS WHAT THIS FILE INCLUDES:1. FILL IN THE BLANK2. ASK/ANSWER QUESTIONS 3. ASK/ANSWER QUESTIONS 4. MAIN IDEA5. CAUSE/EFFECT6. PRACTICE READING7. COMPARE/CONTRAST YEARS8. CHARACTER ANALYSIS9. FACT/OPINION10. TIMELINE11. VOCABULARY12. CREATIVE DRAWING AND WRITING*FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK TO
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1st - 4th
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Locomotive by Brian Floca Lesson Plan & Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the nonfiction / informational text mentor text picture book Locomotive by Brian Floca. An excellent book about Westward Expansion, trains, engineering, and frontier life! Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But Then So)close reading for describing text featurescomparing and contrasting storiesanalyzing the main idea and details The lesson
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2nd - 5th
Schomburg Heritage Pack - African American History Lesson Guide
The Schomburg Heritage Pack centers on the story of Arturo Schomburg – a passionate man whose lasting legacy, Harlem’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, still opens its doors to those wishing to learn more about the people he knew had been left out of the history books. This Afro–Puerto Rican collected books, letters, music, and more to bring to light the achievements of people of African descent through the ages. The additional books and optional videos scheduled in the lesson pla
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4th - 6th
Also included in: African American History & Culture - Heritage Packs Bundle #1
Around the Neighborhood
The Around the Neighborhood Supply Kit includes digital download of our videos, lesson plans, and links to training pages to support educators of all backgrounds! This project is designed to engage & support teachers who want to engage students around Black History Month. It introduces students to artists of color, Harlem, and in the case of the older students, The Great Migration.
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This project is a 4-lesson project where students study the life & work of the African-Ameri
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K - 5th
Civil Rights Heritage Pack - African American History Literature Lesson Guide
The Civil Rights Heritage Pack is a survey of the brave men and women who risked their reputations, livelihoods, and often even their very lives to press towards what they knew to be right. Their brave determination changed the course of America’s story and showed that when the ideals of our Founding Fathers are extended to all, America the Beautiful is not just a dream. The lessons guide children through a comprehensive study of the important issues of the time and how they were confronted head
Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in: African American History & Culture - Heritage Packs Bundle #2
Amelia Earhart - Differentiated Blooms Enrichment Unit
Ready-to-use units that include differentiated activities keyed to Bloom's Taxonomy, each with an accompanying product and self-assessment rubric. All students can complete an activity in each level. The differentiation is in the levels of the product rubric.
The unit packet includes teacher information, identified standards, explanations of the 6 Bloom's levels, assessment rubric, print and internet resource tracking sheets, Product Criteria Cards, and 6 student activity cards correlated to th
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Diary of a REAL Kid: Gold Mine Adventure
Each diary entry includes:Personal Narrative Factual Information Drawings & DoodlesFiction Comprehension Questions“Fact Checker”: Non-Fiction InfoGraphResearch shows that your students’ ability to comprehend text relates directly to their background knowledge of the content. The only way teachers can ensure their students gain background knowledge is to expose them to as many different topics as possible. But, we know that students prefer fiction to nonfiction reading. That’s where “Diary of
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation (Pat Sherman/Floyd Cooper) Guide
Guide a classroom, library, book club, or other discussion of this moving story set during the Civil War. Including reading questions and activity ideas, this free downloadable pdf will jumpstart conversations and invite reflection on the book's themes.About Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation: Ben, a young boy enslaved in Charleston, uses every chance he gets to teach himself to read, practicing with the words he sees on street signs and in shop windows and even in cast-off newspapers he find
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2nd - 5th
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Educator's guide for WOOD, WIRE, WINGS: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane
About the book: This riveting nonfiction picture book biography explores both the failures and successes of self-taught engineer Emma Lilian Todd as she tackles one of the greatest challenges of the early 1900s: designing an airplane.Emma Lilian Todd’s mind was always soaring–she loved to solve problems. Lilian tinkered and fiddled with all sorts of objects, turning dreams into useful inventions. As a child, she took apart and reassembled clocks to figure out how they worked. As an adult, typing
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1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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