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World history literature circles
Atomic Bombing of Japan - Socratic Seminar (Was the U.S. justified?) WWII
Atomic Bombing of Japan - Socratic Seminar (Was the U.S. justified?) WWII - A 20+ page package related to the atomic bombing of Japan during World War Two (WWII). This package contains all of the necessary documents to facilitate a Socratic Seminar related to the atomic bombing of Japan. The discussion centers on the question: Was the United States justified in using the atomic bombs on Japan to end World War Two?
This is a fantastic activity and lesson to assist students in fostering deep, m
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6th - 12th
I Survived THE JAPANESE TSUNAMI, 2011 - Comprehension (Answer Key Included)
One page per chapter plus answer keyRationale for using Text Evidence and Comprehension packets:This approach provides a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection as they respond to what they have read. Citing textual evidence requires students to look back into the text for evidence to support an idea, answer a question or make a claim. This skill combined with comprehension questions on DOK Levels 1, 2, & 3 leads students to think deeply about what they have read. (In
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2nd - 4th
I Survived THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC, 1912 - Comprehension (W/Answer Key)
One page per chapter plus answer keyRationale for using Text Evidence and Comprehension packets:This approach provides a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection as they respond to what they have read. Citing textual evidence requires students to look back into the text for evidence to support an idea, answer a question or make a claim. This skill combined with comprehension questions on DOK Levels 1, 2, & 3 leads students to think deeply about what they have read. (In
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2nd - 4th
I Survived THE NAZI INVASION, 1944 Comp & Text Evidence (Answer Key Included)
One page per chapter plus answer keyRationale for using Text Evidence and Comprehension packets:This approach provides a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection as they respond to what they have read. Citing textual evidence requires students to look back into the text for evidence to support an idea, answer a question or make a claim. This skill combined with comprehension questions on DOK Levels 1, 2, & 3 leads students to think deeply about what they have read. (In
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Elly: My True Story of the Holocaust Novel Study Comprehension & Vocabulary
This Elly: My True Story of the Holocaust Novel Study Bundle includes comprehension questions, text-based vocabulary activities, graphic organizers, and more - all in a ready-to-use format that allows you to tackle reading skills and strategies through a deeply meaningful text that helps students begin to understand the Holocaust through the lens of a survivor. Using student-friendly printable and digital formatting, this Elly Unit Plan is perfect for teaching literature groups or working with
Grades:
5th - 7th
War Horse Novel Study: Comprehension Book Unit for Book by Michael Morpurgo
This novel study for War Horse by Michael Morpurgo will save you hours of planning for your next class novel study. The engaging comprehension activities help students dig deeper into the plot while targeting high-impact comprehension skills that they can transfer to other texts.This War Horse novel study is purposefully designed to engage students with an approachable format. It doesn't overwhelm your readers with countless chapter questions that just require them to regurgitate the text, inste
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6th - 8th
Mini-Guide for Middlers: The Hiding Place Interactive
This is a mini-guide (a two-week literature study) for the book titled The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom. The Hiding Place relates the true story of a woman who lived her faith -- despite tremendous costs. The mini-guide contains ten sections that include: vocabulary words and exercisesdiscussion questionsreading activities: idiom, suspense, viewpoints, alliteration, metaphor, personification, critical thinking, theme, compare/contrastlife applications/Biblerelated activitiesweb linksa cr
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6th - 12th
Civil War - Emancipation Proclamation - Socratic Seminar with Rubric
Civil War - Emancipation Proclamation - Socratic Seminar with Rubric - A 18 page package related to the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln. This package contains all of the necessary documents to facilitate a Socratic Seminar related to the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln.
This is a fantastic activity and lesson to assist students in fostering deep, meaningful and engaging learning related to the Civil War. Students will read a common text (the Emancipat
Grades:
6th - 12th
Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli Novel Study Unit
This novel unit for the historical fiction book Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli can save you hours of prep for your literature circles or book clubs. Daily comprehension practice requires students to focus on text analysis and responding to literature, and the vocabulary focus builds word knowledge and academic vocabulary. This no-fluff novel study for Milkweed engages students, but it doesn't overwhelm your readers with countless chapter questions that just require them to regurgitate the text.Stand
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6th - 8th
The Golden Bull (YA Novel) Ancient Mesopotamia Chapter Questions & Answer Key
45+ PAGES OF QUESTIONS and ANSWERS! This resources includes nearly 90 chronological chapter comprehension questions for all chapters of Marjorie Crowley's historical fiction novel The Golden Bull. Each chapter includes an extension question and critical analysis question. A superb novel guide to supplement as you read this Young Adult Novel set in ancient Mesopotamia. A great way to foster deep, meaningful discussions with your middle-school readers! Great to use as a quick check-in in class or
Grades:
6th - 9th
The Hidden Girl Reading Response STUDENT BOOKLET
Simplify your literature circles with this simple novel guide for the nonfiction chapter book The Hidden Girl! This resource includes vocabulary and open-ended comprehension questions for each chapter. This resource is also great for homework, whole group novel studies, and small group reading.
*This is a printable student guide only. It does not come with an answer key, as most questions are open-ended and there are multiple ways to answer correctly.*
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5th - 6th
Grenade by Alan Gratz Novel Study
This product is a comprehensive set of instructional materials for teaching Grenade by Alan Gratz. With over 125+ Common Core aligned materials, students will develop their literacy skills while deeply engaging with the novel. Plus, the fiction close reading activities, the literary analysis resources, WWI Pacific Theater readings and extension activities, projects, vocabulary, assessments, and essays all provide opportunities for your students to practice and apply their learning. They also pro
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7th - 9th
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Digital HISTORICAL BACKGROUND INTRO to novel NUMBER THE STARS music, photos
PURPOSE: This NONFICTION PowerPoint Introduction lesson provides digital resources & factual historical context & background information in preparation for reading Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. BL 4.5 GOAL: to prepare each student to understand the historical background of the novel by front-loading facts to aid comprehension AUDIENCE: whole or small group for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms. This product is ideal for preparing READ ALOUD, LITERATURE CIRCLES,
Grades:
4th - 12th
Between Shades of Gray Novel Study (Updated Nov 2023)
SummaryFifteen-year-old Lina is a Lithuanian girl living an ordinary life--until Soviet officers invade her home and tear her family apart. Separated from her father and forced onto a crowded train, Lina, her mother, and her young brother make their way to a Siberian work camp, where they are forced to fight for their lives. Lina finds solace in her art, documenting these events by drawing. Risking everything, she imbeds clues in her drawings of their location and secretly passes them along, hop
Grades:
8th - 12th
What Was Pompeii? (Jim O'Connor) Book Study / Comprehension (31 pages)
* Follows Common Core Standards *This 31-page booklet-style Book Study (a total 63 pages including answer key) is designed to follow students throughout the entire book.The questions are based on reading comprehension, strategies and skills. The book study is designed to be enjoyable and keep the students engaged.Many different types of questions for students to think about and answer before/during/after they finish each chapter. Types of questions include:Narrative ElementsPredict ConnectInferT
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in:Â Disasters! (WhoHQ Who Was...?) COLLECTION : 7 Book Studies (191 pages)
I Survived THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC Discussion Cards (Answer Key Included)
Rationale for using Discussion Cards:Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach provides a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection as they read, discuss, and respond to books. Collaboration is at the heart of this approach. Students reshape and add to their understanding as they construct meaning with other readers. The Discussion Cards have questions from each chapter prompting students to cite evidence from the text and take their
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in:Â I SURVIVED Series by Lauren Tarshis - Discussion Card Bundle (W/Answer Keys)
I Survived THE JAPANESE TSUNAMI, 2011 * Discussion Cards (Answer Key Included)
Rationale for using Discussion Cards:Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach provides a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection as they read, discuss, and respond to books. Collaboration is at the heart of this approach. Students reshape and add to their understanding as they construct meaning with other readers. The Discussion Cards have questions from each chapter prompting students to cite evidence from the text and take their
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in:Â I SURVIVED Series by Lauren Tarshis - Discussion Card Bundle (W/Answer Keys)
Refugee - Discussion Questions
This 57 page download contains discussion questions for all 53 chapters of Alan Gratz's book Refugee, which is published by Scholastic. The discussion questions would work extremely well in a Geography class and could be used to inform students about the theme of movement.
Grades:
7th - 12th
DRAGON OF THE RED DAWN: Magic Tree House #37 Book Companion
This product is a book companion to be used with the Magic Tree House Book (#37) Dragon at Red Dawn by Mary Pope Osborne. In the book, Jack and Annie travel back to ancient Japan, where they must discover the first secret of happiness. One problem, the Samurai punish anyone without a Japanese passport! Jack and Annie learn from Master Basho how to stay safe and enjoy Japan's culture.
I used this book in my class as a study on Japan's culture. My students loved it.
These books are a HIT and off
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K - 4th
Young Dark Emu - A Truer History by Bruce Pascoe - 6 Activities / Worksheets
This resource is a nine page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Young Dark Emu - A Truer History by Bruce Pascoe. The activities allow the students to reflect on and extend their understanding of the text. Some of the activities are cause and effect, identifying primary and secondary sources of information and a writing activity. There are six worksheets / activities for students in this resource and an answer sheet for the teacher for the primary and secondary source activity.
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3rd - 6th
Also included in:Â The First Fleet Book Bundle - Worksheets for 10 Picture Books
Comparing Cinderella Stories Around the World After State Testing Activity
More than 900 Cinderella Fairy Tale stories have been written around the world! Use this Text Companion Resource to introduce your Middle School SS or ELA students to 13 Cinderella tales from various ancient history cultures.Flexibility is built in! Use the included graphic organizers to focus student analysis on the cultural elements of each story (Ancient History SS classroom) and/or on the story structure (ELA classroom). While the graphic organizers in this resource can be easily used with
Grades:
6th - 9th
Malala Reading Guide
Student Reading Guide to accompany the novel Malala: My Story of Standing Up for Girls' RightsWhat is included in the student reading guide?22 pages of comprehensive questions for each chapterTeacher's Edition with correct responses, optional activities, and notesStyle of questions include: true or false, fill-in-the-blank, and free response questionsYou can use these reading guides to track students' comprehension, as homework assignments, as independent work, and more!Now included: A Book Look
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Not Grade Specific
Mini-Guide for Middlers: The Winged Watchman Interactive
This is a mini-guide (a two-week literature study) for the book titled The Winged Watchman, by Hilda van Stockum. In this book, a Dutch family helps the Resistance during World War II. The guide contains:vocabulary activitiesdiscussion questionsreading activities: alliteration, map work, themes, problems, similes, idioms, effect/cause, rhyme pattern in poems, suspense, metonymy, allusion, plantsrelated activitieslife applications/Bibleweb linksa review puzzlequestions and activities that are ab
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6th - 9th
Malala: My Story of Standing Up for Girls' Rights Novel Unit
This 3-week novel study unit for Malala My Story of Standing Up for Girls' Rights by Malala Yousafzai is ideal for 4th, 5th, or 6th-grade classrooms and is a great book unit to add to your civil rights study or for use during Women's History Month. Daily comprehension activities make great discussion questions and require students to focus on text analysis and responding to literature without overwhelming them with countless chapter questions that have learners regurgitate the text.Malala: My St
Grades:
4th - 6th
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