U.S. History Reading Passages for Distance Learning Bundle

***39 of the articles have been updated to included google docs. The rest will follow I am averaging about 5 per day ***

This is a growing bundle, buy early to receive every new reading passage I post for free. I have plans to write and publish over 100 topics by August 2020. As I add new reading passages they will be available in your "my purchases" tab!

Finding aligned, grade level, reading passages is difficult. I have written a one-page synopsis for over 55 topics to use in the classroom. The activities include: guided reading questions to increase comprehension, a poster activity for ELLs and Visual learners, and an essay with one higher-order thinking prompt for advanced students.

This resource is perfect for:
Close Reading Strategies:
Using this passage students can analyze and interact with the text. Practice Summarization and Note-Taking, and content mastery. The passage is written at an 8th grade level and should be easily understood by all students in the classroom.

Centers and Stations:
In order to supplement other materials used in class this resource can be used as a station. Either have students read the passage and answer questions, make a poster or outline an essay. Regardless how you use the resource it will provide enough material for a 10-15 minute rotation station.

Student Created Word Wall:
You can assign the poster activity for your students to make their own word walls in your classroom. Having students create their own word walls is a research-proven vocabulary and concept building tool that increases student engagement and retention of material.

Homework:
Having students read the passage at home and complete the activities will reinforce the concepts that you have taught in class. This resource is an print and go homework assignment.

Emergency Sub Plans:
The four activities in this resource will easily a student an entire class period to complete and provide meaningful work for the students to complete while you are out of the classroom

Re-Teach and Intervention:
If you have students struggling with material these grade-level activities will help your students refresh what they have learned and process the information. It works great with absent students as well!

Collaboration:
Students can use this text to complete a socratic seminar or compare their posters to enhance collaboration in the classroom.

Check out other reading passages in the series:

Political Philosophers:

John Locke

William Blackstone

Thomas Hooker

Montesquieu

William Penn

Political Philosophers Bundle

Growth of Representative Government:

Virginia's House of Burgesses

Mayflower Compact

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Colonial Government Bundle

Battles of the American Revolution:

Lexington and Concord (+Google Docs)

Battle of Saratoga (+Google Docs)

Winter at Valley Forge (+Google Docs)

Battle of Yorktown (+Google Docs)

Treaty of Paris (+Google Docs)

American Revolution Bundle (+Google Docs)

Thomas Jefferson Presidency:

Election of 1800

Jefferson Presidency Overview

Marbury v. Madison

Louisiana Purchase

Embargo Act

Jefferson Presidency Bundle

War of 1812

Madison Presidency Overview (+Google Docs)

Causes of War of 1812 (+Google Docs)

Events of War of 1812 (+Google Docs)

Rise of Jackson and Battle of New Orleans (+Google Docs)

Effects of War of 1812 (+Google Docs)

War of 1812 Bundle (+Google Docs)

James Monroe Presidency:

Monroe Presidency Overview (FREEBIE) (+Google Docs)

Era of Good Feelings (+Google Docs)

Henry Clay's American System (+Google Docs)

Erie Canal & National Road (+Google Docs)

Origins of Sectionalism (+Google Docs)

Missouri Compromise (+Google Docs)

Landmark Supreme Court Cases (+Google Docs)

Adams-Onis Treaty (+Google Docs)

Monroe Doctrine (+Google Docs)

Monroe Presidency Bundle (+Google Docs)

Age of Jackson:

Election of 1824 (+Google Docs)

Indian Removal Act (+Google Docs)

Worcester v. Georgia and Trial of Tears (+Google Docs)

Jacksonian Democracy (+Google Docs)

Nullification Crisis (+Google Docs)

Age of Jackson Bundle (+Google Docs)

Westward Expansion:

Causes of Westward Expansion (+Google Docs)

Manifest Destiny (+Google Docs)

Immigrant Groups (+Google Docs)

Transcontinental Railroad (+Google Docs)

Territorial Acquisitions (+Google Docs)

Texas Annexation (+Google Docs)

Mexican American War (+Google Docs)

Dawes, Homestead and Morrill Acts (+Google Docs)

Wilmont Proviso (FREEBIE) (+Google Docs)

Westward Expansion Bundle (+Google Docs)

Sectionalism: The Road to Civil War

Compromise of 1850 (+Google Docs)

Fugitive Slave Law (+Google Docs)

Dred Scott v. Sanford (+Google Docs)

Kansas Nebraska Act (+Google Docs)

John Brown & Harper's Ferry (+Google Docs)

Lincoln-Douglas Debates (+Google Docs)

Election of 1860 (+Google Docs)

Sectionalism Bundle (+Google Docs)