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Common Core RI.5.6 cultural activities
Columbus vs. Indigenous People's Day: Reading, Summary, Opinion Writing Activity
In light of the debate over Columbus Day, use this resource to get your students thinking about their side on the issue of whether Columbus Day should be changed to Indigenous People's Day or not. Included in this product is an article to introduce students to this argument, a summarizing activity and opinion writing activity. Both sides of the argument are presented in the article, with reasons supporting each side. In the first activity, students will identify 3 reasons for each side of the
Grades:
4th - 6th
Holidays Around the World Activities Reading | Christmas Around the World
Your students will absolutely LOVE this Holidays Around the World Paired Text Resource! I have taken great care to include a diverse set of holidays that pair well together and give your students a glimpse into celebrations around the globe. Students will embark on a journey around the globe by way of pen pals! As the pen pals write to each other detailing their celebrations, students learn about the beautiful traditions and holidays celebrated around the world in an incredibly fun and engaging
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in: Holidays Around the World | Christmas Around the World
RMS Titanic Virtual Field Trip (informational text, video tours, and more!)
Take your students on a virtual tour of the RMS Titanic with this low-prep activity. Using a combination of informational text, video animation tours, and visuals, your students will learn about the construction and ship layout, passenger experiences, the iceberg disaster, survivor stories, and ongoing wreckage exploration. This virtual field trip covers::: What was the RMS Titanic?:: The Titanic's Voyage:: Titanic Construction:: An "Unsinkable" Ship:: Captain and Crew:: Ticket Pricing to Board:
Grades:
5th - 7th
Seven Continents Reading Passages & Comprehension Questions (Print & Digital)
Perfect for small groups or to practice close reading skills! This is a great solution if you wish to have all of your students learn about the seven continents while reading at their own level. This reading set includes 3 differentiated passages for each of the seven continents! Comprehension questions are included for each continent in each of the leveled readings. Answer keys are included for every reading passage.3 Levels of Reading Passages & Question Set Included:AsiaAfricaNorth Americ
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Grades:
1st - 6th
Halloween Depth and Complexity Frames and Print-and-Go Activities
This Depth and Complexity Halloween Activity Pack is chock-full of print-and-go activities to help you celebrate Halloween while addressing loads and loads of English Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies standards. If you're looking for a way to celebrate Halloween while still learning, this activity pack is perfect!You'll find Depth and Complexity Halloween fiction, writing prompts, original non-fiction pieces to read, Depth and Complexity frames to complete, image analysis, three l
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: Fall Activities Depth and Complexity Print and Go Autumn BUNDLE
Comparing Types of Accounts Close Reading Passages - Native American Themed
The perfect product for looking at secondhand and firsthand accounts!This Common-Core aligned, standards-based product contains ten worksheets containing twenty short reading passages on various aspects of Native American culture and society. Each worksheet contains two passages on the same topic - one firsthand account and one secondhand account. Students will practice identifying each. The product contains historical readings as well as contemporary readings about Native American life today. T
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Informational Unit: Crazy Horse Close Reading Passage and Toolkit
This unit gives students a deeper, standards-based understanding of the famous American Indian warrior Crazy Horse! I've included a variety of common-core aligned activities and texts that will certainly assess your students' comprehension! A wonderful addition to any Social Studies/ELA curriculum!FEATURES• Two page reading passage (Lexile Level: 840) on Crazy Horse's life and role in the Indian Wars. • Passage Assessment- Students will find evidence from the text and practice skills like cause
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Country Research Project Bundle - 21 Country Studies with Reading Passages
This Country Research Project Bundle will engage your students in social studies by learning about various countries around the world. Your students will create their own 18-page mini book about the countries listed below. They will read the included reading material about the countries, and use that, together with other books or online resources, to complete each page in their own mini-book.What's included in this Country Research Project Bundle:Teacher Notes including assembly information an
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Native American Leaders Nonfiction Reading Passages w/ Assessment
This NO-PREP resource comes with FIVE reading passages on some of the most famous Native American Leaders! FEATURES• Five short reading passages on famous Lakota Sioux Chiefs!• Students will read about famous leaders like Sitting Bull and Black Elk, as well as lesser-known but important leaders like Gall, Touch the Clouds and Spotted Elk!• Each passage comes with 6-8 short assessment questions. • Questions are common core aligned. Students will compare and contrast, identify text structure, look
Grades:
3rd - 6th
The Roaring Twenties: Fashion Activity (Stations with Flipbook)
In this activity, students analyze fashion during the 1920s by rotating through stations. Students view primary source images from multiple perspectives. All of the student recordings are completed within their flipbook. At the end of the activity, students use their data to answer an overarching question about fashion for different people during the Roaring Twenties. This resource includes:- Teacher Lesson Plan- Men’s Fashion: 7 images- Women’s Fashion: 7 images- Flappers: 8 images- Working Cla
Grades:
5th - 7th
Pocahontas: Close Reading Text Facts and Myths
This unit gives students a deeper, standards-based understanding of the famous American Indian Pocahontas! I've included a variety of common-core aligned activities and texts that will certainly assess your students' comprehension! A wonderful addition to any Social Studies/ELA curriculum!• Two-page leveled close reading passage on Pocahontas’ life and legacy.• K-W-L chart to aid students in identifying their misconceptions• Assessment Questions are common core aligned. Students will compare and
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Chinese New Year Reading Comprehension / Lunar New Year Traditions
Engage your students with learning about Chinese New Year and Lunar New Year with this no prep reading comprehension activity!There are so many ways to use this product!Scoot: Place the reading passages spread out around the room. Students can go to any passage and read the paragraph. They will then write the correct answer for each of the questions. Reading Groups:Take turns reading these short paragraphs, and answer questions together as a group.Early Finisher: Provide this activity for studen
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You Book Study Activities
DescriptionThese activities go with the thought-provoking book Stamped for Kids: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Sonja Cherry-Paul, Jason Reynolds, and Ibram X. Kendi. Read this book to learn how to talk to students about race and how to STAMP out the racist views in our world. While reading and discussing this book be prepared to go on a journey to learn where racist ideas came from, how they have changed our country, and about some of history's most famous antiracism fighters. These printables
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Host Your Veterans' Day Assembly
Host Your Veterans' Day AssemblyIntermediate grades lend themselves well to organizing assemblies where students can be the leaders in the school and shine. Organize your grade level or intermediate grades levels to make a strong community connection. The scripts once practiced will come off without a hitch with lots of opportunity for student participation. See the tips pages to get your ducks in a row.Features:Two Assembly Ideas and ScriptsStudent Leadership Opportunities1 Art ProjectHistory w
Grades:
4th - 6th
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New Year's 2024: Traditions Across the Globe Reading Passages
New Year’s Traditions Across the Globe is a close read passage that integrates informational text into the content are of Social Studies. This study is engaging and allows students to think deeply with complex text and extended response. A bonus opinion writing piece is provided.Included in the Packet Close Reading Passage with text-based questions with opportunities, determine the key point and provide evidence from the text to support the main point, determine the author’s purpose, and compare
Grades:
4th - 5th
Native American Athletes: Jim Thorpe Close Reading Passage
This freebie on the great Native American multi-sport athlete Jim Thorpe is sure to wow your students! Students will read an engaging, Lexile-analyzed passage and answer Common-Core aligned questions!FEATURES• Reading passage on Jim Thorpe. • Common-Core Aligned Assessment• A wide variety of questions for students to practice the following skills: Sequencing, Problem and Solution, Text Structure, Context Clues, Gathering Evidence, and more! Like this passage? Get the whole set, including a diffe
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Olympic Sports Research Investigation Reading Comprehension
Engage your students with learning about the exciting Olympic Sports with this no-prep reading comprehension activity! Each student can pick their own sport to investigate: Football (American Soccer)BasketballGymnasticsTrack and FieldFlag FootballRoad CyclingBreaking (Break Dancing)Trampoline GymnasticsWeightliftingTable Tennis (Ping Pong)400 MetersHigh JumpJavelin110 Meter Hurdles110 Meter SprintNo online research:Each sport has a 1 page reading passage that includes all the information that st
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Hanukkah Reading Comprehension Passage
Explore the history of Hanukkah with this engaging informational passage! Students will read to learn about Hanukkah Traditions including kindling of the lights, games and gifts, and foods of the holiday. Resource includes one informational passage with 9 common-core aligned multiple-choice questions. Key is included! -Promotes cultural awareness-Great for ELA and Social Studies Integration-4 pages total-including key-9 multiple choice Common-Core aligned questions-Answer and aligned standard in
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Young Voices: Eight Short Stories of Courage & Resilience 5-8
Young Voices: Stories of Courage & Resilience in Conflict & Adversity64 pages Grade 5 to 8All stories also available individuallyDiscover the resilience and hope of youth with our collection of eight short stories for grades 5 to 8, each set against the backdrop of global conflict and adversity. These narratives, ranging from a diary in the ruins of Gaza to unexpected friendships in Kashmir, offer a window into the impact of war on young lives. They capture the essence of innocence and
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Black History Month: Matthew Henson Activities
These Black History Month printables will be a blast for your class! These activities can be used in a number of ways, students can work on a different person each day as they fill in the graphic organizer while reading. Two leveled readers to help with differentiated teaching. There is no prep involved. Use as whole class or in centers! Just print and go! Great for Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th!This Matthew Henson Unit Includes:* 2 Leveled Readers* Comprehension Questions* Graphic
Grades:
PreK - 5th
NO PREP: Immigration and Culture in the United States UNIT! Virtual Field Trip!
Whether it is self led, or whole-group, this activity serves as a great foundation on the discussion of immigration, and how it has positively influenced American culture! This kid-friendly approach is engaging for students of varying ages. Throughout the activity, students are encouraged to engage in informational videos, peer conversations, virtual field trips, and a brief summative quiz at the end*. Students will be surprised to find how many of their most-loved trends are actually cultural
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Canada Study GROWING Bundle Reading Writing Research Activities
Learn about the country of Canada with this growing bundle. You will receive:a beautifully designed and carefully curated 43-page Canada workbookCanada's animals and plants flora and fauna 3 part cards (2 sets of ten) Canada's cuisine/Foods of Canada 3 part cards (2 sets of fifteen)Canada's Famous Places 3 part cards (2 sets of fifteen)Canada's Provincial and Territorial Flags 3 part cards (set of 13)Save yourself hours of work. All you have to do is download the PDF, print it out, and you are a
Grades:
4th - 6th
Cesar Chavez and Benito Juarez Close Reading Passages
Cesar Chavez &
Benito Juárez
for 4th, 5th, and 6th grades
but can be used in 7th and 8th grades
* Close Reading Passages
* Close Reading Strategy to build independence
* Annotation Strategy
* Text Dependent Questions (TDQs)
* Fluency passages
* Lexile Leveled
*Benito Juarez Timeline
*Cesar Chavez Timeline
*Reading Passages in Spanish and English
Grades:
4th - 8th
UNITED STATES: DISCOVERING AMERICA BUNDLE for Grades 3-5
The Discovering America Bundle for Grades 3-5 has everything you need to explore the landmarks, symbols, and early history of America. This huge 80+ page bundle includes SEVEN cross-curricular activities, plus THREE activity books, a colorful Symbols of America photo poster, AND the bonus resource: Native American Activity Pack. Book and Poster Resources Included:District of Columbia: Our Nation’s Capital, from the Fifty States series, includes information about the geography, history, landmark
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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