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5th grade social studies printables for Easel Assessments
13 Colonies Activities & Unit: Passages Worksheets Maps Colonial Times Project
Take a step back to Colonial America with these fun 13 Colonies activities. Students will enjoy learning about life in 13 Colonies with this COMPLETE unit that includes three different levels of reading passages, organizers, map activities, unit test, a flipbook, vocabulary posters, and so much more! The passages focus on each region related to people, natural resources, climate, daily life, crops, houses, schooling, and economy. There are reading passages and activities for three different reg
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2nd - 5th
The Wright Brother's First Flight Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT & DIGITAL
This easy to read passage details the story of Wilbur and Orville Wright's first successful flight of a motor-driven airplane on December 17, 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. It explains the Wright brothers':background repairing bicycles in Dayton, Ohioexperiments building gliders and studying birds to learn about flighttime spend in Kitty Hawk preparing and testing their planelegacy in North Carolina and how they are honored on NC license plates, the NC quarter, and with a monument at the si
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4th - 7th
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13 Colonies Map and Activities | Printable & Digital
Focus on climate, geography, and the economies of the early American colonies using this informational text, comprehension worksheet, map activity, and assessment! Students will gain a better understanding of how climate and geography played a role in shaping each colonial economy. A printable PDF version and digital version is included! **This resource is part of the no-prep 13 Colonies Unit Bundle. It includes FIVE printable and digital resources at a 30% discount price! A FREE 13 Colonies wo
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: 13 Colonies Unit | Colonial America | Colonization | Map & Activities
American Civil War Reading Passages Worksheets Unit Causes Battles Maps Timeline
Make history come to life in your classroom with our Civil War Activities Complete Unit! Immerse your students into the American Civil War with this comprehensive collection of interactive activities, leveled reading passages, comprehension questions, and vocabulary posters. Step back in time as you teach your students about the events and people that were part of this crucial moment in history.Go Digital--A Digital Version of This Unit is Now Available:A DIGITAL version of this unit for Google
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3rd - 5th
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50 States and Capitals Map Activities Print & Digital Resource
Help your students learn and remember the 50 United States and Capitals. This product breaks the 50 states into five regions to make learning easier to manage and teach. United States maps are included with printable assessments, self correcting digital assessment and digital practice worksheets.Update! Easel Digital Version is Included (updated 7/2022)Self Correcting Assessments and Easy to Assign!Save $$$ when you buy as a bundle:The United States and Capitals Geography Review Activities and A
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3rd - 5th
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Medieval Times Activities Unit Reading Passages Worksheets Project Middle Ages
This Medieval Times unit is full of fun activities that will teach your students about life during the Middle Ages. Through kid-friendly reading passages and engaging activities, your students will be thoroughly fascinated by the Middle Ages. They will learn about the lifestyles and culture of people and the historical events of the time.This Unit is Divided into 8 Sections:Introduction People of the Middle AgesFeudal SystemMedieval CastlesKnights and TradesmenFamous People: Charlemagne, Richard
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2nd - 5th
Ancient Greece Activities Map Geography Worksheets Olympics Athens vs Sparta
Our Ancient Greece activities pack has information about geography, daily life in Ancient Greece, Athens and Sparta, ancient Olympics, Democracy, religion, Greek theater, and culture. This unit is filled with reading passages with comprehension questions, hands-on activities, vocabulary posters, timeline, map activity, quiz, and much more!Inside you'll find information about:A Great CivilizationGeography of GreeceEarly Greek CivilizationsThe MinoansThe MycenaeansA Tough Life Life in AthensLife i
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2nd - 5th
Holocaust of World War II Close Reading Comprehension | 5th Grade & 6th Grade
A World War 2 close reading passage with comprehension and grammar questions, an extension task, a crossword puzzle and a wordsearch about the Holocaust, where over six million Jewish people were murdered during World War II. The NO PREP informational text worksheets are perfect for students in fifth grade or sixth grade. Students will learn the key facts about the Holocaust whilst working on their comprehension skills.Included in this PDF printable resource:An informational textA comprehension
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5th - 7th
Henry Hudson Early European Explorers Comprehension Passages & Activities
Your students will enjoy this interactive resource about Henry Hudson. It's a great addition to your New World Explorers or Early Explorers unit with non-fiction passages and a variety of fun activities to do! NO PREP! Just print & go!What's Inside:Reading passagesInstruments for NavigationNavigation Mystery FlapsComprehension QuestionsOrganizersVocabulary PostersSpotlight on Vocabulary A 5 Page Flip BookletThere are 3 main activities:Vocabulary:Introduce the vocabulary words with the real-l
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3rd - 5th
Blackbeard the Pirate Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This one page reading passage details the life and career of Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard the pirate. It includes: His early career as a privateer (like a legal pirate) His days as an illegal pirate in the CaribbeanHow he used his appearance to intimidate his victimsHis retreat to the sandbars of North Carolina and eventual downfallThe passage includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and Google Forms. This
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4th - 7th
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Samuel de Champlain Early European Explorers Comprehension Passages & Activities
Your students will enjoy this interactive resource about Samuel de Champlain. It's a great addition to your New World Explorers or Early Explorers unit with non-fiction passages and a variety of fun activities to do! NO PREP! Just print & go!What's Inside:Reading passagesInstruments for NavigationNavigation Mystery FlapsComprehension QuestionsOrganizersVocabulary PostersSpotlight on Vocabulary A 5 Page Flip BookletThere are 3 main activities:Vocabulary:Introduce the vocabulary words with the
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3rd - 5th
Historical Dating Timelines Chronology BCE/BC CE/AD Activities History Skills
Teach historical dating, BCE/BC and CE/AD, timelines, chronology, dating methods, and more with this resource bundle! This bundle includes more than 20 pages of worksheets, handouts, graphic organizers, and readings that will let your students think like historians and explore questions of time, chronology, and methods of dating events and artifacts. Students will learn about the differences between absolute and relative dating, the difference between pre-history and history, and how history can
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5th - 12th
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Native Americans of North Carolina 3 Reading Comprehension Passages
This resource includes 3 reading comprehension passages about Native Americans in all three regions of North Carolina. The passages include information about: where the native groups livedwhat resources they usedhow they built their houses and villagestheir forms of governmentPassages included: Natives of the Coastal PlainNatives of the PiedmontNatives of the MountainsEach passage includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EA
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4th - 7th
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Jamestown Colony Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This one page reading passage tells the history of the Jamestown Colony including:when and why it was establishedits early leadersthe many hardships it faced before taking its place in history as the first permanent English settlement in the New WorldThe passage includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and Google Forms.Check out my growing collection of US History reading comprehension passages here! Please follow my
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4th - 7th
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The Revolutionary War in North Carolina 3 Reading Comprehension Passages
This resource includes 3 reading comprehension passages about the Revolutionary War as it affected North Carolina as well as events leading up to the war. Passages include: The Edenton Tea PartyThe Mecklenburg ResolvesThe Revolutionary War (with emphasis on North Carolina's involvement in the war, including important battle sites in NC)Each passage includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and Google Forms.If you like
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4th - 7th
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The Civil War in North Carolina 3 Reading Comprehension Passages PRINT & DIGITAL
This resource includes 3 reading comprehension passages that discuss the American Civil War as it affected North Carolina. Topics include: The ConfederacyThe Civil WarReconstruction Each passage includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and Google Forms.If you like this passage, be sure to check out the other North Carolina History reading passages in this collection or buy the bundle and save 40%!Please follow my stor
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Civil Rights in North Carolina Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This passage details the Civil Rights movement in American history, specifically how it affected North Carolina. It discusses:segregationDr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the role he playedthe sit in at the Greensboro Woolworth lunch counterthe passing of the Civil Rights Act in 1964The passage includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and Google Forms.If you like this passage, be sure to check out the other North Carolin
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4th - 7th
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North Carolina's State Capital Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This one page passage about North Carolina's capital city:discusses the history of NC state capitals from Edenton, to New Bern, and finally Raleighexplains what a capital city isexplores why North Carolina's capital has changed locations over the yearsThe passage includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and Google Forms.If you like this passage, be sure to check out the other North Carolina History reading passages in
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4th - 7th
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The Plymouth Colony and the First Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension Passage
This one page reading passage about the Plymouth Colony:tells when and why the colony was establishedexplores its early hardshipsexplains the colonists' relationship with Squanto and the nearby Nativesdiscusses how it became the site of the first ThanksgivingThe passage includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and Google Forms. This passage is easy to understand and can be used for any grade studying US history or the
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FREE Christmas Trivia Sheet with Easel Activity and Assessment
Christmas Trivia - FREE Holiday activity! Twenty fun questions for your Christmas party that will have everyone thinking. A fun Christmas Trivia quiz, with some surprising answers! Great to use right before the break. Merry Christmas! Enjoy the freebie. Note: It is meant to be challenging, but fun. If students don’t know the answers, that’s okay. They are TRIVIA questions. Explain to students that even adults don’t know trivia questions. They can use the internet to look up answers (or you can j
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4th - 7th
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Thanksgiving Quiz: Test Your Knowledge with Digital Easel Activity - Assessment
Thanksgiving Quiz - Test Your Knowledge. A fun trivia 20-question quiz about the first Thanksgiving facts. How many can you answer? Some will surprise you! A fun engaging activity! Use as a party game, as a student anticipation guide for a Thanksgiving unit, as a research - webquest sheet, or as an assessment after a Thanksgiving unit of study. Key included. The questions are challenging, but they are supposed to be tricky. The fun is in the surprising answers. No prep. Print or go digital. Prin
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Thanksgiving Activities Bundle Grades 3 - 6
The Thirteen Colonies Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This one page United States History reading passage discusses the original 13 American colonies. The passage:explains that a colony is governed by another country, in this case Englandexplores reasons why colonists immigrated to Americadiscusses the consequences of colonization on the Native Americans already living in the areaexamines why the colonies eventually sought independence from the BritishThe passage includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self
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5th - 8th
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World Landmarks Lessons - 15 Famous Places Geography & Social Studies Unit
This social studies geography mini unit teaches students about 15 famous world landmarks. PDF slideshow lessons teach students the location and fun facts about each landmark. Printable student pages have students cut and paste the landmarks onto the correct location on maps and write what they learned about the landmarks. Class posters provide great visuals during your unit. A landmarks matching puzzle is great for review, a center, or for early finishers. Color and black and white versions are
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2nd - 5th
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Martin Luther King Jr. Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This one page reading passage about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr:summarizes the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK)explains his significance as a social activist during the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1950's and 1960'sThis passage is easy to understand and can be used with upper elementary or middle school students studying Martin Luther King Jr. or the Civil Rights movement. It includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital ver
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4th - 7th
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