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Shabanu Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Suzanne Fisher Staples's Shabanu. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Spanish Tragedy Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension learning exercise, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Thomas Kyd's Spanish Tragedy. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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The Aeneid Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Virgil's The Aeneid. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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The Awakening Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension activity, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Kate Chopin's The Awakening. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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A Doll’s House Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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For Whom The Bell Tolls Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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The Fountainhead Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension learning exercise, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Anne Rand's The Fountainhead. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Franny and Zooey Review Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, learners respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Salinger's Franny and Zooey. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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The Giver Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Lois Lowry's The Giver. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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The Hobbit Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Tolkien's The Hobbit. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Hunchback of Notre Dame
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Hugo's Hunchback of Notre Dame. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Scott O'Dell's Island of the Blue Dolphins. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Life of Pi
In this online interactive reading comprehension activity, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Yann Martel's Life of Pi. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Always Pointing North
In this magnetic compass reading comprehension worksheet, students read brief 2 page selection and then answer 6 multiple choice questions.
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Lesson Plan for Waiting to Waltz: A Childhood by Cynthia Rylant
Sixth graders examine the elements of writing poetry. In this creative writing lesson, 6th graders discuss a book of poetry in the setting of Appalachia. Students incorporate childhood experiences into the development of visual and...
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Looking Back
Young scholars work together to research the history of Macedonia. As a class, they compare and contrast a free market economy with a state-controlled economy. In groups, they read a letter by a Peace Corp volunteer and compare it to...
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7 Ways for Gen Xers to Help Secure Their Retirement
Students explore the concept of budgeting. In this budgeting activity, students read an article about preparing for retirement. Students create a budget of household expenses during retirement and create a savings plan for that budget.
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Bovine Oversteps Boundaries
Seventh graders read a newspaper account of "Grady the Silo Cow" and complete news-writing activities. In this news-writing lesson plan, 7th graders read the newspaper account about the cow. Students examine newspapers and work in groups...
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Red Scarf Girl
In this Chinese Cultural Revolution worksheet, students read an excerpt from Red Scarf Girl and then respond to 3 short answer questions.
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Constitutional Rights
Students read an account of a students reaction to the Vietnam War. They complete comprehension questions from the reading passage. They read arguments from the Supreme Court Justices and decide which arguments they agree with.
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Go Down Moses
Fifth graders investigate the workings of the Underground Railroad. In this slavery lesson, 5th graders read personal accounts from slaves, examine secret codes of the Underground Railroad, and play a board game based on the trip many...
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What America Knew About the Holocaust?
Students examine American involvement in World War II. In this World War II lesson, students discuss the Holocaust and its implications. Students read New York Times articles regarding the treatment of Jews during the war. Students infer...
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Slavery and the Underground Railroad
Fourth graders study slavery escape routes of the Underground Railroad on maps, read an account of an escape and then write narrative essays about a fictional slave's escape.
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Slavery
Students trace the routes of escaping slaves on their journey north by calculating the mileage each one walked and define and use accurately the term Underground Railroad. They read The Drinking Gourd by Jeanetter Winter.