Inspire young readers with this printable biography of Helen Keller. Including a timeline, glossary, and realistic illustrations with supporting captions, this is a great resource for not only teaching children about this amazing...

While the resource won't seem like much at first glance, it could actually prove to be very handy. Learners fill in a grid that contains life facts on the Y-axis and the names of first ladies on the X-axis. Great for documenting facts...

Learn about the interesting life of George Washington Carver and his many accomplishments with this series of worksheets for primary grade learners. From coloring pages and word searches, to non-fiction reading passages and math skills...

In this book report worksheet, students select a biography or autobiography to read and then use the activities on the worksheet to complete a book report.

Twenty questions challenge the reader of A Tale of Two Cities. Moving beyond mere reading comprehension, this quiz looks at biographical information and writing style as well as plot structure and action. Use at the end of the novel as a...

In this US history worksheet, learners read a biography about President William Taft and answer ten true and false questions.

While designed to supplement a viewing of the PBS Masterpiece Classic The Diary of Anne Frank, this resource can also serve as an excellent informational text and activity source for your students on the historical context and timeline...

In this Asian history worksheet, students respond to 17 questions that require them to identify historical figures from the continent and list biographical information about each of them.

Students explore U.S. history by researching famous Americans. For this Benjamin Franklin lesson plan, students read portions of a biography about Franklin and identify his position within U.S. politics and as a leader in the battle for...

Everyone knows about Abraham Lincoln as a historical figure, but what was he like as a person? Young historians complete a biopoem about Lincoln, including his character traits, his relationships, his fears, and his needs.

In this Isleno folk arts and artists worksheet, students find some images of Isleno folk art online at the Creole States Exhibit. They choose one of the artists' biographies to report on to the class ad make a brochure about the artist...

In this reading bingo worksheet, students play bingo through identifying which books are folk literature, historical fiction, modern fantasy, sports, biography, and other forms of literature.

In this online interactive history worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about the accomplishments of Martin Luther King, Jr. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive worksheet.

In this climate science worksheet, students answer five multi-part questions on the responsibilities of a climate scientist. Students may gain this knowledge through a WebQuest.

Make sure that your pupils have mastered complex literary nonfiction by the end of the year and use this resource to help get them to that point. After a brief description of the Common Core standard, a list of age-appropriate...

In this American Civil War figures learning exercise, students create 20 questions that they will ask to find out the identity of the mystery war figure they are assigned.

In this upper intermediate writing sentences instructional activity, students compete 6 sentence starters, describe books, and take notes about books.

In this "book club" worksheet, students complete a sheet on a book they bring to the "book club." Students fill in basic information about the book, then information about characters, scenes, genre, etc.

In this representing text in a timeline worksheet, students interactively answer 10 multiple choice questions about timelines then click to check their answers.

In this identifying genre and subgenre #2 worksheet, 9th graders read 17 short summaries, then select the genre and subgenre from the choices given and explain their choice in writing.

In this identifying genre activity, 9th graders read the titles and descriptions of 15 stories, identify and write the genre and subgenre from the list provided.

In this create a genre crossword puzzle worksheet, 8th graders make a puzzle on the grid provided, using 21 terms, then create clues for each term using a definition or an example;  grading rubric included.

In this movie poster worksheet, students create movie posters for movies with a different subgenre. Students create 3 movie posters.

In this notetaking skills instructional activity, learners discuss the main events and opinions of a document, as well as listing three things the document tells about life at the time it was written.