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De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: George Washington Carver [Pdf]

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"George Washington Carver" is a one page, biographical passage about George Washington Carver, a famous African American, who taught farmers better farming methods including planting peanuts to improve the soil. It is followed by an open-ended question which requires students to provide evidence from the story; it includes writing about what they believe was Carver's most important legacy using textual information to support ideas. This passage aligns with Common Core Anchor Reading Standards 1 and 2 requiring close reading, textual evidence, main idea, and summarizing.

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Concepts
close reading, famous african americans, george washington carver
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Additional Tags
common core anchor reading standard 1, depaul university, depaul university: center for urban education: george washington carver, george washington carver foundation at tuskegee institute, biography, taught better farming methods, main idea and supporting details
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Practice
Common Core
RI.2.2 RI.3.2