Readers are asked to identify the central idea and two supporting details that develop this main idea in an article about the apprentice system popular in colonial America. 

Concepts

textual evidence, central ideas, main ideas, apprenticeship

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the resource to model how to identify the main idea and supporting details in informational writing, as a guided practice set, or as an assessment of this skill
• Have groups research colonial trades that utilized the apprentice system

Classroom Considerations

• The final exercise in a series of 12 reading comprehension activities

Pros

• An answer sheet is included

Cons

• None