Climate Change: Effects: Climate and Human Civilizations Gr. 5-8
Read a nonfiction passage on the topic, define and apply vocabulary, complete hands-on and writing activities, and complete a crossword, word search, and comprehension quiz.
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Read a nonfiction passage on the topic, define and apply vocabulary, complete hands-on and writing activities, and complete a crossword, word search, and comprehension quiz.
Read the Ronald Reagan chapter and complete matching activities: reading-comprehension questions, vocabulary work, a writing task, a crossword, a word search, and a comprehension quiz; a bonus research worksheet ('The Berlin Wall') directs students to use the Internet, encyclopedias, and textbooks.
Read a nonfiction passage on the topic, define and apply vocabulary, complete hands-on and writing activities, and complete a crossword, word search, and comprehension quiz.
Guide students through researching the life of St. Augustine of Hippo and writing a structured 5-paragraph biography research essay, with an included teacher rubric for assessment.
Read a nonfiction passage on the topic, define and apply vocabulary, complete hands-on and writing activities, and complete a crossword, word search, and comprehension quiz.
Read the Jiang Zemin chapter and complete matching activities: reading-comprehension questions, vocabulary work, a writing task, a crossword, a word search, and a comprehension quiz; a bonus research worksheet ('The Berlin Wall') directs students to use the Internet, encyclopedias, and textbooks.
Read a nonfiction passage on the topic, define and apply vocabulary, complete hands-on and writing activities, and complete a crossword, word search, and comprehension quiz.
Guides students through independent biographical research on Duke Ellington and the writing of a 5-paragraph research essay, using a graphic-organizer worksheet, a peer/self writing-tips checklist, and a scored essay rubric.
Read the Yasser Arafat chapter and complete matching activities: reading-comprehension questions, vocabulary work, a writing task, a crossword, a word search, and a comprehension quiz; a bonus research worksheet ('The Berlin Wall') directs students to use the Internet, encyclopedias, and textbooks.
Read nonfiction passages on each topic, define and apply vocabulary, complete hands-on and writing activities, and complete a crossword, word search, and comprehension quiz for each topic section.
Guides students through independent biographical research on Emily Dickinson and the writing of a 5-paragraph research essay, using a graphic-organizer worksheet, a peer/self writing-tips checklist, and a scored essay rubric.
Read the George W. Bush chapter and complete matching activities: reading-comprehension questions, vocabulary work, a writing task, a crossword, a word search, and a comprehension quiz; a bonus research worksheet ('The Berlin Wall') directs students to use the Internet, encyclopedias, and textbooks.
Read a nonfiction passage on the topic, define and apply vocabulary, complete hands-on and writing activities, and complete a crossword, word search, and comprehension quiz.
Guides students through independent biographical research on Constantine the Great and the writing of a 5-paragraph research essay, using a graphic-organizer worksheet, a peer/self writing-tips checklist, and a scored essay rubric.
Read the Juan and Eva Peron chapter and complete matching activities: reading-comprehension questions, vocabulary work, a writing task, a crossword, a word search, and a comprehension quiz; a bonus research worksheet ('The Berlin Wall') directs students to use the Internet, encyclopedias, and textbooks.
Read a nonfiction passage on the topic, define and apply vocabulary, complete hands-on and writing activities, and complete a crossword, word search, and comprehension quiz.
Guides students through independent biographical research on Billie Holiday and the writing of a 5-paragraph research essay, using a graphic-organizer worksheet, a peer/self writing-tips checklist, and a scored essay rubric.
Guides students through independent biographical research on Confucius and the writing of a 5-paragraph research essay, using a graphic-organizer worksheet, a peer/self writing-tips checklist, and a scored essay rubric.
Read the Vicente Fox chapter and complete matching activities: reading-comprehension questions, vocabulary work, a writing task, a crossword, a word search, and a comprehension quiz; a bonus research worksheet ('The Berlin Wall') directs students to use the Internet, encyclopedias, and textbooks.
Guides students through independent biographical research on Claude Monet and the writing of a 5-paragraph research essay, using a graphic-organizer worksheet, a peer/self writing-tips checklist, and a scored essay rubric.
Guides students through independent biographical research on Charlotte Bronte and the writing of a 5-paragraph research essay, using a graphic-organizer worksheet, a peer/self writing-tips checklist, and a scored essay rubric.
Guides students through independent biographical research on Dwight D. Eisenhower and the writing of a 5-paragraph research essay, using a graphic-organizer worksheet, a peer/self writing-tips checklist, and a scored essay rubric.
Read the Indira Gandhi chapter and complete matching activities: reading-comprehension questions, vocabulary work, a writing task, a crossword, a word search, and a comprehension quiz; a bonus research worksheet ('The Berlin Wall') directs students to use the Internet, encyclopedias, and textbooks.
Guides students through independent biographical research on Dante Alighieri and the writing of a 5-paragraph research essay, using a graphic-organizer worksheet, a peer/self writing-tips checklist, and a scored essay rubric.