Page 4 – History Graphic Organizers

Native Americans Unit

Read close-reading passages about early North American civilizations (Olmec, Mayan, Mound Builders, Ancient Puebloans, Eastern Woodlands peoples) and answer essential questions, text-dependent questions, use vocabulary word cards, complete a KWL chart, a tree-map graphic organizer, and a Venn diagram.

Includes: Common Core Essential Questions teacher notes and student response sheets · CLOSE Read passages on Native Americans/Early People (multi-page) · CLOSE Reading anchor charts

Martin Luther King Jr. Writing & History Prompts

Watch the film 'Selma', read a short history, complete a timeline, use pre-writing/graphic organizers, complete task cards, write a rough draft and then a final draft (including writing from MLK's perspective), and proofread using provided handouts.

Includes: complete lesson plan · proof-reading handouts · notes and references

2nd Grade Reading Packet: Positive Citizenship Traits in History

Students read a passage profiling Martin Luther King Jr., Jackie Robinson, Juliette Gordon Low, Sequoyah, and James Oglethorpe/Tomochichi/Mary Musgrove, complete a graphic organizer of why each figure was famous and what traits they showed, match character-trait vocabulary to definitions, answer multiple-choice comprehension questions,…

Includes: informational passage profiling 6 historical figures/groups and their character traits · graphic organizer (why famous / traits shown) · vocabulary matching (11 character-trait terms)

Impacts of the Computer + Internet on American Life Reading Packet

Read an informative passage on the history and impact of personal computers and the internet, match vocabulary terms to definitions, complete a graphic organizer summarizing/vocabulary activity, answer multiple-choice comprehension questions, and illustrate the impact of computers/internet on American life.

Includes: informational reading passage on the personal computer and internet's impact on American life · vocabulary matching activity with answer key · graphic organizer (vocabulary + summary paragraph) with sample answers/points to include

The Scientific Revolution World History Unit

Read information sheets/text sections and answer embedded questions, complete graphic organizers on each topic, do crossword/flashcard/sudoku activities, complete a review sheet, and take a unit test.

Includes: lesson plans covering 5 lessons: Roots, Astronomy, Newton, New Inventions, and Northern Renaissance (PDF + editable PPTX) · information sheet set · modified worksheets

California Mission Unit

Students annotate nonfiction passages using the CLOSE reading method (circle, underline, exclamation point, question mark), use annotation bookmarks, complete a KWL chart, work with vocabulary word cards (across four passages) and a cognitive content dictionary, answer text-dependent questions and Common Core essential questions,…

Includes: CLOSE Reading Anchor Charts · CLOSE Reading Annotation Bookmarks (Vocabulary) · CLOSE Reading Passages

Establishment of UGA + Georgia's Capital Reading Packet

Read an informational passage, fill in graphic-organizer charts with details from the text, match vocabulary terms to definitions, answer multiple-choice comprehension questions, label a map with the state capital's historical locations in order, and write a short news-reporter-style narrative explaining the capital's move from…

Includes: 2-paragraph informational reading passage on UGA's founding and capital movement · graphic organizer chart (fill-in details from text) · vocabulary matching exercise

Establishing Savannah Reading Packet

Read an informational passage (at one of two differentiated reading levels, labeled A and B), apply reading-skill annotations (identify heading/subheading, underline main idea, note key details), fill in a graphic organizer comparing the three historical figures, and answer multiple-choice comprehension/vocabulary questions.

Includes: two-page informational reading passage, in two differentiated reading-level versions (A and B) with reading-skill sidebar prompts · graphic organizer comparing James Oglethorpe, Chief Tomochichi, and Mary Musgrove (descent, role in establishing Savannah, what each person gained) · multiple-choice comprehension/vocabulary questions

U.S. & World History | End of the Cold War | Activity Bundle

Complete a Berlin Wall 'rise and fall' notes/graphic-organizer activity plus a map activity on the wall's boundaries; complete a Collapse of the Soviet Union notes activity (perestroika, glasnost, Gorbachev) with a map activity comparing Cold War-era and 1991 boundaries; read 13 primary/secondary source documents on the end of the Cold…

Includes: teacher directions overview · Berlin Wall Rise and Fall notes/graphic organizer activity with map activity · Collapse of the Soviet Union / End of the Cold War notes activity with map activity comparing 1991 boundaries

John Deere Reading Packet

Read an informative passage about John Deere, then complete multiple-choice questions, a vocabulary matching activity, and graphic organizers (facts organizer, timeline-style layout) based on the passage.

Includes: informative reading passage on John Deere · comprehension question worksheet · facts organizer (3-fact graphic organizer)

American Indians in Georgia Reading Packet

Students read an informational passage (in two differentiated reading-level versions, A and B), fill in vocabulary terms, underline main ideas, circle text features, complete a graphic organizer, match vocabulary to definitions, answer multiple-choice comprehension questions, and write a short-answer response.

Includes: reading passage (version A) · reading passage with vocabulary sidebar and reading-skill prompts (version B) · graphic organizer

Transcontinental Railroad Reading Packet

Students write complete-sentence answers to questions, complete a main idea/supporting details graphic organizer, fill in facts about the railroad, identify the companies that built it, and describe problems each company faced; a later page asks students to circle the best multiple-choice answer.

Includes: credits page · main idea/supporting details graphic organizer · fact-finding graphic organizer

2nd Grade Reading Packet: Sequoyah

Students read an informational passage about Sequoyah, circle the heading/subheading and underline main ideas, complete 'ticket out the door' quick-check questions, define vocabulary (Trading Post, Iron, Silver, Syllabary, Newspapers) and solve a word search, match vocabulary to definitions, answer multiple-choice comprehension and…

Includes: informational passage on Sequoyah with margin vocabulary/reading-skills prompts · 4 'ticket out the door' quick-check cards · vocabulary meaning + word search

States' Rights and Slavery + Distance Learning

A differentiated reading packet teaching about states' rights and slavery in U.S. history, with two reading levels of the same passage plus a companion activity/distance-learning packet.

Includes: Teacher guide page explaining the two differentiated reading levels (Version A and Version B)

1930s Culture Reading Packet

Read an ~800 Lexile passage about 1930s culture (Duke Ellington, Margaret Mitchell, Jesse Owens), match key vocabulary terms to definitions, complete a graphic organizer on the three figures, and answer multiple-choice questions based on the passage.

Includes: teacher guide · reading passage (4 paragraphs) · vocabulary matching activity

2nd Grade Reading Packet: Juliette Gordon Low

Students read an informational passage about Juliette Gordon Low, circle the heading/subheading and underline main ideas, complete 'ticket out the door' quick-check questions, define vocabulary (boarding school, citizenship, president) and solve a word search, match vocabulary to definitions, answer multiple-choice comprehension and…

Includes: informational passage on Juliette Gordon Low with margin vocabulary/reading-skills prompts · 4 'ticket out the door' quick-check cards · vocabulary meaning + word search

Fourteenth Amendment in Georgia Reading Packet

Read one of two differentiated versions (on-level and approaching-grade-level) of the passage; circle/underline text-structure elements (heading, subheading, main idea); answer multiple-choice comprehension and vocabulary-matching questions; complete a cause/effect graphic organizer; write short and paragraph-length responses about the…

Includes: Teacher guide explaining the two differentiated passage versions (A = on grade level, B = approaching/below grade level) · Version A and Version B reading passages on the 14th Amendment in Georgia · Text-structure annotation activity (heading/subheading/main idea/key details)

Panama Canal Reading Packet

Students read a passage about the Panama Canal, answer questions, complete a main idea/supporting details graphic organizer, and answer multiple-choice questions by circling the best answer.

Includes: main idea / supporting details graphic organizer (blank and completed versions) · multiple choice question pages · answer key with sample answers for open-response questions

Apartheid in South Africa Reading Packet

Teach middle school students about the history of Apartheid in South Africa through an informational reading passage.

Slavery in Georgia Reading Packet

Read one of two differentiated passage versions (Version A on-grade-level, Version B approaching/below-grade-level) about slavery and states' rights in Georgia, then answer multiple-choice comprehension questions, match vocabulary terms to definitions, complete a graphic organizer on the main idea/examples of Georgia's states'-rights…

Includes: Teacher guide page explaining the two differentiated passage versions · Vocabulary matching exercise · Multiple-choice reading-skill questions on the passage

Expansion of Slavery Reading Packet

Students answer short-answer questions in complete sentences, fill in a main-idea/supporting-details graphic organizer around the stated main idea ('The expansion of slavery caused sectionalism, disagreement over states' rights, and the Civil War'), record three facts, match vocabulary terms to definitions, answer multiple-choice…

Includes: Credits page · reading passage: 'Expansion of Slavery' · short-answer question page

Europe Partitioning in Africa Reading Packet

Students read the passage, complete a main-idea/supporting-details graphic organizer, fill in short-answer charts about the Berlin Conference and resulting conflicts, match vocabulary terms to definitions, answer multiple-choice comprehension questions, label a map of Africa (Rwanda, Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan) and shade the nation…

Includes: One-page informational passage on European partitioning of Africa · Main idea/supporting details graphic organizer · Two short-answer charts (Berlin Conference; example of resulting conflict)

Georgia and World War II Reading Packet

Read an informational passage (Version A on-level, Version B approaching/below-level), fill in a cause-and-effect graphic organizer, match vocabulary terms to definitions, answer multiple-choice questions, answer true/false questions, write short-answer and paragraph responses, and complete an exit-ticket (Ticket Out the Door) quiz.

Includes: differentiated reading passage (Version A on-level, Version B approaching/below-level) on Georgia in WWII · cause-and-effect graphic organizer · vocabulary matching exercise

Rosie the Riveter and the Tuskegee Airmen Reading Packet

Read an informational passage (in an on-grade-level or below-grade-level version), draw and write on a graphic organizer, answer multiple-choice questions, match vocabulary terms to definitions, fill in a KIM vocabulary chart, complete a cause-and-effect chart, analyze a photo, and complete a Venn diagram comparing Rosie the Riveter and…

Includes: teacher guide · reading passage (Version A, on grade level) · reading passage (Version B, approaching grade level)