Nonfiction & key ideas
The Cuban Missile Crisis: Graphic Organizer
Students read a passage about the Cuban Missile Crisis (causes, the 13-day standoff, JFK's naval quarantine) and complete a graphic organizer based on the reading.
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American History: Ruby Bridges Reading Packet
Read an informational passage about Ruby Bridges (underlining main ideas, noting who/where/when key details), then apply vocabulary and comprehension through multiple choice questions, graphic organizers, and short response activities.
Animal research
Rhino Unit Study (Endangered Animals Lesson Plan, Videos, Activities)
Watch daily videos, read short articles, complete a KWL chart and video-notes worksheets, fill in graphic organizers (life cycle, 'can/have/are', investigation charts), do drawing/coloring activities, assemble interactive notebook pieces, and complete a culminating poster/lapbook/interactive-notebook project about the…
Nonfiction & key ideas
September 11th, 2001: Graphic Organizer
Read the overview/timeline page, then complete a cloze (fill-in-the-blank) version of the same overview from memory or a word source.
Compare & analyze sources
U.S. History: Women's Suffrage Movement | Document Based Socratic Seminar
Students are assigned a role (supporter or opponent of suffrage), read a warm-up passage and answer questions, read multiple primary/secondary source documents (e.g., a senator's 1910 speech, Susan B. Anthony-related material), answer comprehension-check questions on each document, record supporting evidence on a 'Position Evidence'…
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People & places
Illinois State Unit Study (Capital, Bird, Flower, Flag, Animal)
Watch suggested videos, read independently or aloud, complete worksheets and graphic organizers (KWL, interesting facts, state overview, capital, geography, culture/tourism, climate, government, historical timeline, important person), color pages, draw state symbols, assemble interactive notebook pieces, and…
Story elements
How to Write a Book Report: Before You Write Your Book Report & Using Graphic Organizers for Prewriting - Google Slides Gr. 5-8
An interactive Google Slides resource that guides students through prewriting steps and graphic organizers before writing a book report.
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Historical reading & notes
Impacts of Assassinations in America Reading Packet
Read an informative passage on the three assassinations, complete a graphic organizer, and answer multiple-choice comprehension questions.
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Story elements
Analysis: Character Sketch
Use a graphic organizer to record and analyze a character's dialogue, internal thoughts, actions, feelings, physical characteristics, and identity roles as they read a text.
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Timelines & sequence
Sequencing Activities: The History of Hip Hop Dance | Nonfiction Passage with Questions
Read the three-part song-lyric passage on the history of breaking, identify five key events, record them on a sequencing graphic organizer, write a chronological paragraph using sequence words, and build a timeline with dates for four more events.
Animal researchWriting projects
Arctic Animals Opinion Writing Step-by-Step (Winter Would You Rather)
Select or be assigned two Arctic animal topic cards, research them using provided graphic organizers (KWL, interesting facts, can/have/are, is/has/needs, animal comparison, historical timeline, animal investigation, animal traits), then write or orally present a response to a 'would you rather' opinion prompt.
Compare & connect
The Great Awakening – Reading & Graphic Organizer
Students read the background sections, answer questions, and use the comparison organizer to examine different responses to religious revival. The later material asks them to consider social effects and connections with changing ideas about authority. Use the pages for a guided history discussion or pair reading followed by a class comparison.
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Wars & historical change
Georgia's Contribution to World War I Reading Packet
Students read one of two differentiated passages (Version A on grade level, Version B approaching/below grade level) about Georgia in WWI, then complete a main-idea graphic organizer, a contribution/impact fact-table organizer, multiple-choice questions, a vocabulary-matching activity, and exit-ticket ('ticket out the door') prompts; an…
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Nonfiction & key ideas
Syllable Activities: The History of Hip Hop | Nonfiction Passage with Questions
Read syllable-counting explanations and tips, then read the nonfiction song-lyric passage and: count syllables in 14 listed words, sort new words found in the lyrics by syllable count into a graphic organizer, divide those words into syllable parts using / or -, and find and divide a 5-syllable word from the lyrics.
Compare & analyze sources
World History: Life in the Middle Ages | Feudalism | Document Based Activity
Complete a warm-up reading and 'pyramid' activity, analyze pictures in small groups using a chart handout, examine primary/secondary source document excerpts in groups (organized in cut-out 'buckets') using a task card and graphic organizer, and complete an individual exit-card activity.
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Historical reading & notes
Historical Figures in Georgia Reading Packet
Read an informational passage about historical Georgia figures (e.g. Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois) and complete multiple-choice questions and graphic organizers applying vocabulary terms from the passage.
Timelines & sequence
Sequencing Activities: Frederick Douglass | Nonfiction Passage with Questions
Read the Frederick Douglass lyric passage, identify five important events and record them in chronological order on a graphic organizer, write a paragraph putting the events in order using sequence words (first, next, then, later, finally, at last), and complete a history timeline finding four additional dated events from the passage.
Historical reading & notes
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.
Compare & connect
Bering Land Bridge – Graphic Organizer & Mapping
A social studies resource teaching the Bering Land Bridge theory of early human migration to the Americas through an introductory reading, a cause-and-effect graphic organizer, and a mapping activity.
Historical reading & notes
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,…
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Story elements
Myths and Legends from Around the World - Reading Comprehension
Read each short legend/folktale, then answer multiple-choice comprehension questions (checking the right answer) covering genre identification, vocabulary meaning, rhyming, factual recall, and inference; use accompanying graphic organizers to identify story elements, sequence events on a timeline, and summarize.
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Wars & historical change
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.
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Nonfiction & key ideas
Syllable Activities: The History of "Frozen" | Passage with Questions
Read syllable-counting explanations and tips, then read the song lyric passage and: count syllables in 14 listed words, sort new words found in the lyrics by syllable count (1-4) into a graphic organizer, divide those words into syllable parts using / or -, and find and divide a 5-syllable word from the lyrics.
Historical reading & notes
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…
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