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Teach middle-school students how literacy rates affect a country's standard of living, using Australia as the case study, through a reading passage and comprehension activities.
Provide a ready-to-use, self-contained cross-curricular packet (reading passage plus follow-up activities) about submersibles and ocean exploration, designed for substitute teachers to use with minimal prep.
A reading passage and worksheet packet teaching 5th-grade students about Ruby Bridges and school integration during the Civil Rights Movement.
A comprehensive multi-lesson social studies/ELA unit study on New Zealand, combining reading passages, vocabulary, note-taking, discussion, writing, and hands-on activities to teach students about the country's geography, history, culture, and language.
An informational reading packet teaching the structure of Georgia's state government (executive, legislative, and judicial branches, including the governor's role), for 3rd-grade social studies/government instruction.
Read about six physical features of Georgia using two versions of the passage, including a version with side prompts. Students complete matching and comprehension tasks, write about economic importance, complete a chart and label a map. Exit tickets and supplied answer pages support checking. The included chart supports graphic organizers work. The packet fits a middle-school Georgia studies lesson; preview the reading demands before assigning it.
Teach students about specialization, mass production, and standard of living (using Henry Ford/Model T as an example) through a nonfiction reading passage on specialization and trade/economics.
Teach 6th-grade students how literacy rates affect standard of living, using Brazil, Cuba, and Mexico as case studies, through a reading passage and comprehension activities.
Teach students about post-Civil War U.S. economic specialization and North/South standard-of-living differences through a nonfiction reading passage on specialization and trade/economics.
A reading-comprehension packet on 19th-century technological advancements in Georgia (the cotton gin and the railroad), covering their economic impact including the expansion of slavery.
Teach middle-school students how literacy rates affect a country's standard of living, using Canada as the case study, through a reading passage and comprehension activities.
Teaches students the causes and key events leading up to the American Revolutionary War through a reading passage and follow-up activities.
A reading passage and worksheet packet teaching students about the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the five freedoms it protects.
An economics reading packet teaching how capital investment and GDP per capita measure a country's economic strength, using Australia as the example.
Teach 6th-grade social studies students about poverty, the war on drugs, and emigration to the U.S. as social/economic issues affecting Latin America.
A reading passage and activity packet teaching sixth-grade social studies students about population distribution patterns in Latin America (location, climate, natural resources).
Teach middle school students about capital investment and GDP per capita using a European economics context.
A differentiated reading and comprehension packet about Georgia's role in the signing of the Declaration of Independence, for use in social studies or reading instruction.
Teach students about specialization and trade in Canada (oil extraction/refining, mining, logging, automotive industries) through a nonfiction reading passage on specialization and trade/economics.
A 5th-grade social studies reading packet on U.S. territorial expansion in the 1800s (Louisiana Purchase, Lewis & Clark, Texas annexation, Oregon Trail, California Gold Rush, Manifest Destiny).
A no-prep reading packet teaching major battles, campaigns, and events of the American Civil War (Fort Sumter, Gettysburg, the Atlanta Campaign, Sherman's March to the Sea, Appomattox Court House).
Teach students about specialization and trade in Latin America (Mexico/petroleum, Cuba/sugar, Argentina/beef and leather examples) through a nonfiction reading passage on specialization and trade/economics.
A differentiated informational reading packet on Georgia politician Eugene Talmadge, covering his career, his opposition to Roosevelt's New Deal, and the segregationist actions and controversy surrounding his governorship, aligned to a Georgia Studies standard (referenced in the filename as SS8H8c).
Informational reading passage and activities teaching 3rd-grade economics concepts of where goods are manufactured (locally, nationally, and globally) and why.