Pearl Harbor Reading Packet

Students read about Pearl Harbor and use the passage to answer questions, identify causes and effects, and organize a main idea with supporting details.
Grades
Grades 4–5, Elementary
Pages
13
File type
PDF
Answer key
Included

Updated Aug 10, 2022

Subject
ELA, Social Studies, Reading Comprehension, Reading, History
Topic
Pearl Harbor, Nonfiction reading
Resource types
Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
Answer key
Included
Standards
RI.4.1

Product description

From the author

This resource is a Pearl Harbor Reading Packet.

This is a great no prep resource that all you have to do is print and go!

Students will love learning history as they read an informative passage and apply vocabulary terms.

Worksheets included such as multiple-choice questions and graphic organizers will allow them to show what they know.

These work well for social studies or reading instruction.

Answer keys included.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Answer comprehension questions using explicit details from a nonfiction passage.

  • Identify the main idea of a historical passage and its supporting details.

  • Identify cause-and-effect relationships within a historical event.

Teaching tips

  • Print the reading and selected student activities, keeping the answer pages separate

  • Return to the single passage when completing the organizers and mixed-question quiz

  • Use the three-question exit ticket for a short closing check; four copies share one page

Skills covered

  • Reading comprehension — answering explicit and inferential questions from a nonfiction passage.

  • Main idea and supporting details identification.

  • Historical content knowledge — key facts about the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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How does the packet revisit the passage?

Students use one reading for short-answer questions, a mixed-question quiz, cause-and-effect work, supporting details for a supplied main idea, and an exit ticket.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • RI.4.1

Core concepts

  • Pearl Harbor

  • World War II

  • Cause and effect

  • Main idea and details

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