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Looking for a no-prep reading comprehension activity to teach your students about the history of Juneteenth? These reading and writing activities make it easy to introduce students to the history of this important American summer holiday with a nonfiction reading passage, comprehension questions, a sequence graphic organizer, and engaging writing prompts!
Middle school students will learn the history of Juneteenth, how it fits into the story of slavery ending in America, and what it means to people today. You can use these engaging activities as a reading lesson to strengthen nonfiction comprehension skills, a social studies lesson to dive deeper into a landmark day in U.S. history, or a timely way to incorporate Black History Month or Juneteenth into any class. They also make a great no-prep sub plan!
(For more reading activities for teaching U.S. holidays, be sure to check out the rest of my full-year Holiday Nonfiction Bundle!)
Pages 1-2
The first page is a nonfiction passage telling the story of Juneteenth, focusing on how it differs from the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th amendment. At the bottom, there is a glossary of six challenging vocabulary words from the passage. The second page contains nine questions from comprehension to analysis-level.
Page 3
The third page is a flow chart for sequencing the Emancipation Proclamation, the passage of the 13th amendment in Congress, Juneteenth, and the ratification of the 13th amendment. Students will need to sequence these four events that helped end slavery and use details from the passage to explain their importance.
Page 4
The last page is a tic-tac-toe writing activity! Students choose three prompts in a row and answer all three. The prompts encourage students to think more deeply about various Juneteenth-related topics, including freedom, slavery, holidays, and a thought-provoking quote by Frederick Douglass. These prompts make excellent discussion-starters and are guaranteed to get your class talking (in the best way!).
This resource includes the following digital versions:
- Google Slides (link in PDF)
- Easel Activity (link in My Purchases)
If you like this resource, don't miss my full-year Holiday Nonfiction Bundle for eight engaging reading passages about U.S. holidays!
You may also love my Summer Holidays Mini-Bundle with resources for both Juneteenth AND the 4th of July - America's two freedom holidays!
I hope your students enjoy learning about this unique American holiday!
(An answer key is included.)
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Looking for a no-prep reading comprehension activity to teach your students about the history of Juneteenth? These reading and writing activities make it easy to introduce students to the history of this important American summer holiday with a nonfiction reading passage, comprehension questions, a sequence graphic organizer, and engaging writing prompts!
Middle school students will learn the history of Juneteenth, how it fits into the story of slavery ending in America, and what it means to people today. You can use these engaging activities as a reading lesson to strengthen nonfiction comprehension skills, a social studies lesson to dive deeper into a landmark day in U.S. history, or a timely way to incorporate Black History Month or Juneteenth into any class. They also make a great no-prep sub plan!
(For more reading activities for teaching U.S. holidays, be sure to check out the rest of my full-year Holiday Nonfiction Bundle!)
Pages 1-2
The first page is a nonfiction passage telling the story of Juneteenth, focusing on how it differs from the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th amendment. At the bottom, there is a glossary of six challenging vocabulary words from the passage. The second page contains nine questions from comprehension to analysis-level.
Page 3
The third page is a flow chart for sequencing the Emancipation Proclamation, the passage of the 13th amendment in Congress, Juneteenth, and the ratification of the 13th amendment. Students will need to sequence these four events that helped end slavery and use details from the passage to explain their importance.
Page 4
The last page is a tic-tac-toe writing activity! Students choose three prompts in a row and answer all three. The prompts encourage students to think more deeply about various Juneteenth-related topics, including freedom, slavery, holidays, and a thought-provoking quote by Frederick Douglass. These prompts make excellent discussion-starters and are guaranteed to get your class talking (in the best way!).
This resource includes the following digital versions:
- Google Slides (link in PDF)
- Easel Activity (link in My Purchases)
If you like this resource, don't miss my full-year Holiday Nonfiction Bundle for eight engaging reading passages about U.S. holidays!
You may also love my Summer Holidays Mini-Bundle with resources for both Juneteenth AND the 4th of July - America's two freedom holidays!
I hope your students enjoy learning about this unique American holiday!
(An answer key is included.)
Follow me to be notified of new products and updates!
Need more engaging nonfiction passages? Try these:
Ocean Life Nonfiction Bundle - Text Features and Text Structure
