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Read, Answer, Write & Color 1. Students read a 300 word article 2. Students Answer 3 Comprehension Question & Define 2 Vocabulary Words 3. Students Paraphrase/Summarize what they read 4. Students Color the Topic Assignments Included:Ancient Greece (civilization, culture) Geography of Ancient Greece (mountains, islands) Minoans (Crete, trade) Myceneans (warriors, palaces) Greek Daily Life (markets, customs) Typical Greek Town (agora, temples) Clothing in Ancient Greece (tunics, sandal

Read, Answer, Write & Color 1. Students read a 300 word article 2. Students Answer 3 Comprehension Question & Define 2 Vocabulary Words 3. Students Paraphrase/Summarize what they read 4. Students Color the Topic Assignments Included:Ancient Rome (civilization, empire) Romulus and Remus (shewolf, founding) The Roman Republic (constitution, consuls) The City of Rome (Tiber, population) The Roman Forum (marketplace, debate) Daily Life in Ancient Rome (schooling, customs) Food and Cooking in

Massachusetts US History II Complete Unit*All assignments written using the wording of the Massachusetts US History II StandardsAssignments:500-600 word Article7-8 Comprehension QuestionsAnswer KeyAssignments Included:Topic 1. The role of economics in modern United States history [USII.T1] Scarcity and Economic Reasoning How do individuals and corporations make choices about saving or spending? Assignment: Modern Economics Spending & Savings Describe how resources for the production of goods

51 Articles with Questions (WORD Format)Assignment: 1. Read Article 500-600 Words 2. Answer Questions 52 "Chunked" AssignmentsThese assignments combine reading comprehension and vocabulary definitions in a unique format. Each article is broken up and contains embedded questions. Bold vocabulary words are spread through the article with context clues definitions. Assignment: 1. Read Article 2. Answer Questions 3. Define Vocabulary words Assignments Included:The Middle Ages Justinian I The Frank

Read, Answer, Write & Color 1. Students read a 300 word article 2. Students Answer 3 Comprehension Question & Define 2 Vocabulary Words 3. Students Paraphrase/Summarize what they read 4. Students Color the Topic Assignments Included:Ancient China (civilization, dynasty) Geography of Ancient China (landscape, climate) Huang He River (flooding, agriculture) Daily Life in Ancient China (family, tradition) Ancient Chinese Art (brushwork, pottery) Chinese Ideographic Writing (characters, calligraphy)

Aztec:Aztec Empire (alliance, tribute, metropolis, dominance)Geography of the Aztec Empire (basin, plateau, fertile, terrain)Aztec Society (hierarchy, nobles, commoners, calpulli)Aztec Government (emperor, council, tribute, authority)Aztec Daily Life (customs, marketplace, dwelling, artisan)Aztec Chinampas (agriculture, canals, harvest, irrigation)Women in the Aztec Empire (weaving, inheritance, priestess, responsibilities)Tenochtitlan (island-city, causeways, capital, population)Templo Mayor

These assignments combine reading comprehension and vocabulary definitions in a unique format. Each article is broken up and contains embedded questions. Bold vocabulary words are spread through the article with context clues definitions. Assignment: 1. Read Article 2. Answer Questions 3. Define Vocabulary words Assignments Included:Ancient Rome (civilization, expansion, senate, empire) Romulus and Remus (legend, twins, shewolf, founding) The Roman Republic (constitution, consuls, assembly, cit

These assignments combine reading comprehension and vocabulary definitions in a unique format. Each article is broken up and contains embedded questions. Bold vocabulary words are spread through the article with context clues definitions. Assignment: 1. Read Article 2. Answer Questions 3. Define Vocabulary words Assignments Included:Inca Empire (civilization, emperor, Andes, expansion) Tribes of Early Pmy, tools) Inca Foods (maize, potatoes, harvest, storage) Daily Life of the Inca (houture, co

Assignments:500-600 word Article7-8 Comprehension QuestionsAnswer KeyAssignments Included:Topic 1: Studying complex societies, past and present [6.T1] What do the social sciences contribute to our understanding of the world? Assignment: Social Services and Understanding the World Explain how different academic fields in the social sciences concentrate on different means of studying societies in the past and present Assignment: Studying the Past and Present Give examples of ways in which a cur

These assignments combine reading comprehension and vocabulary definitions in a unique format. Each article is broken up and contains embedded questions. Bold vocabulary words are spread through the article with context clues definitions. Assignment: 1. Read Article 2. Answer Questions 3. Define Vocabulary words Included:Ancient & Classical Art (civilization, sculpture, mythology, idealism) Native American Art (tradition, pottery, weaving, symbolism) Gothic Art (cathedral, arches, stained-glass

Articles & Questions (No Pre-Teaching Needed)These assignments contain:500 to 600 word article on the topic7-8 Comprehension QuestionsAnswer Key*Easily editable word document assignment (PDF Versions available in our Assignment Packet)Assignments Included: 92nd Infantry Division 101st Airborne 761st Tank Battalion Admiral Bull Halsey Admiral Nagumo Admiral Nimitz Admiral Yamamoto Adolf Hitler African Americans in WW II Aircraft Carriers Allied Powers & Leaders of WW II Attack on Pearl Harbor At

These assignments combine reading comprehension and vocabulary definitions in a unique format. Each article is broken up and contains embedded questions. Bold vocabulary words are spread through the article with context clues definitions. Assignment: 1. Read Article 2. Answer Questions 3. Define Vocabulary words Assignments Included:The Middle Ages Justinian I The Franks Battle of Tours Anglo-Saxons Charlemagne Alfred the Great Vikings Ragnar Lothbrok Bjorn Ironside Ivar the Boneless Kievan

Articles & Questions (No Pre-Teaching Needed)These assignments contain:500-600 word Articles7-8 Comprehension QuestionsAnswer Keys* Easily editable Word FormatAssignments Included:Overview (civil war begins, divided nation) Causes (political instability, rising tensions) Life in China (poverty, daily struggles) 1911 Revolution (Qing dynasty collapse begins) Sun Yat-sen (founder of new republic) Yuan Shikai (failed monarchy attempt leader) Warlord Era (regional leaders control territo

Articles & Questions (No Pre-Teaching Needed)These assignments contain:500-600 word Articles7-8 Comprehension QuestionsAnswer KeysAssignments Included:Overview (civil war begins, divided nation) Causes (political instability, rising tensions) Life in China (poverty, daily struggles) 1911 Revolution (Qing dynasty collapse begins) Sun Yat-sen (founder of new republic) Yuan Shikai (failed monarchy attempt leader) Warlord Era (regional leaders control territories) May Fourth Movement (

These assignments combine reading comprehension and vocabulary definitions in a unique format. Each article is broken up and contains embedded questions. Bold vocabulary words are spread through the article with context clues definitions. Assignment: 1. Read Article 2. Answer Questions 3. Define Vocabulary words Included:GEOLOGYComposition of the Earth (layers, core, mantle, crust) Rocks (igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic, formation) Minerals (crystals, hardness, luster, composition) Plate T

Articles & Questions (No Pre-Teaching Needed)These assignments contain:500 to 600 word article on the topic7-8 Comprehension QuestionsAnswer Key*Easily editable word document assignmentTopics Included:Ancient Greece Overview Geography of Ancient Greece Minoans Myceneans Greek Daily Life Typical Greek Town Clothing in Ancient Greece Food in Ancient Greece Architecture in Ancient Greece Drama and Theater in Ancient Greece Ancient Greek Art Greek Alphabet Science and Technology in Ancient Greece Wo

These assignments combine reading comprehension and vocabulary definitions in a unique format. Each article is broken up and contains embedded questions. Bold vocabulary words are spread through the article with context clues definitions. Assignment: 1. Read Article 2. Answer Questions 3. Define Vocabulary words Included:Ancient China Overview (civilization, dynasty, culture, territory) Geography of Ancient (mountains, plains, landscape, climate) Huang He River (flooding, sediment, agricult

Articles & Questions (No Pre-Teaching Needed)These assignments contain:500 to 600 word article on the topic7-8 Comprehension QuestionsAnswer KeyIncluded:HSS-6.1 Standard: Students describe what is known through archaeological studies of the early physical and cultural development of humankind from the Paleolithic era to the agricultural revolution. Assignment: Archeological Studies of Human Development HSS-6.1.1 Standard: Describe the hunter-gatherer societies, including the development of to

Read, Answer, Write & Color 1. Students read a 300 word article 2. Students Answer 3 Comprehension Question & Define 2 Vocabulary Words 3. Students Paraphrase/Summarize what they read 4. Students Color the Topic Assignments Included:The Middle Ages (Feudal, manor) Justinian I (Byzantine, Hagia Sophia) The Franks (kingdom, territory) Battle of Tours (invasion, cavalry,) Anglo-Saxons (migration, settlement,) Charlemagne (empire, coronation) Alfred the Great (fortification, Unity) Vikings (longship

Topic 4: Defending democracy: the Cold War and civil rights at home [USII.T4]*All assignments written using the wording of the Massachusetts US History II StandardsAssignments:500-600 word Article7-8 Comprehension QuestionsAnswer KeyAssignments Included:How did the U.S. government respond to challenges to freedom at home during the Cold War? Assignment: U.S. Freedom Challenges & The Cold War Describe and analyze one the domestic policies of Presidents Truman and Eisenhower (e.g., Truman’s Fai