Give your students experience with reading and analyzing primary sources with this powerful excerpt from the memoir of Frederick Douglass.

Learners will practice using nonfiction text features to support their understanding of a short text about the Winter Olympics.

Martin Luther King, Jr. is honored as one of the most important leaders in the civil rights movement. Give your fourth and fifth graders a chance to deepen their understanding of his life and legacy through this reader’s theater activity.

Read and analyze a classic example of historical fiction with this adapted excerpt from Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper!

In this exercise, your students will compare and contrast two fictional stories with the same characters.

Young historians will love learning facts about the famous Viking explorer Leif Ericson while practicing their reading comprehension and writing skills.

Help your active readers identify key vocabulary and important details with the help of two graphic organizers!

America gets its name from Amerigo Vespucci. Kids will learn about this important historical figure with this fun worksheet.

Students will use an adjective word bank to help them identify statements of fact and opinion.

Children learn about George Washington Carver, who rose from slavery to become a leading agricultural pioneer, innovator, inventor, and educator, in this historical heroes worksheet.

In the worksheet The History of African American Spirituals, children read about how African Americans used spirituals during different moments in history, starting from their enslavement to the civil rights movement.

In this worksheet, children read the story of Parks' act of passive resistance, then follow a series of thoughtful prompts to reflect on why the boycott was successful, as well as why it inspired the support of so many people around the United States.

Use this graphic organizer to support learners' understanding of cause and effect in the books they read.

Use this exercise to give your students practice using direct quotes as evidence to support statements.

This sample nonfiction text about basketball helps students to explore author's point.

This activity guides your readers towards the key details and shows kids how to effectively underline while reading.

This passage sheds light to the powerful women's workforce in World War 2. After reading the passage, students will use their critical thinking stills to answer comprehension questions.

What are the effects of storms and other weather events? Students will create flow charts that represent the multiple effects that are a result of specific weather causes.

In this biography worksheet, children read a passage about Booker T. Washington's life, then follow a series of thoughtful prompts to reflect on what they have learned.

Learners practice comparing a variety of story elements, including characters, setting, and key events, in this reading comprehension worksheet.

This informational text about a topic relevant to students can be used to help explain author’s claims and the reasons used to support them.

Learn about a mysterious sea creature as you pick out important information for a nonfiction summary.

Young readers will practice synthesizing information from multiple sources on the same topic in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Read this text about the Great Depression with your students as they build comprehension skills.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when comparing and contrasting.

Use this reading and writing worksheet to teach first and second grade students about Angela Davis and her life as an activist, writer, and scholar.