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Ever wonder how the plasma TV came to be? Read a brief history of the television with this ode to inventors.

Get ready for some wordplay! This homographs worksheet will help your child sort out those words that look alike but sound different and mean different things.

Meet Narcissus, a handsome and self-centered demi-god who stars in his own tragic Greek myth.

Learn some interesting history about some of the oldest, and longest, roads in the U.S.! Your child will learn about a famous trade route to Mexico.

In this reading and writing worksheet about the poem “A Nation’s Strength” by William Ralph Emerson, students will use their understanding of figurative language to identify and define metaphors and difficult vocabulary.

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about soul music and the history of African-Americans in pop music, all in this Hip-Hop Music worksheet!

Read some fictional "eyewitness accounts" of the haunted London Underground, then write your own version of a ghost sighting!

Use this resource to read a nonfiction passage about sharks and write a summary.

Help students practice close reading of fiction or nonfiction texts with this detailed checklist.

Sink your teeth into some vampire history and lore with this playful Halloween worksheet!

Help your young reader learn to identify themes with the Panchatantra story "The Broken Pot" a classic fable from India that has a moral lesson.

Hanako is a famous ghost story that originated in Japan. Your fifth grader will read about the legend, and then compare and contrast som

Read about a few of the Native American tribes that Lewis and Clark encountered on their journey west.

Read this passage from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, and get both reading and writing practice in one fell swoop.

In this biography worksheet, children discover the challenges Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor faced in her childhood, and read about how she used those obstacles to become a good lawyer and judge.

Learn about Jewish-American baseball player Sandy Koufax, a baseball legend who's considered one of the greatest Jewish-American athletes in history.

This worksheet challenges fifth graders to practice their skills with dividing by powers of 10.

Poor Odysseus was just trying to get home when he ran into the Cyclops monster. Find all about it in this epic Greek myth!

Did you know that sound is actually caused by movement? Vibrations of particles create the sound that we hear.

Young learners will correct a passage for punctuation in this proofreading exercise.

Whether you love the great outdoors or are preparing for the zompocalpyse, this round-up of survival skills will help kids be prepared for any disaster!

What if you met a snake who could make you rich? Enjoy one of the classic Panchatantra stories, animal fables from India that have a moral lesson.

Your social studies student can practice reading maps, charts and more all-inclusive concepts with the population density map of Massachusetts.

Celebrate Black History Month by studying the contributions of African American jazz legends! Here’s a page on Thelonious Monk, the first name in the modern jazz movement.

Celebrate Black History Month by studying the contributions of African-American jazz legend Charlie Parker!

A nonfiction passage and some essay questions help students understand the effects of the Civil War in this American history worksheet.

This Halloween-themed worksheet is designed to help students understand the goal of the Teal Pumpkin Project while also providing practice reading nonfiction and citing evidence in nonfiction texts.

In this Martin Luther King Jr. Cut-and-Paste Timeline worksheet, students will learn about the life of an important historical figure.

In this worksheet, children discover what plastic is, how it is manufactured, as well as its history and about attempts to reduce plastic waste.