This travel brochure activity summarizes the fascinating history behind the birthplace of the Renaissance.

Your young student will step back in time with this worksheet on the Ming Dynasty. He'll build comprehension skills as he learns some ancient history.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the last part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Read this famous Norse myth starring Sif and Loki and find out how mythology shapes our understanding of the world around us.

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.

The Tain, formally known as Tain Bo Cuailnge, is an epic from early Irish literature. Read The Tain for kids in this worksheet, and learn about its characters.

Use this organizer to compare facts from a nonfiction text with examples from a novel or short story.

Paraphrasing is an important writing skill. With this worksheet, your student will learn some history as he practices paraphrasing.

Students will use content-specific vocabulary in context as they learn about the Revolutionary War.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Supporting Details.

Use this handy genre guide to teach students about 14 different genres!

Assemble your favorite actors and find the perfect parts for them in your summer reading book.

Use this resource to help your students familiarize themselves with the concept of literary themes.

Your little learner can learn about the heroic Tuskegee Airmen as he hones his reading comprehension skills with this history worksheet.

Students practice using keywords to prepare for summary writing.

After reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, give learners an opportunity to write a story of their own that is inspired by true events!

Take flight with this ode to inventors! See the history of the helicopter, from its conception in ancient China to the modern vehicle it is today.

EL students will practice using sentence frames to write about main idea and details.

Get your students moving with this interactive sorting game!

Learn about the Tuskegee Institute, an important site in American History. It was one of the first universities made to help educate African Americans.

After reading Jim Murphy's novel The Great Fire, allow students to engage with the book with this thoughtful letter-writing extension activity!

In this biography worksheet, children are introduced to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who in 1993 became the second female Justice of the Supreme Court in the United States.

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

This worksheet gives kids the opportunity to compare and contrast two different versions of the Greek myth of Persephone.

Build critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions for parts 5-7 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

With this storyboard, students will draw and write about events in a chronological order.

Get into the spirit of Halloween with a spooky info page, all about zombies! Your child will learn the ways of the walking dead as he hones his reading skills.

Tap into your students’ creativity by challenging them to create an infographic using content from their reading!

This graphic organizer will encourage your students to put together all the pieces of a strong inference and help them practice reading comprehension skills.

Explore all the action packed into "To Build a Fire" by building mini version of it!