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Discover whether the color of text correlates with ease and speed of reading.

Does Text Color Affect Readability

Practice identifying and interpreting nonfiction text features in this worksheet about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nonfiction Text Features: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Play family detective and learn how to read old census documents.

Search Census Records

Try your hand at being a history detective as you study primary sources from the night the Titanic sank.

Titanic Passenger List

Can you guess the job? Put your detective skills to the test in this fun worksheet for second and third graders!

Guess My Job #2

Give your child a fun review of longitude and latitude with this fun detective activity! She'll hunt down a wanted criminal using the coordinates given.

Latitude and Longitude Practice

Use this fun and interesting worksheets about maps to help your students use sentence level context clues, examples, and logic to decode text and become more fluent in reading informational text.

Learning About Maps!

Children will practice using a text to create a timeline in this engaging worksheet.

Timeline: The History of Photography

Ask students to read an interesting biography about Dr. Mae Jemison and then answer questions about the text!

Who Is Mae Jemison?

Students read the primary-source text of the first 10 amendments and summarize each one using their own words.

The Bill of Rights: Summarizing the Amendments

Read the text along with your child as she colors so she can learn more about Uncle Sam, an American icon.

Who is Uncle Sam?

Give middle school learners an opportunity to dig into the original text of this historical document with this two-page social studies worksheet.

Primary Source Analysis: Declaration of Independence

In this social studies worksheet, learners will read a short paragraph about elections and then complete a crossword puzzle using vocabulary from the text.

Keywords in an Election

Introduce students to the primary-source text of the Gettysburg Address&mdash;and the context in which was delivered&mdash;with this three-page social studies worksheet.

Primary Source Analysis: Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

Read the text to this page aloud to your child as she colors, and talk about your family's heritage. Did her ancestors sail past The Statue of Liberty?

National Symbols: The Statue of Liberty

Test the effects of left and right handedness on writing speed and penmanship. Volunteers hand-copy the same paragraph of text, which samples look neater?

Handedness

First, students will read a biography of Amelia Boynton Robinson, and then respond to comprehension questions, using text evidence.

Biography: Amelia Boynton Robinson 

Help students organize their ideas with this versatile storyboard graphic organizer! Children can use it to respond to text, organize the order of events, or even as a pre-writing tool to collect ideas.

Storyboard

This lesson plan teaches kids about W.E.B. Du Bois through video and a short informational text. Students will compare/contrast their findings and create a poster in small groups showing what they learned.

Learning About W.E.B. Du Bois

Students will read a biography of Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to become a principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, and then answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text,

A Misty Copeland Biography

Children learn about the environmental activist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai. Students will read a biography about the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Biography of Wangari Maathai

Can your fourth grader assist Zoey Chase in tracking down this conspicuous culprit? Working through these multi-digit multiplication problems is the first step!

Multiplication Mischief: West Coast USA

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was a 17th century writer and philosopher who today is considered one of the first documented feminists and advocates for women’s education. In this lesson, students will read two nonfiction texts about Sor Juana and discuss her life and accomplishments before writing an opinion piece about her. 

Writing Opinions About Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

This lesson will introduce students to intermediate map directions northwest, northeast, southwest, and southeast. It also offers practice writing functional texts using transitional words as well as both cardinal and intermediate directions.

Transitioning to Intermediate Directions

Reading informational texts is a crucial part of education. This series can help your child think critically about U.S. history. He'll respond to passages, analyze events and learn new vocabulary.

Read Me, U.S. History

Your young learner will discover the basics of local government with this worksheet all about municipalities.

Local Government

Celebrate&nbsp;Constitution Day by learning the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution!

Do the Preamble (Un)Scramble

Step right up to the most famous wall on Earth! Spanning nearly four thousand miles, the Great Wall of China is one of the oldest wonders of the world.

Great Wall of China

Learn about the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Explore ideas of citizenship, constructive action and community while building on literacy skills and historical knowledge with your child.

Civil Rights

This workbook is swift to get through, much like the mushers who participated in The Great Race of Mercy. Through reading passages and math problems learn about the event that saved lives.

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