Kansas - Literacy Activities
This section contains numerous Kansas-themed literacy activities including reading comprehension exercises, cloze reading exercises, sentence surgeons, writing prompts, and much more. Use the filters on the left side of the page to isolate activities by grade level or by interactive or printable format.
Francisco Coronado Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH: 578 Words; LEXILE: 1210
Francisco Coronado Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 578 Words; LEXILE: 1210
Mr. Polk's War - A Debate Over Manifest Destiny and the Mexican-American War
Description: This captivating printable requires students to understand the concept of manifest destiny and to conduct a mock interview in which they answer tough questions in the role of Abraham Lincoln (against the Mexican-American War) and in the role of President James K. Polk (in support of the war).
Manifest Destiny Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 218 Words; LEXILE: 1310
Manifest Destiny Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 218 Words; LEXILE: 1310
Bleeding Kansas Billboard - Causes of the Civil War
Description: This activity requires students to build use their knowledge about the forces that created "Bleeding Kansas" to design a "billboard" urging abolitionists to settle in Kansas.
Kansas-Nebraska Act Reading Comprehension - Causes of the Civil War
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 217 Words; LEXILE: 1210
Kansas-Nebraska Act Reading Comprehension - Causes of the Civil War - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH: 217 Words; LEXILE: 1210
Great Plains Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a short passage and four multiple choice questions.
The Great Plains Reading Comprehension - Printable
Description: This activity requires includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. The answers are included in the PDF.
Great Plains Reading Comprehension for Google Classroom
Description: This modified google quiz form allows you to collect data and scores using this reading comprehension exercise as part of your google classroom. These are designed for you to customize, add to, subtract from, and change . PLEASE MAKE A COPY AND DO NOT TYPE ON THE ORIGINAL.
Tornadoes Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a descriptive passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 265 Words; LEXILE: 1210
Tornadoes Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a descriptive passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH: 265 Words; LEXILE: 1210
Tornado Alley Cloze Reading - Online
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Tornado Alley Cloze Reading
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Dodge City Kansas Cloze Reading - Online
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Dodge City Kansas Cloze Reading
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Cawker City, Kansas, Ball of Twine Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.
Cawker City, Kansas, Ball of Twine Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions.
Amelia Earhart Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH = 906 words; LEXILE = 1010
Amelia Earhart Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 906 words; LEXILE = 1010
What Happened to Amelia Earhart? - the Gardner Island Theory Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 441 Words; LEXILE: 1110
Virtual History Teacher - Grading an Amelia Earhart Test
Description: Students play the role of a virtual history teacher and must grade responses to three questions about the life of Amelia Earhart. Each response is incomplete, and students must fill in the missing information in the "response" section. Students can use the Amelia Earhart biography for reference.
Amelia Earhart Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and four multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 270 words; LEXILE = 610
Amelia Earhart Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and four multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 270 words; LEXILE = 610
Re-Writing History: An alternative ending to the Amelia Earhart Story.
Description: This writing prompt require students to come up with an alternative ending to the Amelia Earhart story. Very fun!
Amelia Earhart Correct-me Passage
Description: This fun activity requires students to correct a passage about the life of Amelia Earhart that has nine factual errors. Students first must discover the errors, then click on them and select the correct answer from the drop down menu.
Amelia Earhart Fact or Fiction - Online
Description: This fun activity requires students to read an Amelia Earhart passage and then, to sort 12 statements into those that are facts and those that are fiction. It gives immediate feedback.
Amelia Earhart Fact or Fiction - Printable
Description: This fun activity requires students to read an Amelia Earhart passage and then, to sort 12 statements into those that are facts and those that are fiction.
Amelia Earhart Main Idea and Supporting Sentences
Description: This activity requires students to group supporting detail sentences under one of three different main ideas. There are nine total sentences.
Amelia Earhart Reading Comprehension for Google Classroom
Description: This modified google quiz form allows you to collect data and scores using this reading comprehension exercise as part of your google classroom. These are designed for you to customize, add to, subtract from, and change . PLEASE MAKE A COPY AND DO NOT TYPE ON THE ORIGINAL.
Amelia Earhart Activities Bundle: All the Printable Amelia Earhart Activities on This Site
Description: This bundle includes all of the printable Amelia Earhart activities on this site.
Amelia Earhart Digital Centers - by Computer Mice
Description: This resource includes numerous bundled digital learning, researching, communicating, reviewing, and gaming activities on Amelia Earhart in a single resource. Students can conduct research , fill out graphic organizers and Venn diagrams, write e-books with pictures, conduct interviews, determine fact or opinion, play games, and much, much more! If you're teaching about Amelia Earhart, you're sure to find any number of unique opportunities for your students here.
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