Massachusetts - Literacy Activities
This section contains numerous Massachusetts-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.
Massachusetts Bay Colony Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions
Introduction to Massachusetts Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a short passage and four multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 122 Words; LEXILE = 810
Introduction to Massachusetts Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and four 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 = 122 Words; LEXILE = 810
Adventures Through the Lives and Times of the Pilgrims
Description: In this interactive story, students travel through key moments in the history of Pilgrims heading to the New World, guided by their thoughts, hopes, and experiences. At each historic location, they explore illustrated scenes, read narrated passages, and answer thoughtful comprehension questions to track their progress. When all sites are visited, students receive a printable score report showing their journey through America’s founding story.
Adventures on the Mayflower - An Interactive Comprehension Story
Description: In this interactive story, students take an interactive tour of the Mayflower, guided by the captain and crew. In each part of the ship, they explore illustrated scenes, read narrated passages, and answer thoughtful comprehension questions to track progress. When all sites are visited, students receive a printable score report showing their journey onboard this iconic ship.
The Mayflower Compact - Primary Sources Super Comprehension
Description: These primary source comprehension activities guide students through close reading of authentic historical texts. By working across three skill-focused tabs—Main Idea, Details, Inference, and Contextual Vocabulary—students develop a deeper understanding of the passages and strengthen essential literacy skills. The interactive tools and structured layout help readers analyze, annotate, and interpret the text with clarity and confidence. These also include detailed online and printable score reports. These activities reflect of Lexile of 950+ (grades 6 + ).
Plymouth Colony Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 533 Words; LEXILE: 1110
Plymouth Colony Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten 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: 533 Words; LEXILE: 1110
Plymouth Colony 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.
The First Thanksgiving, or Not so Much? - Flip the Narrative Debate Comprehension
Description: These Flipping the Narrative activities help students explore history by comparing two contrasting perspectives on the same event. Students read both passages, annotate key ideas, and examine how each side uses evidence to support its arguments. By toggling between viewpoints and answering deeper-level questions, learners build critical thinking skills and a richer understanding of historical complexity.
Squanto Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and eight multiple choice questions. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 339 Words; LEXILE: 910
Squanto 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.
King Phillip's War Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a reading 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. You can also print out detailed results. PASSAGE LENGTH: 333 Words; LEXILE: 1210
King Phillip's War Reading Comprehension - Printable
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. 333 Words; LEXILE: 1210
Life in Puritan Massachusetts Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a reading 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. You can also print out detailed results. PASSAGE LENGTH: 309 Words; LEXILE: 910
Life in Puritan Massachusetts Reading Comprehension - Printable
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 309 Words; LEXILE: 910
Sons of Liberty Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 373 Words; LEXILE: 1110
Sons of Liberty Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten 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: 373 Words; LEXILE: 1110
A Signature to Remember - John Hancock
Description: This American Revolution/Revolutionary War activity tells the story of the iconic John Hancock signature on the Declaration of Independence and then challenges students to come up with their own, creative signature.
John Hancock Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 354 Words; LEXILE: 1010 *New - if you need an easier version of the John Hancock reading comprehension passage and question set, scroll to the bottom and click "easier".
John Hancock Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH: 354 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Battles of Lexington and Concord Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 482 words; LEXILE = 1210
Battles of Lexington and Concord Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten 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 = 482 words; LEXILE = 1210 Need an easier version? Scroll to the bottom of the page and select it.
Battles of Lexington and Concord 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.
Battle of Bunker Hill Reading Comprehension - Printable
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions about the Battle of Bunker Hill. *NEW - If you need an easier version of this comprehension passage and question set, scroll to the bottom of the page and click!
Battle of Bunker Hill Reading Comprehension Printable - Easier
Description: This is a simpler version of the Battle of Bunker Hill reading comprehension exercise. Lexile: 800
Battle of Bunker Hill Reading Comprehension ONLINE
Description: This is a simpler version of the Battle of Bunker Hill reading comprehension exercise. It gives immediate feedback and a score report. Lexile: 1100
Battle of Bunker Hill Reading Comprehension ONLINE- Easier
Description: This is a simpler version of the Battle of Bunker Hill reading comprehension exercise. It gives immediate feedback and a score report. Lexile: 800 *NEW - Scroll to the bottom and click for a more difficult passage and question set for the Battle of Bunker Hill.
John Adams Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a biographical passage and seven multiple choice questions PASSAGE LENGTH: 448 Words; LEXILE: 1110 *New - if you need an easier version of the John Adams reading comprehension passage and question set, scroll to the bottom and click "easier".
John Adams Reading Comprehension Printable - Easier
Description: This is a simpler version of the John Adams reading comprehension exercise. Lexile: 800
John Adams Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This Revolutionary War/American Revolution resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH: 448 Words; LEXILE: 1110
John Adams Digital Centers - by Computer Mice
Description: This resource includes numerous bundled digital learning, researching, communicating, reviewing, and gaming activities on John Adams 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 James Madison, you're sure to find any number of unique opportunities for your students here.
Abigail Adams Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a biographical passage on Abigail Adams and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 282 words; LEXILE LEVEL = 1010
Abigail Adams Reading Comprehension Printable - Easier
Description: This is a simpler version of the Abigail Adams reading comprehension exercise. Lexile: 800
Abigail Adams Cloze Reading - Online
Description: This online cloze reading exercise requires students to type the words from the word bank into the correct fields in the paragraph. It gives immediate feedback.
Abigail Adams Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and ten 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 = 282 words; LEXILE LEVEL = 1010
Abigail Adams 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.
My Dearest Friend - Letters between John and Abigail Adams
Description: This article describes the letters sent between Abigail and John Adams when he was away from his Massachusetts home.
Boston Massacre Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 534 Words; LEXILE: 910 * New - if you need an easier version of the Boston Massacre reading comprehension passage and question set, scroll to the bottom and click "easier".
Boston Massacre Reading Comprehension Printable - Easier
Description: This is a simpler version of the Boston Massacre reading comprehension exercise. Lexile: 800
Boston Massacre Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.
Boston Massacre Correct-me Passage
Description: This fun activity requires students to correct a passage about the Boston Massacre that has eight factual errors. Students first must discover the errors, then click on them and select the correct answer from the drop down menu.
Virtual History Teacher - Grading a Boston Massacre Test
Description: Students play the role of a virtual history teacher and must grade responses to three questions about the Boston Massacre. Each response is incomplete, and students must fill in the missing information in the "response" section. Students can use the Boston Massacre narrative for reference.
Boston Massacre Fact or Fiction - Printable
Description: This fun activity requires students to read a Boston Massacre passage and then, to sort 11 statements into those that are facts and those that are fiction.
Boston Massacre Fact or Fiction - Online
Description: This fun activity requires students to read a Boston Massacre passage and then, to sort 11 statements into those that are facts and those that are fiction. The program gives immediate feedback.
Boston Massacre 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.
Paul Revere Digital Centers - by Computer Mice
Description: This resource includes numerous bundled digital learning, researching, communicating, reviewing, and gaming activities on Paul Revere 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 Paul Revere, you're sure to find any number of unique opportunities for your students here.
Boston Tea Party Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 377 Words; LEXILE: 910
Boston Tea Party Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten 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: 377 Words; LEXILE: 910
Boston Tea Party Reading Comprehension - Details Focus - Online
Description: This Revolutionary War/American Revolution resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.
Boston Tea Party Reading Comprehension - Main Idea Focus - Online
Description: This Revolutionary War/American Revolution resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.
Boston Tea Party Reading Comprehension - Seqeuncing Focus - Online
Description: This Revolutionary War/American Revolution resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.
Boston Tea Party Reading Comprehension - Contextual Vocabulary Focus - Online
Description: This Revolutionary War/American Revolution resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.
Behind the Scenes of the Boston Tea Party Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 416 words; LEXILE = 1210
Behind the Scenes of the Boston Tea Party Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH = 416 words; LEXILE = 1210
Behind the Scenes at the Boston Tea Party Reading Comprehension Printable - Easier
Description: This is a simpler version of the Behind the Scenes at the Boston Tea Party reading comprehension exercise. Lexile: 800
Boston Tea Party Reading Comprehension (Grades 2-4)
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and four multiple choice questions.
Boston Tea Party Reading Comprehension - Online (Grades 2-4)
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and four 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.
Boston Tea Party Paragraph Paramedics
Description: Find and correct the spelling, punctuation, and usage errors in the paragraph. Click on the error and then type in the correction. Immediate feedback is given.
Boston Tea Party Fact or Fiction - Online
Description: This fun activity requires students to read a Boston Massacre passage and then, to sort 11 statements into those that are facts and those that are fiction. The program gives immediate feedback.
Boston Tea Party Fact or Fiction - Printable
Description: This fun activity requires students to read a Boston Tea Party passage and then, to sort 11 statements into those that are facts and those that are fiction.
Virtual History Teacher - Grading a Boston Tea Party Test
Description: Students play the role of a virtual history teacher and must grade responses to three questions about the Boston Tea Party. Each response is incomplete, and students must fill in the missing information in the "response" section. Students can use the Boston Tea Party narrative for reference.
Unfair Punishments - A Boston Tea Party Writing Prompt
Description: This writing prompts requires students to relate to the unfair punishments issued to the American colonists after the Boston Tea Party by detailing the most unfair punishment they've ever experienced, and the reasons why they were punished.
Boston Tea Party Correct-me Passage
Description: This fun activity requires students to correct a passage about the Boston Tea Party that has eight factual errors. Students first must discover the errors, then click on them and select the correct answer from the drop down menu.
Boston Tea Party 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.
Behind the Scenes of the Boston Tea Party 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.
Boston Tea Party Activities Bundles - All of the Printable Activities on the Boston Tea Party from mrnussbaum.com
Description: This packet contains all of the printable activities on the Boston Tea Party on MrNussbaum.com
Noble Train of Artillery Reading Comprehension (Henry Knox's miracle)
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 478 Words; LEXILE: 1010 * New - IF you need an easier version of the Noble Train of Artillery Reading Comprehension, scroll to the bottom of the page and click it.
Noble Train of Artillery Reading Comprehension Printable - Easier
Description: This is a simpler version of the Nobel Train of Artillery reading comprehension exercise. Lexile: 800
Noble Train of Artillery Reading Comprehension (Henry Knox's miracle) - 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: 478 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Alexander Graham Bell Cloze Reading - Online
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Alexander Graham Bell Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten 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 = 336 words; LEXILE LEVEL = 1010
Alexander Graham Bell Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 336 words; LEXILE LEVEL = 1010
Susan B. Anthony Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 225 Words; LEXILE: 1050
Susan B. Anthony Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH: 225 Words; LEXILE: 1050
Susan B. Anthony Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and four multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH: 164 Words; LEXILE: 910
Susan B. Anthony Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a short passage and four multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH: 164 Words; LEXILE: 910
Susan B. Anthony Digital Centers - by Computer Mice
Description: This resource includes numerous bundled digital learning, researching, communicating, reviewing, and gaming activities on Susan B. Anthony 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 Susan B. Anthony, you're sure to find any number of unique opportunities for your students here.
Susan B. Anthony Gets Arrested! Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This reading comprehension activity on the arrest of Susan B. Anthony includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback and a score report. WORD COUNT: 203 LEXILE LEVEL: 810
The Susan B. Anthony One Dollar Coin Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This reading comprehension activity requires includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions about the Susan B. Anthony one-dollar coin. It gives immediate feedback and a score report. WORD COUNT: 268 LEXILE LEVEL: 1010
Massachusetts Sentence Surgeons
Description: This activity requires students to correct poor spelling, grammar, and punctuation from three Massachusetts-themed sentences. The program gives immediate feedback.
Massachusetts Correct-me Passage
Description: This activity requires students to read a paragraph about Massachusetts and to correct the incorrect facts. Students must click on the words in the paragraph that are incorrect and select the correct answer from the menu that appears. The program gives immediate feedback.
Comparing and Contrasting States - Connecticut and Massachusetts
Description: This activity requires students to categorize statements into a chart with Connecticut, Massachusetts, both, or neither. Two short passages about each state are included.
Comparing and Contrasting States - Massachusetts and New York
Description: This activity requires students to categorize statements into a chart with Massachusetts, New York, both, or neither. Two short passages about each state are included.
Comparing and Contrasting States - Massachusetts and Vermont
Description: This activity requires students to categorize statements into a chart with Massachusetts, Vermont, both, or neither. Two short passages about each state are included.
The Appalachian Mountains Reading Comprehension - Printable
Description: This activity requires includes a reading passage and six multiple choice questions. The answers are included in the PDF.
The Atlantic Coastal Plain Reading Comprehension - Printable
Description: This activity requires includes a reading passage and six multiple choice questions. The answers are included in the PDF.
Atlantic Coastal Plain 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.
John F. Kennedy Digital Centers - by Computer Mice
Description: This resource includes numerous bundled digital learning, researching, communicating, reviewing, and gaming activities on John F. Kennedy 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 John F. Kennedy, you're sure to find any number of unique opportunities for your students here.
Salem Witch Trials Reading Comprehension
Description: This resources includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 467 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Salem Witch Trials 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: 467 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Salem Witch Trials 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.
Salem Welcome Sign
Description: This activity challenges students to design a welcome billboard to visitors entering the village of Salem in 1693 - the year after the Salem Witch Trials.
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