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Missouri - Literacy Activities
This section contains numerous Missouri-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.
Louisiana Purchase Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions.
Dynamic Duo - Lewis and Clark
Description: This printable exercise requires students to compare Lewis and Clark to other "dynamic duos" in literature, movies, or even sports.
"The Climb" - Lewis and Clark
Description: This printout requires students to consider a time when they thought they were at the cusp of finishing something great, only to learn there was MUCH more work to do - ALA Miley Cyrus.
Lewis and Clark Cloze Reading
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Lewis and Clark Reading Comprehension - Main Idea Focus
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions.
Lewis and Clark Reading Comprehension - Sequencing Focus
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions.
Lewis and Clark Reading Comprehension - Contextual Vocabulary Focus
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions.
Lewis and Clark Reading Comprehension - Details Focus
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions.
Lewis and Clark Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH: 395 Words; LEXILE: 1110
Lewis and Clark Reading Comprehension - Main Idea Focus - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.
Lewis and Clark Reading Comprehension - Sequencing Focus - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.
Lewis and Clark Reading Comprehension - Details Focus - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.
Lewis and Clark Reading Comprehension - Contextual Vocabulary Focus - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.
Comparing and Contrasting Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
Description: This activity requires students to compare and contrast Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Students must evaluate ten statements to determine if each is associated with Lewis, Clark, or Both.
William Clark Fact or Fiction
Description: This fun activity requires students to read a William Clark passage and then, to sort 10 statements into those that are facts and those that are fiction.
Meriwether Lewis Fact or Fiction
Description: This fun activity requires students to read a Meriwether Lewis passage and then, to sort 10 statements into those that are facts and those that are fiction.
Discoveries from the Journal of Meriwether Lewis - A Primary Source Digital Scavenger Hunt
Description: This activity requires students to use the excerpts from the journal of Meriwether Lewis to answer the scavenger hunt questions.
Lewis and Clark Digital Centers - by Computer Mice
Description: This resource includes numerous bundled digital learning, researching, communicating, reviewing, and gaming activities on Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark, you're sure to find any number of unique opportunities for your students here.
Sacagawea 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.
Sacagawea Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions.
Sacagawea - the Unsung Hero
Description: This activity explains the idea of Sacagawea as an unsung hero. Students must then write about an unsung hero they select from movies, literature, sports, or their own lives.
Sacagawea Fact or Fiction
Description: This fun activity requires students to read a Sacagawea passage and then, to sort 10 statements into those that are facts and those that are fiction.
Sacagawea Digital Centers - by Computer Mice
Description: This resource includes numerous bundled digital learning, researching, communicating, reviewing, and gaming activities on Sacagawea 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 Sacagawea, you're sure to find any number of unique opportunities for your students here.
Missouri Compromise Reading Comprehension
Description: This activity features a short historical passage followed by seven multiple choice questions.
Missouri Compromise Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource requires students to read a short historical passage and answer 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.
Lewis and Clark Scavenger Hunt
Description: This scavenger hunt is designed to be used with the Lewis and Clark Interactive Tour
Gateway Arch Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a short 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 = 128 Words; LEXILE = 810
Gateway Arch Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and four multiple choice questions.
Mississippi River 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.
Comparing and Contrasting States - Arkansas and Missouri
Description: This activity requires students to categorize statements into a chart with Arkansas, Missouri, both, or neither. Two short passages about each state are included.
Comparing and Contrasting States - Illinois and Missouri
Description: This activity requires students to categorize statements into a chart with Illinois, Missouri, both, or neither. Two short passages about each state are included.
Comparing and Contrasting States - Kansas and Missouri
Description: This activity requires students to categorize statements into a chart with Kansas, Missouri, both, or neither. Two short passages about each state are included.
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
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).
Bluebirds Reading Comprehension (Compare and Contrast)
Description: This resource includes a compare and contrast chart , a short passage, and five multiple choice questions.
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.
George Washington Carver Correct-me Passage - Online
Description: This fun activity requires students to correct a passage about the life of George Washington Carver 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.
George Washington Carver Fact or Fiction
Description: This fun activity requires students to read a George Washington Carver passage and then, to sort 11 statements into those that are facts and those that are fiction. The program gives immediate feedback.
George Washington Carver Fact or Fiction - Printable
Description: This fun activity requires students to read a George Washington Carver passage and then, to sort 11 statements into those that are facts and those that are fiction.
George Washington Carver and Text Elements - Paragraph headings
Description: This printable activity requires students to match the five different headings to their correct paragraphs.
George Washington Carver and Text Elements - Topic Sentence and Supporting Details
Description: This printable activity requires students to select sentences from a series of sentences that fit under the given topic sentence, and to construct a paragraph based on the logical order of the selected sentences.
George Washington Carver and Text Elements - Causes and Effects
Description: This printable activity requires students to fill in a cause and effect chart where some of the causes are empty and some of the effects are empty. Students can choose from a bank the causes and effects to enter.
Virtual History Teacher - George Washington Carver
Description: Students play the role of a virtual history teacher and must grade responses to three questions about the life of George Washington Carver. Each response is incomplete, and students must fill in the missing information in the "response" section. It's designed to reinforce the importance of elaboration. Students can use the George Washington Carver biography for reference.
George Washington Carver Reading Comprehension - Printable
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions.
George Washington Carver Writing Prompt - Who would you name yourself after?
Description: Did you know that George Washington Carver was originally born as George Carver? He gave himself the middle name “Washington” following World War I, in honor of Booker T. Washington. His name was not meant to honor the former slaveholder and founding father, George Washington. Imagine if you could re-name yourself after a figure in history? Who would you name yourself after and why? Give specific details that support your answer. If you can’t think of a historical figure, think of a character in the movies or literature.
George Washington Carver Activities Bundle - All of the GW Carver Printable Activities on this site.
Description: This bundle contains seven printable activities on GW Carver in a single bundle. It is free for subscribers to MrN365.com. You can also buy it on Teachers Pay Teachers for $2.70
George Washington Carver Digital Centers - by Computer Mice
Description: This resource includes numerous bundled digital learning, researching, communicating, reviewing, and gaming activities on George Washington Carver 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 George Washington Carver, you're sure to find any number of unique opportunities for your students here.

