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Oregon - Literacy Activities
This section contains numerous Oregon-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.
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.
Sacagawea Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions.
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.
The Long Lost Drawing of Sacagawea - Lewis and Clark
Description: Did you know that there are no known drawings of depictions of Sacagawea? All of the images you see of her today are simply guesses. This activity shows three different depictions of Sacagawea and challenges students to author their own "authentic" sketch of Sacagawea.
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.
The Lost Journal Pages of Meriwether Lewis
Description: When Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to explore the vast Louisiana Territory, he had visions that they’d find exotic creatures such as wholly mammoths and undiscovered landforms such as mountains made of salt. While Lewis and Clark discovered over three hundred species of animals and plants, and even sent a magpie and prairie dog as pets to Thomas Jefferson, they never found the kind of creatures that legends are made of (though they did find massive grizzly bears). What if Lewis and Clark actually did discover an unworldly plant, animal, and landform, but those pages were somehow lost from Lewis’ journal forever when their keelboat capsized? In the spaces provided below, use your imagination to name, draw, and describe these lost discoveries.
Discoveries from the Journal of Meriwether Lewis
Description: The section provides an introduction to the journal of Meriwether Lewis along with excerpts of his notes regarding observations of various birds and animals.
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.
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.
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.
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
Oh Columbia! Symbols of Westward Expansion
Description: This printable page requires students to analyze the famous portrait of Columbia (known as American Progress and painted by John Gast) - the spirit of westward expansion. Students must analyze the painting and describe at least four symbols of westward expansion as expressed in the painting.
Comparing and Contrasting States - California and Oregon
Description: This activity requires students to categorize statements into a chart with California, Oregon, both, or neither. Two short passages about each state are included.
Crater Lake Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a reading passage about Crater Lake and five multiple choice questions. It is suitable for kids in grades 4 and up and gives immediate feedback. WORD COUNT: 91 LEXILE: 810
Crater Lake Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a reading passage about Crater Lake and five multiple choice questions. It is suitable for kids in grades 4 and up and gives immediate feedback. WORD COUNT: 91 LEXILE: 810
Thor's Well Reading Comprehension - Printable
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and five multiple choice questions.
Pacific Ocean Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a short passage and five 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: 106 Words; LEXILE: 750
Pacific Ocean Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a short passage and five multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 106 Words; LEXILE: 750
The Pacific Rim of Fire Reading Comprehension
Description: This is a printable reading comprehension passage and multiple-choice question set. There are seven questions.
The Pacific Rim of Fire Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This is a printable reading comprehension passage and multiple-choice question set. There are seven questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.
Chinook Nation Interactive Scavenger Hunt
Description: This scavenger hunt includes a reading passage and eight questions. It gives immediate feedback.

