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Rachel Carson - Authors Series

Description: This page describes the life and times of Rachel Carson. It is part of our authors series.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6+

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Beverly Cleary - Authors Series

Description: This page describes the life and times of Beverly Cleary. It is part of our authors series.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6+

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Emily Dickinson - Authors Series

Description: This page describes the life and times of Emily Dickinson. It is part of our authors series.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6+

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Ralph Waldo Emerson - Authors Series

Description: This page describes the life and times of philosopher and lecturer Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is part of our authors series.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

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Robert Frost Biography

Description: This is a complete biography on poet Robert Frost.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6+

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Nathaniel Hawthorne - Authors Series

Description: This page describes the life and times of Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is part of our authors series.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6+

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Ernest Hemingway - Authors Series

Description: This page describes the life and times of Ernest Hemingway. It is part of our authors series.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

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Thomas Jefferson Biography

Description: This is a detailed biography about Thomas Jefferson

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6+

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Francis Scott Key Biography

Description: This is a full biography on the author of America's national anthem - Francis Scott Key

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6+

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Edgar Allan Poe - Authors Series

Description: This page describes the life and times of Edgar Allan Poe. It is part of our authors series.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6+

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Dr. Seuss - Authors Series

Description: This page describes the life and times of Theodore Geisel, AKA Dr. Seuss. It is part of our authors series.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

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William Shakespeare Biography

Description: This is a complete biography on William Shakespeare.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6+

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Shel Silverstein - Authors Series

Description: This page describes the life and times of Shel Silverstein. It is part of our authors series.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6+

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Henry David Thoreau - Authors Series

Description: This page describes the life and times of Henry David Thoreau. It is part of our authors series.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6+

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Mark Twain- Authors Series

Description: This page describes the life and times of Samuel L. Clemens, AKA Mark Twain. It is part of our authors series.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

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Phillis Wheatley Biography

Description: This is a full biography on Revolutionary poet Phillis Wheatley

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6+

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Walt Whitman - Authors Series

Description: This page describes the life and times of Walt Whitman. It is part of our authors series.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

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Harriet Beecher Stowe Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource requires students to read a short biographical 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.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6+

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Harriet Beecher Stowe Reading Comprehension

Description: This activity features a short historical passage followed by seven multiple choice questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6+

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Thomas Paine Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6+

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Thomas Paine 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.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6+

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Best Sellers!

Description: Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin was the top-selling novel in 19th century America. This activity requires students to try to guess the top ten best-selling children's books of all time. Answer sheet included.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6+

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Phillis Wheatley Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6+

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Phillis Wheatley Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6+

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