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Alexander Graham Bell Biography

Description: This is a full biography on the inventor of the telephone - Alexander Graham Bell

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Thomas Edison Biography

Description: This is a full biography of Thomas Edison.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

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Bill Gates Biography

Description: This is a biography of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Elon Musk Biography

Description: This is a full biography on Elon Musk.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Elias Howe Biography

Description: This is a full biography on Elias Howe - inventor of the sewing machine.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Galileo Biography

Description: This is a complete biography on Galileo

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

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Steve Jobs Biography

Description: This is a full biography on Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Cyrus McCormick Biography

Description: This is a full biography on Cyrus McCormick - inventor of the reaper.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Eli Whitney Biography

Description: This is a full biography of cotton gin inventor Eli Whitney.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Thomas Edison Digital Centers - by Computer Mice

Description: This resource includes numerous bundled digital learning, researching, communicating, reviewing, and gaming activities on Thomas Edison 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 Thomas Edison, you're sure to find any number of unique opportunities for your students here.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 +

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Thomas Edison Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a biographical 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: 4, 5, 6

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Thomas Edison Reading Comprehension

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

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Alexander Graham Bell Digital Centers - by Computer Mice

Description: This resource includes numerous bundled digital learning, researching, communicating, reviewing, and gaming activities on Alexander Graham Bell 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 Alexander Graham Bell, you're sure to find any number of unique opportunities for your students here.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 +

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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.

Type: Cloze Reading

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5

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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

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Alexander Graham Bell Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 336 words; LEXILE LEVEL = 1010

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Bill Gates Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a detailed 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 = 545 Words; LEXILE = 1010

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6, 7 +

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Bill Gates Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 545 Words; LEXILE = 1010

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Steve Jobs Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 592 Words; LEXILE: 1010

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Steve Jobs Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 592 Words; LEXILE: 1010

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Elon Musk - Life in a Comic Strip

Description: This is a companion activity to our Elon Musk biography. This activity requires students to make a comic strip on the life of Elon Musk

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Elon Musk - Inventor's Log

Description: This is a companion activity to our Elon Musk biography. This fun activity requires students to think up inventions and "pitch" them to Elon Musk. The activity can be completed in groups or individually.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Elon Musk Reading Comprehension - Printable

Description: This activity requires includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. The answers are included in the PDF.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Tim Berners-Lee (Inventor of the World Wide Web) 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.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Tim Berners-Lee (Inventor of the World Wide Web) Reading Comprehension

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

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Benjamin Franklin Biography

Description: This is a full biography on Benjamin Franklin

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Benjamin Franklin 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: 4, 5, 6

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Benjamin Franklin Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and eight multiple choice and fill-in-the-blanks 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: 2, 3, 4

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Benjamin Franklin Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and eight multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 177 Words; LEXILE = 810

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Benjamin Franklin Cloze Reading - Online

Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.

Type: Cloze Reading

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Benjamin Franklin Cloze Reading

Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.

Type: Cloze Reading

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Benjamin Franklin Animated Biography

Description: This is an animated book that describes the life and times of Benjamin Franklin.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Ben Franklin Discovers Electricity

Description: This is an historical account of Franklin's famous kite experiment.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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The Franklin Shield

Description: This fun social studies activity requires students to create a Franklin family shield based on the many accomplishments of Benjamin.

Type: Science Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Galileo 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: 446 Words; LEXILE: 1010

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6, 7 +

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Galileo Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 446 Words; LEXILE: 1010

Type: Scavenger hunts

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Galileo 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.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Galileo Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a short passage and four multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 130 Words; LEXILE: 710

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Invention of the Television Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 416 Words; LEXILE: 1210

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

The Invention of Gummy Bears Reading Comprehension

Description: This activity includes a reading passage and four multiple choice questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4

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