Details
Pages
10 Pages
Subject
Reading & Literacy, History/Social Studies
Languages
English
Product
Digital
Grade
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th
Resource Type
Activities
Standard
Common Core English Language Arts Standards
Description
Students will be highly engaged as you honor Asian American and Pacific Islander History with this activity. They will learn about inspiring Asian and Pacific Islands figures from the United States in history while practicing selecting the best text evidence for a claim and their word attack skills. Each passage also includes a writing or discussion prompt tied to social issues of the past and today.
Eight informational passages, each with a question about evidence, two tricky words to solve, and a discussion/writing prompt can be used as task cards, do-nows or however you'd like in your classroom context.
Product Includes:
Ten informational passages about different Asian and Pacific Islander Legends with practice selecting text evidence and understanding new words.
Built-In Extension with writing prompt
Legends Included:
Malala Yousafzai
Queen Liliuokalani
Tammy Duckworth
Larry Itliong
Fred Korematsu
Ruth Asawa
Kalpana Chawla
Chi-Shiung Wu
Maya Lin
Yuri Kochiyama
Eight informational passages, each with a question about evidence, two tricky words to solve, and a discussion/writing prompt can be used as task cards, do-nows or however you'd like in your classroom context.
Product Includes:
Ten informational passages about different Asian and Pacific Islander Legends with practice selecting text evidence and understanding new words.
Built-In Extension with writing prompt
Legends Included:
Malala Yousafzai
Queen Liliuokalani
Tammy Duckworth
Larry Itliong
Fred Korematsu
Ruth Asawa
Kalpana Chawla
Chi-Shiung Wu
Maya Lin
Yuri Kochiyama
Students will be highly engaged as you honor Asian American and Pacific Islander History with this activity. They will learn about inspiring Asian and Pacific Islands figures from the United States in history while practicing selecting the best text evidence... more
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