20 HISTORY Close Reading Passages and Worksheets NOW WITH GOOGLE DRIVE LINKS!!! Diverse range of high-interest extracts from authentic texts including fiction (short story) Designed for close reading Each excerpt stands alone as a close reading text suitable for scrutiny, critique, reflection, and evaluation. Texts may be used as bell-ringers, as homework or vacation assignments, one-to-one tutoring, no-prep substitute plans, or any other use Includes 3 levels of multi-modal questions: main ideas and detail, language and literary devices, author’s purpose, and evaluation and personal-connection Vocabulary rich Includes questions on text structure, word-choice, and author’s bias Common Core Aligned Answer key included Sample Difficulty Levels included Topics Included: Ancient Egypt Archaeology The Rosetta Stone Buddhism Confucius The Crusades The Feudal System The French Revolution Genghis Kahn World War One Hiroshima The Library and Museum at Alexandria The Opium Wars Queen Elizabeth 1 Henry VIII Pompeii Cleopatra