This book study is meant to be used with What was the Great Depression? By Janet B. Pascal. It is part of a series of books published by Grosset & Dunlap, a division of Penguin Group Inc. The Scholastic book order club often has these books and that is a great way to get free books using your bonus points. The students love these books as they are simple but filled with tons of information and fascinating facts about different people in past history and current. Suggested age group: 7-12 Grade level: 3-7 We partner our students to share a book and work together to complete the activities. You can also use this product as a literacy center. It would also work great as an independent project to challenge your higher students, or in a guided reading group. *********************************************************** This product includes: Common Core Standards Answer keys Student activity for each chapter Student centered questions to activate background knowledge Main Idea/Details: You can decide to use the main idea/detail paper for several chapters as you please since this activity is open ended. Cause/Effect Summarizing Haiku/Cinquain Poem: Teacher directions, student starter activity, draft page Vocabulary Activity, also page with page numbers listed for differentiation Fill in a table Primary Source Activity Timeline Writing- Critical Thinking Black and White Cover page for student booklet Activities with frames and without frames

This unit is meant to be used with the book Who Was Roberto Clemente? by James Buckley Jr… It is part of a series of books published by Grosset and Dunlap a division of Penguin Group Inc. The students love these books as they are simple but filled with tons of information and fascinating facts about different people in past history and current. We will be writing more activity guides for other books in this series so please follow us to be updated on when these units become available. We purchase enough copies so students are paired with literacy partners and can read the chapters and work on the activity pages together. This can also be used as a guided reading group or independent project. Besides a page with comprehension questions for each chapter (and answer sheets), this unit includes additional optional pages: a compare/contrast, main idea/details, timeline, newspaper writing activity, noting facts, a trading card activity, a ‘who do you admire’ writing, and notable accomplishments of Roberto Clemente. You can decide to use the main idea/detail paper for several chapters as you please since this sheet is an open ended one. If you want students to summarize the chapter or even one of the “special informational pages” in the book (Spring Training, Baseball Cards) they can fill out the main idea/detail page and then use another sheet to write the paragraph. Suggested Interest/Grade Level: Ages 8-12 Grade Level: 3rd-7th

This book study is meant to be used with What is the Declaration of Independence? By Michael C. Harris. It is part of a series of books published by Grosset & Dunlap, a division of Penguin Group Inc. The Scholastic book order club often has these books and that is a great way to get free books using your bonus points. The students love these books as they are simple but filled with tons of information and fascinating facts about different people in history and current. We partner our students to share a book and work together to complete the activities. You can also use this product as a literacy center. It would also work great as an independent project to challenge your higher students, or in a guided reading group. Included: Common Core Standards Answer keys Comprehension questions for each chapter Student centered questions to activate background knowledge Main Idea/Details: You can decide to use the main idea/detail paper for several chapters as you please since this activity is open ended. Cause/Effect Summarizing Haiku/Cinquain Poem: Teacher directions, student starter activity, draft page Vocabulary Activity, also page with page numbers listed for differentiation KWL Primary Source Activity Timeline Writing- Critical Thinking Black and White Cover page for student booklet Activities with frames and without frames Suggested Age Range: 8 - 12 years Suggested Grade Level: 3 - 7

This unit is meant to be used with the book Who Was King Tut? By Roberta Edwards. It is part of a series of books published by Grosset & Dunlap, a division of Penguin Group Inc. The Scholastic book order club often has these books and that is a great way to get free books using your bonus points. The students love these books as they are simple but filled with tons of information and fascinating facts about different people in past history and current. Suggested age range: 8-12. Suggested grade level: 3rd-7th. We purchase enough copies so students are paired with literacy partners and can read the chapters and work on the activity pages together. This is also a great reading group product or students can work on this independently. Included in this product: Common Core Standards Comprehension questions for each chapter Answer keys Vocabulary Activity, also page with page numbers listed for differentiation True/False Activity Steps in Making Papyrus Tomb Item Activity Message in Hieroglyphs Activity Map of the Pyramids Activity Message in Hieroglyphs Activity Matching Gods and Goddesses Main Idea/Details: You can decide to use the main idea/detail paper for several chapters as you please since this activity is open ended. 3, 2, 1 Activity Black and White Cover page for student booklet Activities with frames and without frames

This book study is meant to be used with What Was the Boston Tea Party? By Kathleen Krull. The Scholastic book order club often has these books and that is a great way to get free books using your bonus points. The students love these books as they are simple but filled with tons of information and fascinating facts about different people in past history and current. Suggested age range: 8-12. Suggested grade level: 3rd-7th. We partner our students to share a book and work together to complete the activities. You can also use this product as a literacy center. It would also work great as an independent project to challenge your higher students, or in a guided reading group. This product includes: Student activity for each chapter Answer keys Student centered questions to activate background knowledge Main Idea/Details: You can decide to use the main idea/detail paper for several chapters as you please since this activity is open ended. Drawing page of the American Colonies Haiku/Cinquain Poem: Teacher directions, student starter activity, draft page Vocabulary Activity, also page with page numbers listed for differentiation Comprehension questions Primary Source Activity Time Line Writing: Listing facts, summary Black and White Cover page for student booklet Activities with frames and without frames Common Core Standards