Colonial History - Reading Comprehension

Grades 5-7

Lessons Learned by Heart

COLONIAL AMERICAN FARMERS - 
Reading Comprehension

                   

This product is great for Social Studies (History) and Language Arts (Reading Comprehension).  The product contains: 13 one-page reading passages of informational text on Colonial Farmers; 13 pages of Reading Comprehension questions (one for each passage); and the teacher’s keys.   Questions are true or false; multiple choice and open ended, and include both literal and inferential questions.  The reading passages can be used for CLOSE READING with any non-fiction graphic organizers as well (two included).  This product also includes a colonial map (unlabeled); a colonial map (labeled), and a teacher’s key. 

CONSIDER ASSIGNING EACH TOPIC TO A TEAM OR GROUP; OR USING THIS PRODUCT TO PREPARE FOR COLONIAL DAYS. 

READING PASSAGE TOPICS INCLUDE:

Ø Food and the First Colonists

Ø Indentured Servants: Immigrants and Convicts

Ø The Acre and the Job of the Surveyor

Ø Colonial Farmer’s Work: Clearing the Land

Ø Colonial Farmer’s Work: Cultivating and Sowing

Ø Maize and The Three Sisters

Ø Crops in the Colonies

Ø A Day in the Life of a Colonial Farmer

Ø The Farmer’s Wife

Ø The Colonial Farmers Children

Ø Animals on the Colonial Farm

Ø Pests and Pesticides – Crops and Gardens

Ø The Negative Impact of Colonial Farmers

THIS PRODUCT CAN BE USED FOR A QUICK SAMPLES FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS!   It may be used for Independent Reading, Homework, or as a Supplemental Worksheets.

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