This article, ‘Sacagawea’ describes the life of a Native American woman who helped early settlers find a route across America to the Pacific Ocean. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This history article, ‘Saint George’ features the legendary figure of Saint George. It provides factual information about the life and times of Saint George, who is the patron saint of England, and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This history article, ‘Saint George and the Dragon’ features the mythical legend of Saint George. It provides factual information about Saint George and the fierce dragon, and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This history article, ‘Saint George’s Day’ features the day that honours Saint George. It provides factual information about Saint George, and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This article, ‘Satchel Paige, Pitcher’ tells about the life and achievements of a famous African American baseball player. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This kids news activity, ‘Scientists Find Hidden Mural By Leonardo Da Vinci’ is about the technology used to discover a lost painting by Renaissance artist Leonardo Da Vinci.
This kids news activity, ‘Selena and Justin – Why Do We Care?’ is about the source of rumours and speculation in media reports about celebrities.
This content area reading activity, ‘Sequoyah’ is a history based reading comprehension exercise encouraging students to recognise a chronological order in a piece of writing.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Shari Had a Little Lamb’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about the famous American puppeteer Shari Lewis. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information, draw conclusions, make judgements, as well as to think about text organisation.
This article, ‘She Made It On Her Own’ tells the story of an African American woman who rose from very poor beginnings to become a successful business woman and philanthropist. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This analysing text worksheet ‘Sir Francis Chichester’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about the famous sailor and aviator. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text and to look critically …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Sir Francis Chichester’, features a biographical text about the first person to sail the longest route around the world alone. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about fact/opinion, comparison/contrast, setting, sequence, detail, cause and effect, visual comprehension, mood/tone, the main idea, …More
This profile, ‘Sir John A. MacDonald’, features important factual background information about Canada’s first Prime Minister. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical awareness in an engaging manner, and could be used a prompt for further discussion or study about Canadian history.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Soaring Women’, features two biographical texts, one about the American pilot Jacqueline Cochrane and the other about the American astronaut Sally Ride and the Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tareshkova. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the texts and includes questions about reasoning, making a judgment, drawing a …More
The article, ‘Sojourner Truth’ describes the life and work of a woman who fought for equality in America of the 1800s. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This story, ‘Space Cards’ tells how excited a group of students are when their teacher shows them her Neil Armstrong space card. It includes a fact sheet and provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘Space Exploration’ encourages students to summarise and paraphrase information in texts. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 5 readers.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Special Olympics’, features an informational text about the worldwide sports program for people with an intellectual disability. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about making an inference, central purpose, mood, importance, questioning, reasoning, validity, and making a judgment. Answer sheet provided …More
This writing prompt, ‘Stamps’ helps students to write about choosing a famous person, place or event to go on a postage stamp. It encourages students to think about why their choice is a good one and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This graphic organiser, ‘Storyboard Documentary’ helps students to study about famous people or events and then place events in chronological order.
This worksheet, ‘Struggles for Freedom’ is a meaningful resource that prompts research into people who have struggled or continue to struggle for freedom around the world. Students are asked to research how those people’s freedom has been restricted and what their living conditions have been like without it. It also provides a great foundation for …More
This graphic organiser, ‘Telling a Story’ supports students to describe and list characteristics of famous figures from history.
This graphic organiser, ‘Telling a Story of Abraham Lincoln’ supports students to describe and list characteristics of Abraham Lincoln.
This profile, ‘Terry Fox’, features important factual background information about the famous Canadian athlete and humanitarian. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical and cultural awareness in an engaging manner, and could be used a prompt for further discussion or study about Canada.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘The Assembly Line’ encourages students to summarise and paraphrase information in texts. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 5 readers.
This history article, ‘The Bear Affair’ features the invention of the teddy bear and how two different people from two different parts of the world claim to have invented it at the same time. It provides factual information about the origins of the first teddy bear, as well as a teddy bear logic puzzle activity. …More
This history article, ‘The Bone Wars’ features the two American paleontologists Othniel C. Marsh and Charles Drinker Cope. It provides factual information about the intense rivalry between these two scientists, and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This history article, ‘The Conspiracy Files: Did Shakespeare Write His Own Plays?’ features the theory that some academics believe William Shakespeare was not the real author of his famous plays. It provides an introduction to the topic of conspiracy theories, a fun spot the difference game and a glossary of unfamiliar words and terms from …More
This history article, ‘The Conspiracy Files: Is Elvis Presley Still Alive?’ features controversial evidence that suggested Elvis Presley had not died. It provides an introduction to the topic of conspiracy theories and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness, complete with a glossary of unfamiliar words and terms from the text.
This history article, ‘The Curse of a Child King…’ features the discovery of King Tutankhamen’s tomb and explores the theory that it was cursed. It provides factual background information about King Tut’s tomb and its discovery, a fun joke and a ‘Make a Tutankhamen Mask’ activity. It has a glossary of unfamiliar words and terms …More
This history article, ‘The Delphic Oracle’ features the renowned prophetess of ancient Greece, from whom people asked advice and predictions. It provides factual information about this significant figure from Greek mythology, complete with a glossary of unfamiliar words and terms from the text and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This graphic organiser, ‘The Eggcellent Robin Hood’ supports students to identify details from the ‘Robin Hood’ folk story.
This analysing text worksheet ‘The Essex’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text this ill-fated whaling ship. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at words in order …More
This history article, ‘The Explosive Story of Alfred Nobel’ outlines the life and work of the man behind the prestigious Nobel Prize. It provides factual information about Alfred Nobel and how the Nobel Prize originated and it is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This analysing text worksheet ‘The First African-American Female Pilot’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about Bessie Coleman. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at words …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘The First Black Female Pilot’, features a biographical text about Bessie Coleman, who became the first black woman to receive a pilot’s licence. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about character, cause and effect, importance, sequence, drawing a conclusion, reasoning, detail, …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘The First Modern Magician’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about Robert-Houdin. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text and to look critically at words in …More
This history article, ‘The Gory Story: Cheers to Horatio!’ features a short tale about Admiral Horatio Nelson who died in the famous Battle of Trafalgar. It provides factual information about how, when he died, he was preserved in a barrel of brandy for the long sea journey back to England, and is aimed at broadening …More
This history article, ‘The Gory Story: Elagabalus: The Punk of Rome’ features a young Roman Emperor who liked playing pranks on his friends. It provides factual information about Elagabalus and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness in a fun and engaging manner.
This history article, ‘The Interesting History of Queen Victoria’ features the life and family of Queen Victoria. It provides factual information about Queen Victoria and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This history article, ‘The Life of Dorothea Mackellar’ features Australian poet Dorothea Mackellar, who wrote the famous poem ‘My Country.’ It provides factual information about the poet’s life and work and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This informational text, ‘The Life of Leonardo da Vinci’ provides a brief summary about Leonardo da Vinci and the simple machines he had to understand before he could be innovative.
This Poetry worksheet, ‘The Man Who Dreamed Questions’, features a poem about the American scientist and botanist George Washington Carver. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about cause and effect, figurative language, making a judgment, characteristics of poetry, word meaning, comparison/contrast, and reasoning. Answer sheet …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘The Messengers’, features two biographical texts about the actions of Emily Geiger and Paul Revere during the American Revolution. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the texts and includes questions about importance, making an inference, drawing a conclusion, vocabulary, reasoning, emotional reaction, cause and effect, validity, …More
This Poetry worksheet, ‘The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere’, features Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem about the start of the American Revolution. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about comparison/contrast, vocabulary, sequence, detail, figurative language, vocabulary, author’s purpose, categorising, and literary devices. Answer sheet provided …More
This article, ‘The Mystery of the Missing Prime Minister’ provides students with factual information about the mysterious disappearance of former Prime Minister Harold Holt. This is a great resource for broadening students’ political and historical knowledge and could also be used as a foundation for further study or discussion about mysteries and conspiracy theories.
This history article, ‘The Oldest Person’ features Jeanne Calment, the oldest person to have ever lived. It provides factual information about her life, and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘The Plant Doctor’, features a biographical text about George Washington Carver, who was born a slave but became a famous agricultural researcher. The worksheet encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about detail, drawing a conclusion, vocabulary, importance, reasoning, making a judgment, genre, …More
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘The Radio Show that Frightened Thousands’ encourages students to use prior knowledge and experience to understand and respond to new information. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 6 readers.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘The Rhyming Author’ encourages students to use prior knowledge and experience to understand and respond to new information. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 7 readers.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘The Sharpshooter’, features a biographical text about Annie Oakley, who became famous performing in Wild West shows. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about detail, validity, cause and effect, mood, fact/opinion, and reasoning. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This history article, ‘The Simpsons’ features the cartoon family The Simpsons. It provides factual information about one of the most popular TV shows in history and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness in a fun and engaging manner.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘The Story of Basketball’ encourages students to develop an understanding of structural patterns or organisation in informational texts. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 5 readers.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Strait Story: Dave Mattila’s Tale’ asks students to answer questions about Dave Mattila and how he saved a young whale named Strait. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘The Swamp Fox’, features a biographical text about the famous Patriot Francis Marion and his role in the American Revolution. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about detail, making a judgment, sequence, drawing a conclusion, vocabulary, genre, information sources, character, and …More
This history article, ‘The Terrifying Appetite of Tarrare’ features Tarrare, a French man who was an extraordinary eater. It provides factual information about Tarrare and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness in a fun and engaging manner.
This analysing text worksheet ‘The True Story of Sacajawea’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about an important American Indian woman. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Underground Railroad’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about the Underground Railroad and how slaves in America escaped to freedom. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them draw conclusions and make judgements.
This analysing text worksheet ‘The United States’ Greatest Athlete’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about Jim Thorpe. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at words …More
This reading comprehension exemplar, ‘The Wonderful Writer of Oz: L. Frank Baum’ provides a model of a completed reading comprehension worksheet. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to draw conclusions and make judgements.
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