Perspectives on Slavery Printable Reading Comprehension

Grade Level: 6+ | Lexile: 1100 | Word Count: 309
 
 

Use this Activity:

Reading Groups - This passage serves as an excellent tool for enrichment-based reading groups in language arts or social studies.
Morning Work - This reading comprehension activity takes students about 15-20 minutes.
Homework - This activity is a great way to assign homework in social studies or language arts.
Part of a Lesson - Teaching about the 13 Colonies, Georgia, or South Carolina? This activity serves as a great extension.
Whiteboard- Students can take turns coming to the whiteboard to answer the multiple choice questions or annotate the passage.
Discuss - Why was popular sovereignty such a controversial issue? What did the result of the Election of 1860 mean to those living in the South? What were politicans in the North worried about?
Extend - Have students come up with their own multiple choice questions based on the passage.