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Read Works: The Problem Solvers

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about solving problems. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Who Needs a Better Mousetrap?

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about invention and problem solving. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: When the Empire State Building Was New

For Teachers 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage describes the early history of the Empire State Building in New York City. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies...
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Read Works: Climbing Space

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An excerpt from a speech given by President John F. Kennedy on the United States Space Effort. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Making Streets Safer

For Teachers 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about traffic lights and how they make streets safer. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Building a Railroad to Cross the Country

For Teachers 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the building of the transcontinental railroad. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Westward Expansion the Erie Canal

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the building of the Erie Canal. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Industrial Revolution: Making Cloth

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passages shares facts about the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Read Works: Sailing the Seas

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Santa Maria, Christopher Columbus' ship. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Vikings & European Explorers Shipbuilding and Warfare

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Viking ships and warfare. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Always Remember

For Teachers 5th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction piece discusses the bombing of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 and how this tragendy is memorialized today. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces...
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Read Works: Always Remember

For Teachers 4th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage describes the events of September 11th and the memorials established to commemorate this horrifying day in history. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension...
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Read Works: Slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction Gettysburg

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Battle of Gettysburg and President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Ice Harvest

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how ice was harvested and used before refrigerators. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Mapping the West: The Journey of Lewis and Clark

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Lewis and Clark exploring the Louisiana Purchase. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: An Account From the Slave Trade: Love Story of Jeffrey and Dorcas

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This primary source is an excerpt that was written in 1859. The source contains a story of two slaves who were in love. This passage is a historical account of This passage is a stand-alone curricular...
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Read Works: Ronald Reagan's Proclamation of Women's History Month, 1987

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An excerpt from Ronald Reagan's Proclamation of Women's History Month. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The First Americans

For Teachers K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Intended to support early elementary students' reading comprehension, the importance of Native Americans is discussed in this informational text. Visual cues are provided to support the passage and...
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Read Works: The Liberty Bell

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Intended to support early elementary students' reading comprehension, Independence Hall's "Liberty Bell" is described in this informational text. Visual cues are provided to support the passage and...
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Read Works: Sybil's Brave Ride

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Sybil Ludington. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Squanto Was a Helper

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a Native American named Squanto who helped the Pilgrims. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Women's History Month

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Women's History Month and Harriet Tubman. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Martin Luther King Jr.

For Teachers 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Martin Luther King, Jr. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Famous African Americans Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This biographical passage shares information about the famous African American named Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...