De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Chicago Legacy: Du Sable [Pdf]

"Chicago Legacy: DuSable" is a one page, biographical passage about Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, the first non-native American to settle in Chicago. He started a trading post around which the city grew. It is followed by questions which requires students to provide evidence from the story; it includes determining the main idea and underlining sentences that support it. It also offers various activities including making a timeline, synthesizing information from various sources, writing a narrative, viewing a drawing of DuSable's cabin or Chicago at that time. This passage aligns with Common Core Anchor Reading Standards 1, 2, and 7 requiring close reading, textual evidence, main idea, and summarizing.