Learning Tasks

Developed by master teachers, based on standards, tasks for students are provided for each story for quick engagement with the stories on a deeper, reflective, critical-thinking level.

The Statue of Liberty is one of America's greatest treasures. Write/type a short essay (15 sentences) explaining why the Statue of Liberty is consider...

The Statue of Liberty is one of America's greatest treasures. Write/type a short essay (15 sentences) explaining why the Statue of Liberty is consider...

Find two examples of each of the following in the text: fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment. In a paragraph, write your examples, the label you apply...

Inglourious Basterds is a film that tells an alternative fictional 'history' set in France during World War II. Compare and contrast the fictional por...

Do you agree that having hope makes a significant difference in a person's life? Why - or - why not? Write five sentences answering the questions.Have...

Beane and Paul DePodesta (Jonah Hill), an Oakland As scout, finds a method to pick baseball players using limited funding. Bill James creates a method...

Vincent van Gogh is one of the most famous artists in the world, yet he saw no success during his lifetime. As you read the story of his life, read th...

Most children have heard the ghoulish nursery rhyme "Lizzie Borden took an axe -Gave her mother forty whacks-When she saw what she had done-She gave h...

List 3 important events in this text and explain how they are connected. You may write your list in bulleted form, then write a 3-5 sentence paragraph...

Read the entire story. Explain what happens to Emmett Till and his significance in history. Cite specific details from the story and its links.

Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why. Read the entire story....

Write a 5-7 sentence paragraph explaining examples of cause and effect from the text.

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