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.

With two partners, select a historical story from AwesomeStories and read the full text.In your group of three, discuss the story. Next, independently...

Read the first four Chapters on the First Emperor of China then watch the video and summarize what was read and watched in 300-500 words. Describe how...

With two partners, select a historical story from AwesomeStories and read the full text.In your group of three, discuss the story. Next, independently...

View one of the two documentary films linked in this story. Using specific details from the video and the story, evaluate how effective each is at rai...

The Treaty of Versailles was a significant cause of World War II. Examine the charts, maps, and texts in the attached links. Using and combining the i...

Read the selection and write a report on cause and effect in the article. Explain why it happened and then what happened as a result. Sometimes effect...

Completely read the seven chapters on Roman Gladiators. Compare and contrast the reigns of Marcus Aurelius and his son, Commodus, cite examples from t...

Cassio Dio said that "Commodus was a greater curse to Romanis than any pestilence or crime." Dispute or support that claim using information from the ...

Analyze how this chapter and the links within it make connections among the various pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille. In your answer, describe the c...

Read the entire chapter or brief. Write a 10-15 sentence essay, related to the topic of the story, using symbols, key terms, and vocabulary from the t...

Read the entire chapter or brief. Write a 7-10 sentence essay, related to the topic of the story, using symbols, key terms, and vocabulary from the te...

Read the entire chapter or brief. Write a 10-15 sentence essay, related to the topic of the story, using phrases and vocabulary from the text to show ...

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