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.

Read the Awesome Story titled "Schenck and Abrams: Free Speech Under Fire" and follow some of the provided links within the story to learn more inform...

Analyze how the author connected the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, to show how it led to the various world wars. Create a t...

The text states that Adolf Hitler vowed to devote the rest of his life to erase the shame the Versailles Treaty brought to Germany. Most people believ...

When reading the story, imagine a word problem that involves measurements. The word problem should include adding, subtracting, mulitplying, and divid...

Think about the story. Take one form of measurement that is used in the story. Within a single system of measurement, express measurements in a larger...

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

First read all of the story from AS, then choose a character. Write a one page narrative story detailing that character's fate aboard the Titanic. The...

In a paragraph, summarize what it was like to live in the trenches during WWI. Cite specific examples from the text.

Read the story. Use information from the story to write a story summary. Write a sentence that tells the main idea of the story. Write one or 2 senten...

Read the entire chapter or brief. Write two paragraphs (3-5 sentences each) summarizing the central ideas or conclusions from text. Make sure you cite...

Read the entire chapter or brief. Write a paragraph (3-5 sentences) summarizing the central ideas or conclusions from text. Make sure you cite specifi...

As you read this chapter, consider the inferences the author wants the reader to make. What inferences do you make as you read? What in your backgroun...

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