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.

Night at the Museum is a fictional story that features actual characters from history. Pick one of these five characters from the movie: Meriwether Le...

Despite his age and several injuries, Jim Morris becomes a successful professional baseball player. Pick a character education word that can be used t...

Marie Antoinette is married at age fifteen and becomes queen of her adoptive country before the age of twenty. Nobles gossip about Marie Antoinette an...

In a graphic organizer, show at least two examples of cause and effect relationships in a story. Orally or in writing, show how these relationships ar...

Read the entire story. Analyze how the ideas that the blacks carry diseases and are inferior to whites influence how blacks are treated. Also analyze ...

Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events. Read the entire story. Analyze how the idea that slaves do not have the same ...

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

Read the Awesome Story behind the movie Jurassic Park and follow all the provided links within the story. Although the movie provides some factual sci...

Read the Awesome Story about The Perfect Storm and follow all the provided links within the story. This story is about (and dedicated to) those men ca...

Read the Awesome Story titled "Baseball Cards" and follow all the provided links within the story. This Awesome Story is the story behind the sport of...

Read the Awesome Story behind the movie Signs and follow all the provided links within the story. In this story behind the movie, learn about the phen...

Read the Awesome Story about the assassination of John F. Kennedy and follow all the provided links within the story. This Awesome Story is the story ...

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