Reading With a Purpose

One of my go-to resources for Social Studies was Junior Scholastic. The magazine arrived monthly and always had articles relevant to what we were studying in the the classroom - both for Human Geography and United States History.

One article we read during our European Unit was about Surviving Kristallnacht.

The students read with a purpose: What was the author trying to get across to the reader. They had to give evidence and decide upon the viewpoint the author had about the topic, and what she used to get her viewpoint across. Here are the specific directions.

When studying Russia, we used a Sports Illustrated interview with the IOC president and a CNN article to learn about bias in writing. This is such an important skills to learn when reading and/or listening to current event stories in the news. Here are the specific directions.