This cross-curricular resource contains a primary source text on the Civil War, along with text-dependent questions, an academic vocabulary list, and a writing prompt that goes along with the text, including student responses. Students read Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address independently, then as a class before beginning work.

This mini-assessment asks students to read a text and view a short video, then answer text-dependent questions about them. Also included is an optional constructed-response prompt for the students.

In this lesson, which can be paired with any number of texts based during the Civil War, students create a five-paragraph character sketch of a character from the story they've recently read. Students outline the sketch before starting to write, then assess each others' work with a rubric.

Cross Curricular Activity: Integrating ELA and Math Grade: 6Objective 1: Students will analyze and describe the plot of a math-based story and how the characters respond to events from the story. Objective 2: Students will use drawings and numbers to demonstrate how they found answers to a problem.

This cross-curricular resource contains a primary source that argues for the ratification of the United States constitution, along with text-dependent questions, a vocabulary list, a writing prompt for writing to sources that includes sample student responses, and a graphic organizer to help students.

This cross-curricular resource contains a pair of nonfiction texts on the French Revolution along with text-dependent questions, vocabulary words, a writing prompt with sample responses, and a graphic organizer for students to use to help them.

This resource contains a primary source about a supreme court case related to World War II. Accompanying the reading are text-dependent questions, an academic vocabulary list, and a writing prompt with student samples.

This lesson takes a cross-curricular approach to teaching students about financial literacy through the classic short story, The Devil and Tom Walker. Students read the story and interpret themes about money that can apply to their everyday lives.