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Grade 8 Westward Expansion & Manifest Destiny — Reading Comprehension — Oregon Trail Free printable reading comprehension passage about oregon trail. Students read the passage and answer questions to build understanding. For 8th Grade (ages 13–14).
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Oregon Trail LITERACY · 8TH GRADE Name Date Read the passage, then answer the questions below. Beginning in the 1840s, hundreds of thousands of emigrants crossed the roughly two-thousand-mile Oregon Trail from Missouri toward the Pacific Northwest. They sought rich farmland, and later some headed for California gold. Travelers used covered wagons drawn by oxen and timed their departure carefully to cross mountains before winter. Disease, especially cholera, killed more pioneers than any other danger on the trail. This great migration expanded American settlement westward but also displaced Native peoples whose lands the routes crossed. Questions: 1 What did most emigrants seek along the trail? 2 What killed more pioneers than any other danger? 3 What group was displaced by the migration? littleactivity.com 8th Grade · Literacy
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Oregon Trail LITERACY · 8TH GRADE Name Date Read the passage, then answer the questions below. Beginning in the 1840s, hundreds of thousands of emigrants crossed the roughly two-thousand-mile Oregon Trail from Missouri toward the Pacific Northwest. They sought rich farmland, and later some headed for California gold. Travelers used covered wagons drawn by oxen and timed their departure carefully to cross mountains before winter. Disease, especially cholera, killed more pioneers than any other danger on the trail. This great migration expanded American settlement westward but also displaced Native peoples whose lands the routes crossed. Questions: 1 What did most emigrants seek along the trail? 2 What killed more pioneers than any other danger? 3 What group was displaced by the migration? littleactivity.com 8th Grade · Literacy
Adventure LITERACY · KINDERGARTEN Name Date Read the passage, then answer the questions below. Close your eyes and imagine: you are in a tiny submarine, sinking deeper and deeper into the ocean. It is getting darker... darker... then—FLASH! A fish with its own built-in flashlight swims by! Down in the deep ocean, jellyfish glow like lamps and giant squid have eyes as big as dinner plates. An adventure can happen anywhere—under the sea, in your backyard digging for bugs, or even inside a really good book. All you need is curiosity and the magic words: "I wonder what happens if..." Questions: 1 What surprising things live in the deep ocean? 2 Where are three places you can have an adventure? 3 What magic words start an adventure? littleactivity.com Kindergarten · Literacy
Nature LITERACY · KINDERGARTEN Name Date Find out about this topic, then fill in the page. Where did you find out? Title Who told you? 3 things I found out 1 2 3 What is it mostly about? What do you still wonder? Draw what you learned littleactivity.com Kindergarten · Literacy
Sports LITERACY · KINDERGARTEN Name Date Read the passage, then answer the questions below. Sports are games that use your body and often a team. Rules keep a game fair so everyone has the same chance. Warming up first helps your muscles get ready and helps you avoid getting hurt. Playing fairly and being kind when you win or lose is called good sportsmanship. Questions: 1 What do rules do in a game? 2 Why should you warm up first? 3 What is good sportsmanship? littleactivity.com Kindergarten · Literacy
Seasons LITERACY · KINDERGARTEN Name Date Find out about this topic, then fill in the page. Where did you find out? Title Who told you? 3 things I found out 1 2 3 What is it mostly about? What do you still wonder? Draw what you learned littleactivity.com Kindergarten · Literacy
Nature — Review LITERACY · KINDERGARTEN Name Date Find out about this topic, then fill in the page. Where did you find out? Title Who told you? 3 things I found out 1 2 3 What is it mostly about? What do you still wonder? Draw what you learned littleactivity.com Kindergarten · Literacy
Sports — Review LITERACY · KINDERGARTEN Name Date Read the passage, then answer the questions below. Sports are games that use your body and often a team. Rules keep a game fair so everyone has the same chance. Warming up first helps your muscles get ready and helps you avoid getting hurt. Playing fairly and being kind when you win or lose is called good sportsmanship. Questions: 1 What do rules do in a game? 2 Why should you warm up first? 3 What is good sportsmanship? littleactivity.com Kindergarten · Literacy
