From Australia to Tanzania and beyond - your students will love discovering fascinating facts about faraway places while they improve their reading comprehension, writing and research skills. Students read a high-interest article about each country or continent then answer specific reading comprehension questions that encourage them to read for details and find facts. In addition, a variety of extended bonus activities are included to insure that your students receive a thorough understanding of each country while building basic skills. (Grades: 4-8, Reading Level: 3-4)
Noah and the Ark is one of the best-known and most beloved stories of the Old Testament. Children will enjoy learning the details of the story while coloring many different pairs of animals.
I noticed it in an obscure corner of the New York Herald of August 13, 1863 - the announcement that Philip Nolan had died on board the US corvette Levant. Now there is no need for secrecy any longer, and it seems to me worth while to tell a little of his story by way of showing young Americans of today what it is to be a man without a country.
A true Greek classic! In the tenth and final year of the Trojan war, Chryses, priest of Apollo attempts to ransom his daughter from Agamemnon, leader of the invading Aecheans who has taken her captive while on a raid. Enter the immortal literary heroes on both sides Achilles, Hector, Patroclus and Priam the King of Troy.
