De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Early Chicago Environment & People [Pdf]

"Early Chicago Environment & People" is a one page, nonfiction passage about the Native Americans who lived in what is now Chicago. It explains how they lived and how Chicago got its name. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes: creating a chart of summer and winter activities and then writing a summary using text for support. This passage aligns with Common Core Anchor Reading Standards 1 and 2 requiring close reading, textual evidence, main idea, and summarizing.