De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Pilsen, a Community Changes [Pdf]

"Pilsen, A Community Changes" is a one page, nonfiction passage about the Chicago community of Pilsen which was settled by Bohemian immigrants but later became a Mexican-American community. The two groups of people worked together to help the community. It is followed by an open-ended question which requires students to provide evidence from the story; it includes making a list of reasons why people would start a community center and then writing a paragraph about how a community center helps a neighborhood using textual information to support ideas. This passage aligns with Common Core Anchor Reading Standards 1 and 2 requiring close reading, textual evidence, main idea, and summarizing.