De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Settlement Multiple Choice Questions [Pdf]

"Settlement with Multiple Choice Questions" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about the hardships of life of the prairie for the early settlers. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes: determining main idea, underlining supporting text, drawing pictures to depict the information in each paragraph, answering the multiple choice quiz, and writing a letter from a settler's viewpoint to someone back home. This passage aligns with Common Core Anchor Reading Standards 1 and 2 requiring close reading, textual evidence, main idea, and summarizing.