Main+Idea+Activities

1. After choosing one of the available texts, students will pick a person from the Civil War. They will need to get a computer and click on the link below. This will take them to an activity called a "bio-cube" on the www.readwritethink.org site. They will fill in the information asked about the person, by researching through the text they chose. This will teach them to look for the key points and important facts from what they read.

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/cube-30057.html

2. Click on the link below, this will take you to the main idea graphic organizer the students will complete on a nonfiction book about the Civil War.

http://www.jimwrightonline.com/pdfdocs/mainidea.pdf

3. Students will read a story on the Underground Railroad. They will complete the graphic organizer below on the main ideas from the book.

http://www.edhelperclipart.com/clipart/teachers/org-topic-4ideas.pdf