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Washington Theme Unit


Questions, Facts, and "Who am I?" for the state of Washington
     State of Washington Mixed Review: fill-in questions, "Who am I", facts, and writing prompts (multiple keys)


Short Reading Comprehensions
Short Readers
     Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Olympic National Park (Short Reader; Grade 3-5 Readability)
     Mount Rainier National Park (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     North Cascades National Park (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)


Reading Comprehensions
     The Eruption of Mount St. Helens (Grades 2-3)
     The Space Needle (Grades 2-4)
     "Fire Mountain" (Grades 3-4)
     "The Wild West" (Grades 4-6)
     America's Wealthiest Man (Grades 4-6)
     The Big Burp (Grades 5-7)
     EWWW -- Gross Art: The Pike Place Gum Wall (Grades 5-7)
     The Space Needle: A Washington Landmark (Grades 6-8)


Washington Maze
Build Washington maze - Make multiple mazes at once


State of Washington Theme - Math Stories
     Washington Math (Grades 2-3)
     Washington Math (Grades 4-6)


Books
            WA is for Washington (Grades 4-6)


State of Washington Theme - Story Starters
     Washington Story Starter Printables


State of Washington Theme
     Location of Washington in the United States Printable and Information


State of Washington Theme Time Line
     Washington Time Line #1 (16 events in time line)


Washington: Reading Comprehensions with References to Washington
This section lists reading comprehensions on edHelper.com with references to the state of Washington. These reading comprehensions were not written specifically for the state theme unit.

     Top reading comprehensions with most references to Washington
     The Constitutional Convention (Grade 8)
     The First Capitals of the United States (Grade 7)
     Running for Dear Life — The Battle of Bladensburg (Grade 9)
     Valley Forge - Winter of 1777-1778 (Grade 8)
     George Washington - President (Grade 8)
     Marquis de Lafayette, Part 2 (Grade 9)
     George Washington - General (Grade 8)
     George Washington - Revolutionary (Grade 8)
     George Washington (Grade 6)
     George Washington - Civilian (Grade 8)
     George Washington's Army - The Department of War (Grade 7)
     Washington Irving (Grade 6)
     The March on Washington (Grade 8)
     New Jersey
     Consuming Fire — The Burning of Washington, Part 1 (Grade 9)
     Building Our Nation’s Capital (Grade 8)

Biographies
(no assigned grade level)
     Abigail Adams
     Booker T. Washington
     George Washington Carver
     George Washington
     Lincoln (Part 2)
     Margaret E. Knight
     Martin Luther King Jr.
     Matthew Henson
     Samuel F. B. Morse
     Sequoyah
     Theodore Roosevelt
(Grades 3-5)
     Sergeant Molly
     The Duryea Brothers
(Grades 6-8)
     "Hear Me My Chiefs" - Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce
     A Pearl to Behold: Pearl Bailey
     Bob Barker
     Charlayne Hunter-Gault
     Christa McAuliffe
     Davy Crockett
     Francis Scott Key
     Henry W. Longfellow
     Honest Abe
     James Madison
     Katie Couric - Lady Correspondent
     Langston Hughes
     Mary Pope Osborne
     Washington Irving
(Grades 9-12)
     Aaron Burr
     Benjamin Harrison
     Benjamin Harrison
     Condoleezza Rice
     Dr. Antonia Novello: Surgeon General
     Frederick E. Church, Landscape Artist Extraordinaire
     Marquis de Lafayette, Part 1
     Marquis de Lafayette, Part 2
     Narcissa's Noble Mission
     Torn by War

Daily Themes
(Grades 3-5)
     A New Anthem
     Going to the Circus
     Our Country's Flag
(Grades 6-8)
     Charles Lindbergh
     Great Seal Adopted, 1782
     If Only I Knew Then What I Know Now
     Inaugural Parades
     Pennies for Lincoln
     The Kite that Served the Navy
     The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
     Whose Descendant Are You?
(Grades 9-12)
     John Hancock
     Remembering D-Day
     The Star-Spangled Banner
     Veteran's Day

Miscellaneous
(no assigned grade level)
     An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
     Born Free – Mary McLeod-Bethune
     Computer Ethics
     Inventors Hall of Fame
     Inventors of Recipes
     It's About Time
     Kit Carson
     Mary Mcleod Bethune
     Maya Lin
     Mount Rushmore – A Sight to Behold
     New Jersey
     New York State
     Noah Webster
     Statue of Liberty
     The Greatest Show on Earth
     The Power of the President
     The Star-Spangled Banner
     Volcanoes and the Power of Three
(Grades 3-5)
     A Big Bug - A Monument to Diversity
     A Palace for the President — The Story of the White House, Part 1
     Benjamin Banneker - Who Was He?
     Broad Stripes and Bright Stars — Song for a Flag
     How Our Constitution Has Changed, Part 2
     Just Folks - The Music of Ordinary People
     K.C.’s Dream (a one-act play)
     Let's Build a Maryland Community
     Making a Constitution
     Punxsutawney Who?
     Sarah Winnemucca - Paiute Princess
     Seeing Stars — The Battle of Fort McHenry, Part 1
     The 42nd President - William Jefferson Clinton
     The Dreams of Heroes (part 2)
     The Seneca Falls Convention
     The Teddy Bear
     Two Unique Things About Alabama
     Up, Up and Away!
     Wendy's World - A Man With a Dream
     Wendy's World- Flag Day
     Wendy's World- Meet Mr. Lincoln
     Wendy's World- Monuments
     Wendy's World- Three Branches
     Wendy's World- What is a President?
(Grades 6-8)
     A Cup of Old Hickory — The Battle of New Orleans III
     A History of How Connecticut Became a State
     Abigail Adams
     ALASKA BECOMES A STATE
     Alexander Hamilton
     Alger Hiss and the Pumpkin Patch Mystery
     American Musicians
     Andrew's Raiders and the Congressional Medal of Honor
     Baron von Steuben
     Battle of Petersburg
     Benedict Arnold
     Benjamin Banneker
     Black Americans in the Civil War
     Breed's Hill - Bunker Hill
     Building Our Nation’s Capital
     Called it "Macaroni" — Joshua Barney: American Hero, Part 2
     Carpetbaggers and Scalawags
     Charles Drew
     Chief Joseph Surrenders
     Civil War Medicine (part 2)
     Colonial soldiers
     Colonial soldiers
     Congressional Aide
     Creation of the Treasury Department
     Declaring Our Independence
     Discovery of the North Pole
     Drafting the Confederate Constitution
     Early History of the State of Alabama the Beautiful
     Ethan Allen and Fort Ticonderoga
     Francis Scott Key and the Star Spangled Banner
     From Dakota Territory to Becoming South Dakota
     From Hunting Ground to Home
     General Charles Cornwallis
     General William Howe
     George Washington - Civilian
     George Washington - Early Military Experiences
     George Washington - General
     George Washington - President
     George Washington - Revolutionary
     George Washington's Army - The Department of War
     George Washington
     Germany - Culture (Johann Gutenberg)
     Half an Alligator — The Battle of New Orleans II
     Hurricanes of History
     Idaho: The Gem State
     Iwo Jima
     John Adams
     John J. "Black Jack" Pershing
     Marquis de Lafayette
     Martha Washington
     Money for the New Country
     Nathan Hale
     NATO
     Osceola
     Our Living Constitution, Part 2
     Physical Therapists
     Pioneer African-American Writers
     Prosser's Rebellion
     Reconstruction: Putting Humpty Dumpty Together Again
     Submarine Earthquakes, Part I
     Submarine Earthquakes, Part II
     Tadeusz Kosciuszko
     Tavern Keeper
     The Battle to Create a State: Arizona
     The Constitution
     The Constitutional Convention
     The Department of State is Created
     The Election of 1796
     The Final Battle - Yorktown 1781
     The First Attorney General
     The First Capitals of the United States
     The French and Indian War
     The Manhattan Project
     The March on Washington
     The Nez Perce People
     The Northwest Ordinance
     The Powers of the Judicial Branch
     The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
     Thomas Jefferson
     Valley Forge - Winter of 1777-1778
     Walking in Their Footsteps: Tracing Maryland's Early Settlements
     Washington, D.C.
     Whosa NASA?
     Women Win the Right to Vote
     Wounded Knee
     Your Local Public School
(Grades 9-12)
     "Aye, Captain!" — Old Ironsides' Isaac Hull
     "Go for Broke" - the Nisei Warriors
     America's Military
     Apolo Anton Ohno
     Battle of Chattanooga 1863
     Battles - Fort Sumter
     Breakfast on the Farm — The Invasion of Baltimore, Part 1
     Compromises of 1820 and 1850
     Consuming Fire — The Burning of Washington, Part 1
     Education in America: No Child Left Behind
     First Battle of Bull Run-Manassas
     First Changes Made - Amendments of the 1800s
     Forming Opinions
     History of the Electoral College
     How the Constitution Came to Be
     Interest Groups
     It's The Great Circle, Columbus!
     James Meredith
     John F. Kennedy
     Journey's End- Life after the Expedition II
     LBJ and the Great Society
     Libraries:The Memory of Mankind
     Lobbyist
     Naval Changes in the War
     No Supper in Baltimore — The Invasion of Baltimore, Part 2
     Pearl Harbor
     Polio and FDR's Disability
     Prescription Drug Question
     Rails across America - The Beginning
     Rails across America - UP in Indian Territory
     Richard Nixon - The End of a Decade
     Rising from the Ruins — The Burning of Washington, Part 2
     Running for Dear Life — The Battle of Bladensburg
     Second Battle of Bull Run-Manassas
     Selma to Montgomery
     Seven Days Battles
     Spies for the Confederacy
     Spies for the Union
     State Governments
     The "Japanese Problem" of WWII - A Struggle of Fear and Freedom
     The Barker-Karpis Gang, Part 2
     The Bonus Army - March on Washington
     The Color of Heroes - The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen
     The Courts of the Judicial Branch
     The Declaration of Independence
     The Last Man - Waiting Out the Dust Bowl
     Tippecanoe, Tecumseh, and The Prophet — The Struggle for the Northwest
     V-J Day, Part 2 - "It's Over!"
     Warriors and Heroes - Native Americans in World War II
     William Howard Taft
     Women in Mathematics

Stories
(no assigned grade level)
     Three Can Be a Crowd
(Grades 9-12)
     Jason's Long Ride
     Sam's Jackpot

Animals
(no assigned grade level)
     Crabs


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