Worksheets and No Prep Teaching Resources Reading Comprehension Worksheets September 11

How al-Qaeda Began September 11

---

How al-Qaeda Began
Print How al-Qaeda Began Reading Comprehension with Fifth Grade Work

Print How al-Qaeda Began Reading Comprehension with Sixth Grade Work

Print How al-Qaeda Began Reading Comprehension

Reading Level

	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 5 to 7
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	5.18

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		al-Qaeda, jihad, non-Muslim, battlefield, destruction, well-known, provides, wealthy, network, terrorist, religion, camps, often, death, reign, accept
	content words:		Ancient Greeks, Roman Emperor Caligula, French Revolution, Saudi Arabia, Bin Laden

---

How al-Qaeda Began By Toni Lee Robinson

---

¹     How often do you hear the word "terrorism"? When we hear the word, most of us think of September 11, 2001. That day on our TV screens, we saw death, destruction, and fear. All these are elements of terrorism.
 
²     Terrorists work outside the law. Violence is their basic tool. They injure, kill, and destroy. Their aim is to create terror, or extreme fear. Through fear, they hope to force people to go along with their ideas.
 
³     Has terrorism always played such a major part in world events? Not really. Our grandparents rarely heard the word. But terrorism began long ago.
 
⁴     Ancient Greeks wrote of the use of fear as a weapon of war. The Roman Emperor Caligula killed people and kept their property. He used fear to keep people from opposing him.

Paragraphs 5 to 14:
For the complete story with questions: click here for printable

---

Weekly Reading Books

Create Weekly Reading Books Prepare for an entire week at once!

---

Feedback on How al-Qaeda Began

Leave your feedback on How al-Qaeda Began   (use this link if you found an error in the story)

---

September 11

September 11

Copyright © 2025 edHelper