Unit 6

What Are Our Connections to the Past?


Read

Reading Selections: 5Ws Focus on When


Read one of the articles described below about Canadian history and complete the following activities:


  • a questions worksheet
  • a summarizing graphic organizer
  • a reflection worksheet




Rivers as Roads


Pages 134 and 135 of Literacy in Action 6B.

This article gives information on the European explorers' quest for furs.

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Venturing Westward


Pages 136 and 137 of Literacy in Action 6B.

This article gives information about the exploration of Western Canada.

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Preview the Reading Selections


Go to the pages listed above in Literacy in Action 6B and look at the lesson pages for each reading selection before choosing the selection you will read.

The Previewing Questions and the Summarizing Activity for each reading selection are the same. The questions you will answer while reading the selection vary.