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close reading sample lessons -- it has literature and nonfiction -- some is for science, some for Social Studies, some for Eng class... so scroll through the list for your grade level and content area Note: I haven't gone through all of them and I don't know if they have all the steps, but it's a start to work with

Historians read the first part, then jump to the end and ask themselves: Who wrote this? When was it written? What else do I need to know to make a considered and valued judgment?  What is the author's point of view? Why was it written? Is this source believable? Why? Why not? ----------------- Before we accept this as fact or true, we ask ourselves the above questions. (This is called Sourcing) It's critical thinking and evaluation. It's worthwhile. Not just filling in worksheets. 

This is based on the PD we did on Tuesday morning with AJHS.

A BBC site with middle school appropriate reading levels. Some articles have quizzes at the end for self-assessment

Concise explanations of American documents. Reading level challenging enough for middle school.

Breaking News is a current events news-reader designed in an intriguing way. You can type in whatever topic you want to read about - soccer, major news, refugees - and you're provided with a list of headlines to stories about it. Clicking on the headlines will take you to the story. But the real interesting part of the site is that if you click on a globe icon on the upper right of the page, you'll go to a world map showing you the location of the where the stories are originating. Clicking on the dots will also take you to the story.

Lesson Plans and primary source documents for history lessons

Teacher site with history scavenger hunts, quizzes, maps