Lesson 4: Common Core Connection

3.RI.3 Describe the relationship between series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, sequence, and cause/effect.

I searched a couple of states on SIRS and was impressed with the wide variety of articles. All of the states have an article called “Explore the States” followed by each state’s name. Those articles were very well-written for a younger audience learning to read informational text. The sentences were shorter and the additional key components broke up the text on the page.  Students could easily research a different state, and as a class could keep a map of the states with the years the states joined the union. Once they were filled in, the class could discuss the main historical events and progression that led each state join.