De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Chicago Legacy: Burnham's Plan [Pdf]

"Chicago Legacy: Burnham's Plan" is a one page, nonfiction passage about Daniel Burnham, an architect and city planner for Chicago. He planned the layout of the city including Navy Pier, railroads, streets, and public buildings. It is followed by an open-ended question which requires students to provide evidence from the story; it includes writing a newpaper article about Daniel Burnham and his legacy to Chicago using textual information to support ideas and writing what you think people said about the article. This passage aligns with Common Core Anchor Reading Standards 1, 2 and 7 requiring close reading, textual evidence, main idea, integrating ideas from different sources, and summarizing.