De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Early Chicago Environment and People [Pdf]

"Early Chicago Environment and People" is a one page, nonfiction passage about the early Native Americans who settled in what is now Chicago. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes: creating a chart of summer and winter activities and writing a summary of the chart using text to support ideas. This passage aligns with Common Core Anchor Reading Standards 1and 2 requiring close reading, textual evidence, main idea, and summarizing.