Grade 7 Reading "Readers are Leaders" Altoona Middle School  Mrs. P. Solfest

Seventh grade reading class is divided into several units which are taught in connection with other classes such as math, science, geography or English.
Look below for the units and topics of interest to you for further study.
 
 

Unit 1 - First Flights

The Mystery of Amelia Earhart	The Search for Amelia Earhart
The Ninety-nines	Amelia Earhart Site
The Flygirls	Smithsonian - Air and Space
The Wright Brothers	Lindbergh
NASA	Spaceday

Unit 2 - Nature's Fury

The Great Chicago Fire	Tsunamis
Avalanche	Volcanoes
Flood	Influenza of 1918
Surviving the Dustbowl	San Francisco Earthquake
Titanic	Johnstown Flood
Library of Congress	American Memory
Hurricanes	Tornadoes
NOAA Home Page	US Geological Survey Home Page
Major Weather Events	USA Today Weather Science
NOAA Hurricanes for Kids

Unit 3 - Wolf Unit

Yellowstone Wolves	Timberwolf  Information Network
Snowwolves	Wisconsin DNR Wolves
International Wolf Organization	Wolf Howl
Red Wolf	Mexican Wolf
Timber Wolf Alliance

Wolf Novels

Gold Fever	Yupik Masks
People of the Arctic	Arctic Wildlife
Jean Craighead George Web Page

Unit 4 - The Outsiders

S.E. Hinton Web Page
Unit 5 - Biography
The Gallery of Achievement

Unit 6 - Black History Month

Black History Month

African American Odyssey

Unit 7 - The Jason Project

The Jason Home Page

Unit 8 - The Olympics

History of the Olympics	Ancient Olympics
The Real Story of the Ancient Olympics	The Scholastic Olympic Home Page
Official US Olympic Site	ESPN Olympic Site
	Yahoo Olympics Site

Unit 9 - Reporting the News

USA Today

CNN News

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