World History Reading Passages

This engaging U.S. history reading passage explores the concept of Manifest Destiny and its impact on American expansion...

This engaging history reading passage explores the Jazz Age of the 1920s, a vibrant period that profoundly transformed A...

This engaging history reading passage explores Black Tuesday, the 1929 Stock Market Crash, and its lasting effects on Am...

This comprehensive history reading passage examines the rise of fascism during the 1930s and its impact as a global thre...

This history reading passage analyzes America’s entry into World War II, focusing on the causes, perspectives, and conse...

This rigorous U.S. history reading passage explores the complexities and challenges of the World War II Home Front, focu...

This reading passage explores the story of Rosie the Riveter and the experiences of American women who entered factory w...

This rigorous reading passage examines the causes, motivations, and consequences of rationing on the American home front...

This engaging history reading passage explores the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first Black fighter pilots in the U...

This rigorous history reading passage examines the role of the Navajo Code Talkers during World War II, focusing on the ...

This comprehensive history reading passage explores the Normandy Invasion, commonly known as D-Day, which took place on ...

This rigorous history reading passage explores the 2008 Great Recession, a major financial crisis that reshaped the U.S....

This passage explores how the alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union during World War II broke down, le...

This rigorous history reading passage explores the division of Europe by the Iron Curtain during the Cold War, a key tur...

This history reading passage examines the Cold War arms race and the global nuclear threat between the United States and...

This comprehensive history reading passage explores the causes, events, and impact of the Korean War, the first major co...

This engaging reading passage explores the Space Race, a critical chapter of the Cold War when the United States and the...

This engaging history reading passage examines the transformation of the Cold War from a period of confrontation and ext...

This engaging world history reading passage explores the Vietnam War and the Domino Theory, a key idea that shaped U.S. ...

This educational passage examines the Berlin Wall as a defining symbol of the Cold War, exploring its construction, impa...

This history reading passage explores the life of Anne Frank, a Jewish teenager whose diary became one of the most impor...

This informative passage explores the role of the atomic bomb in ending World War II, focusing on the events leading up ...

This comprehensive history reading passage explores America’s entry into World War I in 1917, examining the causes, even...

This comprehensive reading passage explores the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union, aligning with ...

This world history reading passage explores life during the Cold War, focusing on the daily experiences, fear, and use o...

This comprehensive history reading passage explores the complex causes of World War I, focusing on alliances, nationalis...

This comprehensive history reading passage explores the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and its pivotal role i...

This comprehensive history reading passage explores the realities of life in the trenches during World War I, aligned to...

This engaging history reading passage explores the major battles of the Western Front during World War I, focusing on th...

This comprehensive world history reading passage explores the Russian Revolution and how Russia exited World War I. Stud...

This engaging history reading passage explores the end of World War I with a focus on the 1918 Armistice. Students will ...

This comprehensive history reading passage explores the Treaty of Versailles, the landmark agreement that ended World Wa...

This comprehensive history reading passage explores the origins, structure, and impact of the League of Nations, establi...

This engaging history reading passage explores World War I's impact on society and culture, highlighting key changes in ...

This reading passage explores the life and legacy of Anne Frank, a Jewish teenager who documented her experiences during...

This engaging history reading passage explores the Battle of Britain, a turning point in World War II when the United Ki...

This passage covers the historical significance of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam during World War II. Students will ...

This history reading passage explores life on the home front during World War II, focusing on the experiences of ordinar...

This engaging history reading passage explores the rise of dictators Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Hideki Tojo dur...

This passage explores the complex causes of World War II, focusing on the interwar period, the Treaty of Versailles, the...

This engaging world history reading passage examines the attack on Pearl Harbor, exploring its causes, events, and conse...

This passage explores the major leaders of World War II and the critical decisions they made that shaped the course of g...

This comprehensive world history passage explores the Holocaust, a catastrophic event during World War II in which Nazi ...

This rigorous history reading passage explores the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, a critical event during the Holocaust and Wor...

This passage provides a detailed exploration of early Nazi persecution of Jews in Germany, focusing on the Nuremberg Law...

This passage explores the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany, examining how Adolf Hitler and the Nazis transformed a stru...

This history reading passage explores the harsh realities of life in the ghettos during the Holocaust. Students will exa...

This World History reading passage, 'Acts of Resistance: Fighting Back Against the Nazis,' explores the courageous effor...

This comprehensive world history reading passage examines the liberation of the concentration camps at the end of World ...

This world history reading passage explores the daily life, challenges, and significance of Anne Frank and her companion...