CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.3 Identify key steps in a text’s description of a process related to history/social studies (e.g., how a bill becomes law, how interest rates are raised or lowered).
1. Activities for Identifying Key Steps in a Process
2. Sample Nonfiction Articles Describing a Process
1. Activities for Identifying Key Steps in a Process
- Lesson on the Electoral Process
- Lesson on the Constitutional Amendment Process
- Lesson on Changing Gun Control Laws (New York Times)
- Lesson on Reading Procedural Texts with Examples (MacMillan)
- Lesson on the Legislative Process and Health Care Reform (PBS Frontline)
- Lesson About Checks and Balances in the Supreme Court Nomination Process (PBS NewsHour)
- Lesson on the Election Process (Washington State)
- Ideas for Identifying Steps in a Process
- Graphic Organizer to Describe Steps in a Process
- Guide for Putting on Mock Trials, Including the Trial Process (ABA)
- Chain of Events Organizer
- Five-Step Process Organizer
- Five-Step Process Chart with Room for Details
- Seven-Step Process Organizer
- Ten-Step Process Organizer
- Timeline Organizer
- Cycle of Events Organizer
2. Sample Nonfiction Articles Describing a Process
- Kids in the House - How Laws are Made
- Student Handout: Passing a Bill Through Congress (PBS)
- National Archives - The Constitutional Amendment Process
- The Human Rights Council's Complaint Procedure
- United Nations Membership Procedure
- How the Federal Reserve Sets Interest Rates
- New York Times - The Impeachment Process