The Christmas Truce
Students read a nonfiction passage about the Christmas Truce of 1914, written at 5 reading levels (4th grade to 8th grade), and answer multiple-choice questions about it.
Student Objectives
- Read a nonfiction passage about the Christmas Truce of 1914 and find key details.
- Explain why the truce began with the soldiers instead of their leaders.
- Find the meaning of words such as trenches and no man's land using context clues.
- Identify the main idea of the passage and the details that support it.