Looking for a middle school social studies lesson on European geography and history? Europe Informational Text includes a digital and a printable format. The digital format is completely paperless (for use in Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft Edge). The included printable format is a print-and-go version of the same eight nonfiction reading passages of about 130 words each (around 1,000 words altogether). Each brief informational passage is followed by three text-based questions (24 questions altogether). An answer key for all questions is included.


If you’re searching online for computer-based social studies lessons for your middle school (or homeschool) students, you’ve found them. This lesson resource about Europe is also included in the Continents set. Included:

• Digital format: In this format, students can type directly into the file and save their answers. Stunning and compelling images of Europe are built in. (PDF, 19 pages)

• Full digital answer key. (PDF, 19 pages)

• Printable format: Each printable nonfiction passage can stand on its own so you can use one, two, or all eight of them at a time to teach about the geography and history of Europe. (PDF, 9 pages)

• Full printable answer key. (PDF, 9 pages)


Excerpt:

“For cultural and historical reasons, Europe has traditionally been regarded as a distinct continent. It shares a landmass with Asia, however. The huge continental area shared by Europe and Asia is the largest on Earth. It is known as Eurasia. Europe is located on the western end of Eurasia.

Europe has a unique geography. It can be described as a peninsula of peninsulas. A peninsula is a piece of land that is mostly surrounded by water. Europe is a large peninsula because it is flanked by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Black, Caspian, and Mediterranean Seas to the south….”

Included Europe Reading Passage Titles:

• A Peninsula of Peninsulas

• Land of the Midnight Sun

• Fjords and Tundra

• Iberian Peninsula

• European Plain

• The Age of Enlightenment

• The Alps

• The World Wars

Applicable Grades: 6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade, homeschool



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