Rosie the Riveter & Tuskegee Airmen Reading Activity Packet (SS5H4e)

Your students will love learning about Rosie the Riveter & the Tuskegee Airmen with this engaging, no prep reading activity! This is perfect for adding literacy to your social studies curriculum because it’s academically-aligned for ELA and for social studies. Plus, it’s so easy to use that you can even leave it for sub plans!

This resource includes five activity pages and their answer keys. The passage is written at a 5th grade reading level and is accompanied with eight multiple choice questions, photo analysis activity, vocabulary matching activity, one short constructed response, and one extended response. All answer keys included. 

The objective of this activity is for students to be able to describe the effects of rationing and the changing role of women and African Americans. More specifically, “Rosie the Riveter” and the Tuskegee Airmen. 

This objective and resources align with Georgia Standards of Excellence, but can supplement many state standards. 

Resource Includes: 

• Passage (leveled for 5th grade) over rationing, Rosie the Riveter, and Tuskegee Airmen

• Photo Analysis and Making Connections Activity

• Multiple Choice Questions (x8)

• Writing Activity (x2)

• Matching Activity (x1)

• Answer Keys

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