R.8.6.j
Description:
Identify cause and effect relationships.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
3C
Exemplars
3C: Analyzing Cause/Effect
3C: Analyzing Cause/Effect
Description:
Analyzing Cause and Effect
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
H-31
H-31
Grade level: 8
Word count: 1705 words
Author: Luke Cooper
Synopsis: After World War II ended, the Monuments Men helped return looted treasures to their rightful owners.
Excerpt:
The MFAA began its mission by drawing up lists of monuments and other important cultural sites and providing them to Allied forces. For example, in Florence, Italy, which is home to some of the greatest art treasures of Europe, the MFAA provided Allied forces with aerial photographs marked with key cultural sites. These photos helped pilots avoid damaging the sites during bombing raids.
Question:
Why did the Monuments Men provide Allied bombers with aerial photographs of key cultural sites?
- so the bombers could avoid damaging them during air raids
- so the bombers could destroy the sites before the Nazis did
- so there would be photographs to help reconstruct any destroyed sites
- so the photographs would not fall into the hands of the Nazis
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Describe the cause and effect relationship in a selection you read.
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