The TV Dinner and the Leftover Turkeys
Students read a nonfiction passage about the story of the TV dinner, written at 6 reading levels (3rd grade to 8th grade), and answer multiple-choice questions about it.
Student Objectives
- Read a passage about the TV dinner and find details about the famous story and the evidence against parts of it.
- Explain why TV dinners became popular in the 1950s.
- Determine the meaning of the word disputed from its context.
- Explain how the author uses evidence to show that a story is only partly proven.