The Great Charter
La Carta Magna
The Great Charter
The Great Charter
The Great Charter
The Great Charter
The Great Charter
In The Great Charter readers will learn why several barons in medieval England wrote the Magna Carta, or Great Charter, in reaction to the behavior of a tyrannical king. The document is an enduring symbol of the principle that laws apply to everyone, including the most powerful leaders.
Lesson Resources
Response to Reading
Ready Routine
Use the READY Routine resources to help students build strong, evidence-based responses to text-dependent questions through a scaffolded process of reading, analysis, collaborative discussion, and writing.
Read the text
Examine the question
Analyze the text
Discuss your thinking
You write a response
Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Summarize to understand text
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