Route 66 Reading Passages + Google Forms - Dust Bowl, Interstates, Centennial

Route 66 at 100 nonfiction reading passages — Response Resources

Five original nonfiction reading passages for high school US history and geography, written for the centennial of Route 66 (numbered November 11, 1926). Students follow the road from the 1926 numbered highway system through the Dust Bowl migration, the roadside economy, the Interstate highways that bypassed it, and its revival as a heritage route. Each passage has eight questions, including one calculation question, and a full answer key is included. Print the passages, or assign them in Google Forms.

  • 5 original nonfiction passages, each on its own page

  • 8 comprehension questions per passage (40 total): recall, main idea, vocabulary in context, cite-evidence, and inference

  • Combined answer key + a standards page

  • Hand out the reading first, then the questions (or print two-sided)

  • PDF, US Letter, low-ink, two-sided printable; Grades 9-12

Preview page of Route 66 at 100 reading passages

A print-first nonfiction reading resource from Response Resources.

Pairs perfectly with our World Geography Bell Ringers.