Shanghai's International Zone ELA Workbook
Enhance your 9-12th-grade English Language Arts curriculum with the Shanghai International Zone ELA Workbook, a comprehensive educational resource designed for 1-2 class periods (60 minutes each). Developed in partnership with Pacific Atrocities Education, this workbook integrates historical literacy into language arts, focusing on analyzing nonfiction texts for tone, purpose, and bias, developing evidence-based arguments, building vocabulary, interpreting media, and connecting literature and primary sources to real-world historical events. Ideal for students and educators, it offers engaging activities such as reading comprehension, vocabulary exercises, critical thinking prompts, map and timeline tasks, group role-plays, and individual analysis reports to deepen understanding of Shanghai’s strategic role during the Second Sino-Japanese War.