Grade 6
Explanatory Article
July 3 reading ideas
Finding reading ideas for this dateâŠ
Finding reading ideas for this dateâŠ
July 3 features Plastic Bag Free Day and a reading about single-use plastic. The International Day of Cooperatives follows the first Saturday in July, so it appears here only in years when that rule places it on July 3. This date also connects to Gettysburgâs third day, with [The Attack Across Gettysburg](/passages/the-attack-across-gettysburg--9BJQ2Qg9lFScky7xYs0X) as a related reading. This date also connects to How Meerkats Live Together (informal observance), with [Meerkats on the Lookout](/passages/meerkats-on-the-lookout--xYQixf0YvsXp3kf4EZwR) as a related reading.
Special date
The European Commission recognizes this annual awareness day; it is not presented as an official UN observance. An environmental awareness connection about reducing single-use plastic.
Selected public reading for Plastic Bag Free Day.
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Pickett-Pettigrew attack, outcome and human cost; no graphic scenes or heroic simplification
Pickett-Pettigrew attack, outcome and human cost; no graphic scenes or heroic simplification
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Concrete burrows, foraging and lookout behavior; informal conservation day, no invented official UN status
Concrete burrows, foraging and lookout behavior; informal conservation day, no invented official UN status
Read passageMore reading for this time of year, alongside todayâs special dates.
Explore summer reading ideas for classroom wrap-up and reading at home. School vacation dates vary.
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July 3 features Plastic Bag Free Day and a reading about single-use plastic. The International Day of Cooperatives follows the first Saturday in July, so it appears here only in years when that rule places it on July 3.
This date also connects to Gettysburgâs third day, with The Attack Across Gettysburg as a related reading.
This date also connects to How Meerkats Live Together (informal observance), with Meerkats on the Lookout as a related reading.
What evidence in the passage shows how cooperative ownership differs from a conventional business?
