This product includes 12 one-page reading passages for your unit on the Orphan Train Movement. Reading passages are engaging and informative. Topics include the Orphan Train Movement, Homeless Children in New York City in the 1800s, Orphanages, Poorhouses, Charles Loring Brace, the Children’s Aid Society, the New York Foundling Asylum, the Newsboys Lodging House, and much more! Includes one comprehension worksheet for each reading passage. Classroom and enrichment activities keep students engage