Refer to Where Is Niagara Falls? for a complete version of this text.
Read the main ideas and details from Chapter 8.
Select Main Idea 1 or Main idea 2 to classify each supporting detail.
Supporting Detail
Main Idea 1
Extreme cold makes the falls both fun and dangerous.
Main Idea 2
Tourists visit the falls because there is so much to do and see.
“Both the American falls and the Canadian falls have all kinds of activities for families…”
Main Idea 1 Extreme cold makes the falls both fun and dangerous. – “Both the American falls and the Canadian falls have all kinds of activities for families…”
Main Idea 2 Tourists visit the falls because there is so much to do and see. – “Both the American falls and the Canadian falls have all kinds of activities for families…”
“In 1899, the city built a huge castle made entirely out of ice!”
Main Idea 1 Extreme cold makes the falls both fun and dangerous. – “In 1899, the city built a huge castle made entirely out of ice!”
Main Idea 2 Tourists visit the falls because there is so much to do and see. – “In 1899, the city built a huge castle made entirely out of ice!”
“A high-speed elevator takes people down the side of the cliff, to the water.”
Main Idea 1 Extreme cold makes the falls both fun and dangerous. – “A high-speed elevator takes people down the side of the cliff, to the water.”
Main Idea 2 Tourists visit the falls because there is so much to do and see. – “A high-speed elevator takes people down the side of the cliff, to the water.”
“The bridge collapsed from the weight of the ice pushed against it.”
Main Idea 1 Extreme cold makes the falls both fun and dangerous. – “The bridge collapsed from the weight of the ice pushed against it.”
Main Idea 2 Tourists visit the falls because there is so much to do and see. – “The bridge collapsed from the weight of the ice pushed against it.”
