Article reading

Students are currently reading an article put out by Montana State University's Department of Economics. The ARTICLE attempts to convey a cause and effect relationship between landforms, available crop production and levels of democracy. I see students sitting in a classroom in January taking on something written for an audience with reading skills and historical and economic awareness far beyond their own. This shows a level of motivation I could only dream of! So far 100% of students are taking it on and they are experiencing different levels of success. My developing readers are reading to pick out descriptions of Sparta and Athens. My proficient readers are trying to pick out how exactly the relationship between agriculture and government system occurs and my advanced readers are reading it from the economics standpoint can you understand the factors that drive this formula. I am quite happy with the way things are going.