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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Esquimaux Maiden's Romance" by Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the short "The Esquimaux Maiden's Romance" by Mark Twain. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The First Writing Machines" Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the short story "The First Writing-machines" Mark Twain. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Five Boons of Life" by Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the short "The Five Boons of Life" by Mark Twain. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Telephonic Conversation" by Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the short "A Telephonic Conversation" by Mark Twain. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Travelling With a Reformer

For Students 7th - 9th
Read the full text of the short story "Travelling with a Reformer" by Mark Twain.
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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Mark Twain's "Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County" has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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Activity
Other

Twainquotes.com:mark Twain Quotes and Newspaper Articles

For Students 9th - 10th
This Barbara Schmidt site provides hundreds of quotes and original articles about Twain's life, writings, and enduring influence that have appeared in newspapers over the years. There are also special features about Twain and links to...
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Handout
Other

The Gold Rush: Gold Country

For Students 9th - 10th
A great look at the people who made money providing services for the miners in the California Gold Rush.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the memoir "Life on the Mississippi" by Mark Twain on this site.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Roughing It by Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
"Roughing It" by Mark Twain follows his travels through the wild west during the years 1861-1867. Read the full text on this site.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the novel The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the novel The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain on this site.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Christian Science by Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the collection of essays by Mark Twain regarding his views about Christian Science.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs: The American Novel: Literary Timeline: Novels: 1884: Huckleberry Finn

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief background on Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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Unit Plan
C-SPAN

C Span American Writers: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief summary of The Adventures of Huck Finn by Mark Twain. Also includes an online text of the work as well as links to other informational websites.
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Unit Plan
C-SPAN

C Span: American Writers: Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a good biography of Twain (1835-1910 CE), a list of his works, and links to additional information.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: A Helpless Situation by Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the short story "A Helpless Situation" by Mark Twain that was written in rebuttal to a letter he received from a woman writer asking him to recommend her work to the publisher.
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Graphic
Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

For Students 9th - 10th
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1993 to commemorate Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". With a short detailed passage about the plot and themes in the novel.
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Activity
University of Virginia Library

Prism: "Tom Sawyer Chapter 2 Opening" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted the opening of chapter 2 of Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer. Emotional details are blue, sensory details are red, and nature details are green. Click on any word to...
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Activity
University of Virginia Library

Prism: "A True Story, Repeated Word for Word as I Heard It" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Mark Twain's "A True Story, Repeated Word for Word as I Heard It." Neutral phrases are blue while non southern phrases are red and southern phrases are...
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Huckleberry Finn

For Students 9th - 10th
A nineteen-part learning module with links to videos, websites, texts, and images to use while reading Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Artistic and Literary Trends

For Students 5th - 8th
The arts blossomed in the Gilded Age, aided by the wealth of the business tycoons. Read about the artists who flourished at the time, along with the realism in literature that ranged from poetry to novels.
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Website
Other

Salwen: Is Huck Finn a Racist Book?

For Students 9th - 10th
Twain fan Salwen argues that the book is far from racist, and offers several pieces of evidence for the reader's consideration.