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CommonLit

Common Lit: Red Coud's Speech After Wounded Knee

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Red Coud's Speech after Wounded Knee" by Chief Red Cloud, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Common Lit: Winston Churchill's "Never Give In" Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Winston Churchill's "Never Give In" Speech" by Prime Minister Winston Churchill, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Hillary Clinton's Address to the U. N. World Conference on Women

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "First Lady Hillary Clinton's Address to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women" by First Lady Hillary Clinton, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: President Obama's 2015 State of the Union Address

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "President Obama's 2015 State of the Union Address" by President Barack Obama, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: President Bush on the Patriot Act

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "President Bush on the Patriot Act" by President George W. Bush, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Gettysburg Address

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module that begins with "The Gettysburg Address" by President Abraham Lincoln, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Common Lit: Titanic Officer Swears Wreck Due to Company's Neglect

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Titanic Officer Swears Wreck Due to Company's Neglect" by United Press Leased Wire, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: The St. Petersburg Workmen's Petition to the Tsar, January 22, 1905

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The St. Petersburg Workmen's Petition to the Tsar, January 22, 1905" by George Gapon, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Man in the Arena

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "The Man in the Arena" by President Theodore Roosevelt, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Common Lit: Ronald Reagan on the Challenger Disaster

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "Ronald Reagan on the Challenger Disaster" by Ronald Reagan accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Petition From the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Petition from the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery" by Benjamin Franklin, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be...
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CommonLit

Common Lit:letter From Frederick Douglass to Harriet Tubman by Frederick Douglass

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Letter from Frederick Douglass to Harriet Tubman" by Frederick Douglass, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Letter to the Treasure of Spain

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Letter to the Treasure of Spain" by Christopher Columbus, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Henry Adams' Testimony Before Congress

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Henry Adams' Testimony Before Congress" by Henry Adams accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: General Eisenhower's Order of the Day

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "General Eisenhower's Order of the Day" by General Dwight D. Eisenhower accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: George W. Harkins to the American People

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "George W. Harkins to the American People" by George W. Harkin, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Letter From Mary Mallon: On Being "Typhoid Mary"

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Letter From Mary Mallon: On Being 'Typhoid Mary'" by Mary Mallon, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Excerpt From "On Drought Conditions"

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Excerpt from "On Drought Conditions"" by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Booker T. Washington vs. w.e.b. Du Bois

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Booker T. Washington vs. W.E.B. Du Bois" an excerpt from the "Atlanta Compromise" speech, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Speech on Slavery

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Speech on Slavery" by Abraham Lincoln, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Address to Congress on Women's Suffrage

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Address to Congress on Women's Suffrage" by Carrie Chapman Catt, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Every Man a King

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with the speech "Every Man a King" by Huey P. Long, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Andrew Jackson's Speech to Congress on "Indian Removal"

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Andrew Jackson's Speech to Congress on 'Indian Removal'" by President Andrew Jackson, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Address to the Commonwealth Club of California

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with the speech "Address to the Commonwealth Club of California" by Cesar Chavez, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...