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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Twain: Steamboat's a-Comin'

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars discover how rivers inspire creative expression.  In this Mark Twain lesson, students list songs about rivers and discuss common characteristics. They locate the Mississippi River on a map and write a script in which a...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Ken Burns: American Lives: Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
In his time, Mark Twain was considered the funniest man on earth. Yet he was also an unflinching critic of human nature, using his humor to attack hypocrisy, greed and racism. In this series, Ken Burns has created an illuminating...
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eBook
Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook shares the memoir of Mark Twain. The memoir provides insights into the author's experiences when he worked as a piliot on a steamboat that traveled along the Mississippi River. The author begin with a history of the...
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Activity
University of North Carolina

Mark Twain: Life on the Mississippi

For Students 9th - 10th
Here, read Mark Twain's (1835-1910 CE) book, "Life on the Mississippi," which was originally published in 1883. Download two HTML versions of the text: one providing links to images in the original text and one with images included.
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Regional Realism: Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography features Mark Twain as a regional realist author, world renown for his ability to portray real Americans in the late nineteenth century. Click "Mark Twain Activities" for artifacts and activities.
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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Life on the Mississippi

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Mark Twain's Life On The Mississippi 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.