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Common Lit: The Rush of Immigrants

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Rush of Immigrants" by USHistory.org, 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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Common Lit: The Election of 1860

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Election of 1860" by USHistory.org, 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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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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Common Lit: The Missouri Compromise

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Missouri Compromise" by USHistory.org, 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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Common Lit: Behind Bars, Vets With Ptsd Face a New War Zone With Little Support

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Behind Bars, Vets with PTSD Face a New War Zone With Little Support" by Quil Lawrence, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed...
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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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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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Common Lit: "Mc Carthyism" by Us history.org

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "McCarthyism" by USHistory.org, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
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Common Lit: Nazi Summer Camp

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Nazi Summer Camp" by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, 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: 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: Stravinsky's Riotous 'Rite of Spring'

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Stravinsky's Riotous 'Rite of Spring'" by Miles Hoffman, 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: The Destinies of Two Men Who Share One Name

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Destinies of Two Men Who Share One Name" by Melissa Block and Michele Norris, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a...
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Common Lit: Young Innovators: Detecting Land Mines

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Young Innovators: Detecting Land Mines" by Robert Siegel, 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: Yeshi's Luck by Naomi C. Rose

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see the...
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Common Lit: Woolly Mammoth Sparks Debate Over Cloning

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Common Lit: "The Third Wish" by Joan Aiken

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the short story "The Third Wish" by Joan Aiken, 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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Common Lit: "Today's Telephone" by Barbara Radner

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
A learning module that begins with "Today's Telephone" by Barbara Radner, 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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Common Lit: "The Three Little Pigs" by Joseph Jacobs

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the short story "The Three Little Pigs" by Joseph Jacobs, 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: "The Wright Brothers: Air Pioneers" by David White

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the biography "The Wright Brothers: Air Pioneers" by David White, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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Common Lit: "Tiny Plastic, Big Problem" by Alison Pearce Stevens

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "Tiny Plastic, Big Problem" by Alison Pearce Stevens, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
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Common Lit: Two Finalists Vie to Be "Master Chef Junior"

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "Two Finalists Vie to Be 'Master Chef Junior'" by David Greene, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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Common Lit: This Is Not a Small Voice

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the poem "This Is Not a Small Voice" by Sonia Sanchez, 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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Common Lit: To a Mouse

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with the poem "To a Mouse" by Robert Burns, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...