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Common Lit: "The Gettysburg Address" by President Abraham Lincoln

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This speech was given in 1863 after the Union and Confederate armies had been at war for more than three years and several hundred thousand Americans had already died. Thousands of Union soldiers died at the Battle of Gettysburg alone. A...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "President Obama's Remarks on Trayvon Martin Ruling"

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "President Obama's Remarks on Trayvon Martin Ruling" by President Barack Obama, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF...