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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Fog" by Carl Sandburg

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "Fog" by Carl Sandburg, 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 student...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: At a Window by Carl Sandburg

For Students 7th - 8th
Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) was an American poet and writer who won three Pulitzer Prizes in his lifetime. His work is known for the way it plays tribute to the common man. "At A Window" was published in Poetry in 1914. As you read, make...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Halsted Street Car

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the poem "Halsted Street Car" by Carl Sandburg 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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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: I Am the People, the Mob

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "I Am the People, the Mob" by Carl Sandburg, 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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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Catcher in the Rye" by j.d. Salinger

For Students 9th - 10th
From a mental institution, where he is receiving treatment, Holden Caulfield recounts the two day period after he is kicked out of school. Selected (8) reading passages (grades 8-12) to pair with "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D....
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis

For Students 5th - 8th
After losing his mother four years ago, 10-year-old Bud Caldwell runs away from the foster care system in search of the father he has never met. Selected (11) reading passages (grades 5-8) to pair with "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak

For Students 5th - 8th
Death narrates a poignant tale of collecting lives and stories through Nazi Germany while constantly circling back to Liesel, who survives because of the love she shares and her love of language. Selected (6) reading passages (grades...
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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Rootabaga Stories

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Carl Sandburg's Rootabaga Stories 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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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: Carl Sandburg

For Students 9th - 10th
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1978 to commemorate writer Carl Sandburg, who won two Pulitzer Prizes. With a short biographical passage.
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Activity
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Carl Sandburg

For Students 9th - 10th
Designed as an online companion to the "Anthology of Modern American Poetry," this website focuses on specific areas of Sandburg's life: "Sandburg on Race," "Radical Sandburg," "Sandburg on WWI," and "Sandburg's Journalism." Also...
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eBook
University of Wisconsin

Wisconsin Electronic Reader: Carl Sandburg

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is dedicated to "anyone . . . who has become identified with Wisconsin" (even though Sandburg was born in Illinois). Although this website offers some very brief biographical information, it really only provides the online text...
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Curated OER

Carl Sandburg

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of Carl Sandburg.
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Curated OER

Carl Sandburg

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of Carl Sandburg.