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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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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mark Twain/samuel Clemens

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a mixed media biography of Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens. It includes an excellent PowerPoint presentation, "Mark Twain: Life, Works, and Quotations," a list of bibliographical information, a short YouTube video, a list of his most...
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Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Authors: Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Mark Twain including a link to his biography and links to the full text of six of his novels, three works of nonfiction, and 26 short stories. These include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry...
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: Mark Twain, a Special Report

For Students 9th - 10th
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, a daily news broadcast on PBS, offers a special report on Mark Twain and his missing manuscript, "A Murder, a Mystery and a Marriage." A timeline of Mark Twain's life is also provided.
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eBook
California Digital Library

Dangerous Intimacy: The Untold Story of Mark Twain's Final Years

For Students 9th - 10th
From the diaries of his daughter, learn about the later years of the life of Mark Twain.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain.
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Unit Plan
The Best Notes

The Best Notes: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide for the novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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Website
University of California

The Bancroft Library: Mark Twain at Large

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides extensive information on the author Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) and his travels here and abroad. The site is broken up into sections that are easily accessed from the first page. This site is full of wonderful...
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Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.
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Website
University of California

Uc Berkeley Library: Mark Twain Takes on Art

For Students 9th - 10th
A great look into the thoughts of Mark Twain and how he feels about certain pieces of art. Tongue-in-cheek, playful and fun. A great link between literature and fine arts for the educator!
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Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Teachers: Mark Twain's Hannibal

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Primary texts, such as music, photographs, and maps, allow students to examine how Mark Twain's life in Hannibal, Missouri, influenced his popular written works, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer."
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Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Burlesque Biography" by Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the short story "A Burlesque Biography" by Mark Twain, an autobiography which has no relationship to Twain's real life.
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Primary
Other

Online Literature: Tom Sawyer Abroad by Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the original, online PDF text of the novel Tom Sawyer Abroad by Mark Twain.
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Website
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography of Mark Twain including several worthwhile, additional links.
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Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Book: "The $30,000 Bequest" by Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the full text of the short story "The $30,000 Bequest" by Mark Twain.
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Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Book: "About Play Acting" by Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the full text of "About Play-Acting" by Mark Twain, a critique of the theater production of The Master of Palmyra.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Letters From the Earth by Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the novel Letters From The Earth by Mark Twain
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Primary
Poetry Foundation

Full Books: "What Is Man? By Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the original, online text of the essay "What Is Man?" by Mark Twain.
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Activity
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Mark Twain

For Students 3rd - 8th
America's Story covers the adventures of Mark Twain (1835-1910) (Samuel Langhorne Clemens). Find out how Samuel Clemens chose his pen name. Learn about the development of the "Great American Novel."
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Handout
PBS

Pbs: The American Novel: Literary Timeline: Authors: Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of American novelist Mark Twain, including information on his life, travels, and history of his work.
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Activity
University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Mark Twain in His Times: Pudd'nhead Wilson

For Students 9th - 10th
Contained here are dozens of texts and manuscripts, scores of contemporary reviews and articles, and hundreds of images related to The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain.
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Activity
University of Virginia

Mark Twain in His Times: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of a larger site, Mark Twain in his Times, this site on "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" offers the text, selected illustrations, advertisements for the book when first published, contemporary reviews, and much more information...
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Mark Twain, the Gilded and the Gritty: America, 1870 1912

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two essays by Mark Twain that condemn American foreign expansion and the immorality of imperialism. Includes questions for discussion.
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Website
Other

Brandeis University: Author Biographies: Samuel Langhorne Clemens: Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of American popular author and humorist Mark Twain, with personal and career information, and a list of important works.

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