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University of Virginia Library

Prism: "A True Story, Repeated Word for Word as I Heard It" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Mark Twain's "A True Story, Repeated Word for Word as I Heard It." Neutral phrases are blue while non southern phrases are red and southern phrases are...
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Huckleberry Finn

For Students 9th - 10th
A nineteen-part learning module with links to videos, websites, texts, and images to use while reading Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn.
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Website
Washington State University

Washington State University: Literary Movements: A Few Words on Huckleberry Finn

For Students 9th - 10th
At this website, read what famous authors have said about Mark Twain's famous novel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Includes quotes by T.S. Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Mark Twain's Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn 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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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of All Ages

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Mark Twain's Prince And The Pauper: A Tale For Young People Of All Ages has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed...
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Activity
University of Virginia

Univ. Of Virginia: Folk Beliefs in the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of Virginia collection 'Mark Twain and His Times' provides an interesting student project by Maureen E. Riedy about the folk beliefs in "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
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Lesson Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Analyzing Complex Text

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
During this lesson, students will use close reading strategies to analyze aspects of the setting in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. [7:57] CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.10, RL.11-12.10a/b Text Complexity
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Activity
University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Innocents Abroad; Or, the New Pilgrim's Progress

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive collection from the University of Virginia that explores many aspects of Twain's short story, "Innocents Abroad; or, The New Pilgrim's Progress." Included are links that examine pre-texts, letters, sales, advertisement,...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Lit:the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Vocabulary

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn vocabulary by providing a list of vocabulary terms and definitions and a crossword puzzle to test your understanding of the terms.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Lit: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Satire

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on satire and parody. Students read the text of Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and its parody "Girls Just Wanna Have Lunch" by Weird Al Yankovic and compare/contrast the two. The audio of Weird Al's...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Dialect (English Iii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, studentsl listen to dialects from speakers around the country, explore how the use of dialect in literature helps to convey character, and determine to what...
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Unit Plan
Other

Gilded Age Slide Show

For Students 9th - 10th
A class project slideshow about the Gilded Age covering topics such as: Reformers, Mark Twain, Spoils System, political candidates, and lots more.
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Handout
CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: The Gilded Age

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of 8 Grade-Leveled texts (5-12) on the topic "The Gilded Age." Mark Twain named 1870-1900 "The Gilded Age" in hopes of capturing how the era of serious social problems was veiled by a thin layer of gold. While robber...
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Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Portraits: Written and Visual

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A wonderful resource on the lives and work of American authors, Louisa May Alcott and Samuel Clemens. You will get a unique look at them through the study of their portrait and their writing. Includes two great lesson plans.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: New Perspectives on the West

For Students 9th - 10th
This in-depth resource presents a history of the American West from pre-Columbian times until World War I with profiles, documents, and images. It encourages visitors to link these into patterns of historical meaning for themselves....
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eBook
Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: Audio Books

For Students 9th - 10th
A special subcollection of Project Gutenberg's online book catalog: audio books, recorded by real people (there is also a computer-generated audio books collection). Currently includes 35 or so selections ranging from fairy tales,...
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Website
Other

Kingwood Library: American Cultural History: 1880 1889

For Students 9th - 10th
The 1880's in America were chock full of new architecture, technologies, businesses, modern conveniences such as gas and electric, operas, fashions, and much more as featured in this resource.
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Gilded Age 1870 1900: Political Corruption in Postbellum America

For Students 11th - 12th
Read about federal politics during the Gilded Age and why not much was accomplished during this time.
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Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source: Patronage/populism: Politics of Gilded Age

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This collection uses primary sources to explore the politics of the Gilded Age.
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Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Connecticut

For Students 3rd - 8th
"One of the original 13 states, Connecticut is known as the 'Constitution State.'" How did Connecticut get its nickname? Who developed the first American hamburger? These answers and more are waiting for you at the Library of Congress...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Catch 22" by Joseph Heller

For Students 9th - 10th
An air pilot named Yossarian and his squadron navigate life in the army during World War II. Despite their attempts to stay alive, the army's "Catch 22" rule continues to put them in danger. Selected (5) reading passages (grades 9-11) to...
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Flavia and Her Artists" by Willa Cather

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the short "The Five Boons of Life" by Mark Twain. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Teaching Tone

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Teach tone using passages from Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, and Edgar Allen Poe. We annotate passages focusing on diction and syntax to illustrate how the language contributes to the overall tone of the...
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Unit Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Introducing the Essay: Twain, Douglass and American Non Fiction

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan serves as an introduction to American literary non-fiction writing and focuses primarily on teaching some basic approaches to recognizing rhetorical strategies adopted for persuasive effect in essays and non-fiction. The...

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