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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Travelling With a Reformer

For Students 7th - 9th
Read the full text of the short story "Travelling with a Reformer" by Mark Twain.
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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Mark Twain's "Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County" 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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Handout
PBS

Pbs: The American Novel: Literary Timeline: Novels: 1884: Huckleberry Finn

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief background on Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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Unit Plan
C-SPAN

C Span American Writers: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief summary of The Adventures of Huck Finn by Mark Twain. Also includes an online text of the work as well as links to other informational websites.
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Graphic
Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

For Students 9th - 10th
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1993 to commemorate Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". With a short detailed passage about the plot and themes in the novel.
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Activity
University of Virginia Library

Prism: "Tom Sawyer Chapter 2 Opening" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted the opening of chapter 2 of Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer. Emotional details are blue, sensory details are red, and nature details are green. Click on any word to...
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Activity
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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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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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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Website
Other

Salwen: Is Huck Finn a Racist Book?

For Students 9th - 10th
Twain fan Salwen argues that the book is far from racist, and offers several pieces of evidence for the reader's consideration.
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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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