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Common Lit: Mother Teresa

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Mother Teresa" by Jessica McBirney, 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...
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Common Lit: "Malala Yousafzai's Nobel Peace Prize" Lecture by Malala Yousafzai

For Students 7th - 9th
A learning module that begins with "Malala Yousafzai's Nobel Peace Prize Lecture" by Malala Yousafzai, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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Common Lit: Loving Decision: 40 Years of Legal Interracial Unions

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Loving Decision: 40 Years of Legal Interracial Unions" by NPR, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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Common Lit: Malala Yousafzai's Address to the United Nations, July 2013

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Malala Yousafzai's Address to the United Nations, July 2013" by Malala Yousafzai, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a...
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Common Lit: Local Children's Reactions to 9 11 Tragedy

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Local Children's Reactions to 9-11 Tragedy" by Connie Llanos, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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Common Lit: "Martin Luther King, Jr." by Us history.org

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Martin Luther King, Jr." by USHistory.org, 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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Common Lit: "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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Common Lit:letter From Frederick Douglass to Harriet Tubman by Frederick Douglass

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Letter from Frederick Douglass to Harriet Tubman" by Frederick Douglass, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
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Common Lit: Issues With the Articles of Confederation

For Students 5th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Issues with the Articles of Confederation" by BirdBrain History, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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Common Lit: "Honest Abe" by Barbara Radner

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "Honest Abe" by Barbara Radner, 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...
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Common Lit: "How Santa Claus Found the Poor House" by Sophie Swett

For Students 5th - 7th
A learning module that begins with "How Santa Claus Found the Poor-House" by Sophie Swett, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Common Lit: How Boots Befooled the King

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "How Boots Befooled the King" by Howard Pyle, 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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Common Lit: "I Am Offering This Poem" by Jimmy Santiago Baca

For Students 5th - 7th
A learning module that begins with "I Am Offering This Poem" by Jimmy Santiago Baca, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
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Common Lit: Holly Trees

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the poem "Holly Trees" by Emma Bartley, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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Common Lit: How the News Media Works

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
A learning module that begins with "How the News Media Works" by Jessica McBirney, 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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Common Lit: In My Mom's Shoes

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "In My Mom's Shoes" by Kat Chow, 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...
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Common Lit: "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the poem "I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud" by William Wordsworth, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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Common Lit: Letter to the Treasure of Spain

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Letter to the Treasure of Spain" by Christopher Columbus, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Common Lit: "Keeping Up With the Joneses" by Common Lit Staff

For Students 7th - 9th
A learning module that begins with "Keeping Up With the Joneses," 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...
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Common Lit: Joseph's Dreams From Genesis 37

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Joseph's Dreams from Genesis 37" 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...
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Common Lit: "George Washington Carver" by Barbara Radner

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "George Washington Carver" by Barbara Radner 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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Common Lit: Henry Adams' Testimony Before Congress

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Henry Adams' Testimony Before Congress" by Henry Adams accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Common Lit: "How Jackie Robinson Changed Baseball" by Jessica Mc Birney

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "How Jackie Robinson Changed Baseball" by Jessica McBirney, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Common Lit: In Flanders Fields

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...