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CommonLit

Common Lit: Excerpt From Spirit of Laws

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with Charles-Louis de Secondat Montesquieu's "Excerpt from Spirit of Laws" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Un Explores Native American Rights in u.s.

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with Michel Martin's interview "UN Explores Native American Rights in U.S." accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Rape of Nanking and a Forgotten Genocide

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with Mike Kubic's news article "The Rape of Nanking and a Forgotten Genocide" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Israeli Palestinian Conflict

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with Mike Kubic's news article "The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" 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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CommonLit

Common Lit: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with Thomas Gray's poem "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" 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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CommonLit

Common Lit: Elenora

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
A learning module that begins with Edgar Allan Poe's short story "Eleonora" 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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CommonLit

Common Lit: Jimmy Carter's Nobel Lecture

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "Jimmy Carter's Nobel Lecture" 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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CommonLit

Common Lit: On Various Kinds of Thinking

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with an essay by James Harvey Robinson titled "On Various Kinds of Thinking" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Senator Nixon's "Checkers" Speech

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with the historical text "Senator Nixon's 'Checkers' Speech" 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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CommonLit

Common Lit: The 1897 Petition Against the Annexation of Hawaii

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with a historical text from the National Archives called "The 1897 Petition Against the Annexation of Hawaii" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with a literary text called "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" by Oscar Wilde accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Glittering Noise

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with a poem called "The Glittering Noise" by Denise Levertov 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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CommonLit

Common Lit: Hermann the Irascible

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with a literary text called "Hermann the Irascible" by Saki (Hector Hugh Munro) accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Excerpt From "The Grasshopper"

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
A learning module that begins with Anton Chekhov's literary text "Excerpt from 'The Grasshopper'" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: A Quest for Change in the Middle East

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins Mike Kubic's article "A Quest for Change in the Middle East" 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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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Plea for Eight Hours

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with Terence Powderly's persuasive text "The Plea for Eight Hours" 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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CommonLit

Common Lit: Excerpt From "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street"

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with Herman Melville's literary text "Excerpt from "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street"" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Richard Nixon's Resignation Speech

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "Richard Nixon's Resignation Speech" 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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CommonLit

Common Lit: A Refugee Looks Back

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "A Refugee Looks Back" by Mike Kubic, 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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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Rise and Fall of Karl Marx

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "The Rise and Fall of Karl Marx" by Mike Kubic, 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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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Wives of the Dead

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "The Wives of the Dead" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 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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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Machine Stops

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "The Machine Stops" by E. M. Forester, 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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CommonLit

Common Lit: Morality as Anti Nature

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "Morality as Anti-Nature" by Friedrich Nietzsche, 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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CommonLit

Common Lit: How American Industry Won World War Ii

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "How American Industry Won World War II" by Mike Kubic, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...