Common Lit: "Emmett Till" by Jessica Mc Birney

CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see the definitions, choose to have the text read aloud, and have chosen text translated. Read an article about Emmitt Till who was a fourteen-year-old African American boy from Chicago who was lynched in Mississippi after reportedly flirting with a white woman. [Free account registration required for specific tools.]