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Common Lit: "Day of Infamy" Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "'Day of Infamy' Speech" by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 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: The New Colossus

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus, 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: Political Society

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Political Society" by John Locke, 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: Fugitive Slave Act of 1793

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Fugitive Slave Act of 1793" by The United States Congress, 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: Rebel With a Cause: Rebellion in Adolescence

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Rebel with a Cause: Rebellion in Adolescence" by Dr. Carl Pickhardt, 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: The Tyger

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Tyger" by William Blake, 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: Mirror Stage

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with the informational text "Mirror Stage" 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: What's Your True Age?

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "What's Your True Age?" by Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D., 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: Ripe Figs

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Ripe Figs" by Kate Chopin, 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 student...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: My Lost Youth

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "My Lost Youth" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 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: Forever Young: America's Obsession With Never Growing Old

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Forever Young: America's Obsession with Never Growing Old" by Dale Archer, 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: Fdr's First Inaugural Address

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "FDR's First Inaugural Address" by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 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: Death Marches in the Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Death Marches in the Holocaust" by The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF...
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Common Lit: It Is Raining on the House of Anne Frank

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with the poem "It is Raining on the House of Anne Frank" by Linda Pastan, 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: Liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps" by The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed...
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Common Lit: Anti Jewish Legislation in Prewar Germany

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Anti-Jewish Legislation in Prewar Germany" by The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be...
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Common Lit: The Coeur D'alen Miners' Uprising

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Coeur D'Alen Miners' Uprising," 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: Nazi Germany's "Euthanasia" Program

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Nazi Germany's "Euthanasia" Program" by The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as...
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Common Lit: Everyday Life as a Learning Experience

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Everyday Life as a Learning Experience" by Sarah A. Chrisman, 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: The Death of a Soldier

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with the poem "The Death of a Soldier" by Wallace Stevens, 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: The Economic Bill of Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Economic Bill of Rights" by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 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: Liberating the First Nazi Camp

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Liberating the First Nazi Camp" by Veterans History Project, 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: Life on Reservations

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Life on Reservations" 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: Experts Debate: Will Computers Edge People Out of Entire Careers?

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Experts Debate: Will Computers Edge People Out of Entire Careers?" by David Kestenbaum, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed...