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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...
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Common Lit: The Golden Calf

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Golden Calf" from Exodus, 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: Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation" by Mike Kubic, 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 Man Who Coined "Genocide" Spent His Life Trying to Stop It

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Man Who Coined "Genocide" Spent His Life Trying to Stop It," 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: American Indian School a Far Cry From the Past

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "American Indian School a Far Cry from the Past" by Charla Bear, 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: Behind the Native American Achievement Gap

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Behind the Native American Achievement Gap" by Celeste Headlee, 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: What Made Aldrich Ames Tick?

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "What Made Aldrich Ames Tick?" 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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Common Lit: In an Amber Dome

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with the poem "In an Amber Dome" by Pamela Huber, 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: An Inquiry

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "An Inquiry" by Anton Chekhov, 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: Queens of the Spy World Whose Intrigues Sway the Fate of Nations

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with the 1918 article "Queens of the Spy World Whose Intrigues Sway the Fate of Nations" by The Sun, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Everyday Use

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, 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: Alphabet

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with the poem "Alphabet" by Naomi Shihab Nye, 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: President Reagan's Speech at the Brandenburg Gate

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "President Reagan's Speech at the Brandenburg Gate" by President Ronald Reagan, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF...
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Common Lit: The Prince of Greed: Hannibal's Betrayal by Carthage

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Prince of Greed: Hannibal's Betrayal by Carthage" by Joshua J. Mark, 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: Greek Government

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module that begins with "Greek Government" by Mark Cartwright, 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: Excerpt From Far From the Madding Crowd

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Excerpt from Far From the Madding Crowd" by Thomas Hardy, 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: Window Seat

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with the poem "Window Seat" by Molly McGinnis, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...