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Common Lit: "The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 10th - 12th
In this short story, a wealthy prince holds a party for his powerful friends within the safety of his home, as a disease rips the rest of the country apart. A specific purpose for reading and vocabulary notes are provided. This site...
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Common Lit: Tech/progress/industry: What Are Costs and Benefits of Technology?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "What are the costs and benefits of technology?" Select a grade level and a collection of grade-appropriate reading passages comes up. [Free account registration...
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Common Lit: "Conformity" by Common Lit Staff

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module that begins with "Conformity" 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 accounts. Text...
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Common Lit: "The Third Wave" by Common Lit Staff

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Third Wave" 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 accounts....
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Common Lit: "The Legend of Oedipus" by Common Lit Staff

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Legend of Oedipus," 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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Common Lit: "President Obama's Remarks on Trayvon Martin Ruling"

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "President Obama's Remarks on Trayvon Martin Ruling" by President Barack Obama, 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 Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, 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: Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Sonnet 18" by William Shakespeare, 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: "Adolescence and the Teenage Crush" by Dr. Carl Pickhardt

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Adolescence and the Teenage Crush" by Dr. Carl Pickhardt, 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 Isn't Fair Deal With It" by Mike Myatt

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Life Isn't Fair-- Deal With It" by Mike Myatt, 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: "Self Concept" by Saul Mc Leod

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Self-concept" by Saul McLeod, 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: "The Stanford Prison Experiment" by Saul Mc Leod

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Stanford Prison Experiment" by Saul McLeod, 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: "Anti Social Networks? We're Just as Cliquey Online" by Laura Sydell

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Anti-social Networks? We're Just as Cliquey Online" by Laura Sydell, 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: "A Dead Woman's Secret" by Guy De Maupassant

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "A Dead Woman's Secret" by Guy de Maupassant, 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: "The Life of Julius Caesar" by David White

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Life of Julius Caesar" by David White, 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: "On Turning Ten" by Billy Collins

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the poem "On Turning Ten" by Billy Collins, 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 Danang, Where u.s. Troops First Landed, Memories of War

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "In Danang, Where U.S. Troops First Landed, Memories of War Have Faded" by Michael Sullivan, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be...
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Common Lit: "A Defiant Muhammad Ali Was Cherished by Black Men" by Karen G. Bates

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "A Defiant Muhammad Ali Was Cherished by Black Men" by Karen Grigsby Bates, 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: Introduction to the Holocaust by the United States Holocaust Memorial

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Introduction to 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: Excerpt From the Tragedy of Julius Caesar: Act Iii, Scenes I, Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Excerpt from the Tragedy of Julius Caesar: Act III, Scenes I, II" by William Shakespeare, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be...
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Common Lit: "Would You Marry a Stranger? Arranged Marriage" by Jessica Mc Birney

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Would You Marry a Stranger" 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...
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Common Lit: Holocaust Survivor, Spared Gas Chamber by Twist of Fate by S. Nelson

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "A Holocaust Survivor, Spared from Gas Chamber by Twist of Fate" by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be...
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Common Lit: "A Child of Slavery Who Taught a Generation" by Karen Grigsby Bates

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "A Child of Slavery Who Taught a Generation" by Karen Grigsby, 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: "Puritan Laws and Character" by Henry William Elson

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Puritan Laws and Character" by Henry William Elson, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...