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Stanford University

Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Pullman Strike

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read primary source documents to solve a problem surrounding a historical question. This document-based inquiry lesson allows students read parallel accounts of the Pullman Strike of 1894 from...
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Stanford University

Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Battle of Little Bighorn

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students solve a problem surrounding a historical question by reading primary source documents. This historical inquiry lesson allows students to explore causes of the Battle of Little Bighorn by...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Baseball's Girl Umpire

For Students 3rd - 4th
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...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Walking for My Life

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
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...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Dancing Towards Dreams

For Students 3rd - 5th
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...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: A Princess Who Can Tune an Engine

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
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...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Cobra Kite

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
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...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "Don't Hate on the Trait" by Bird Brain Science

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
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...
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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: A Description of a City Shower

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "A Description of a City Shower" by Jonathan Swift, 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: Opposition to the Women's Rights Movement

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "Opposition to the Women's Rights Movement" 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: "Why Sit Here and Die" Speech

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "'Why Sit Here and Die' Speech," by Maria W. Stewart, 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: Excerpt From Honky

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "Excerpt from Honky" by Dalton Conley, 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 Kohlberg Dilemmas

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
A learning module that begins with "The Kohlberg Dilemmas" by Lawrence Kohlberg, 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 Lady of Shalott

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "The Lady of Shalott" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 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: United and Divided: How Religion Drove Politics in Premodern Europe

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "United and Divided: How Religion Drove Politics in Premodern Europe" by Shelby Ostergaard, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Araby

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "Araby" by James Joyce, 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: Excerpts From We

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
A learning module that begins with "Excerpts from We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin, 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: Excerpt From the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "Excerpt from the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" by Benjamin Franklin, 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 Fallacy of Success

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "The Fallacy of Success" by G. K. Chesterton, 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: Dreams

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "Dreams" by Linda Pastan, 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: Thresholds of Violence

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "Thresholds of Violence" by Malcolm Gladwell, 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: Testimony Before the Senate Hearings on the Equal Rights Amendment

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "Testimony Before the Senate Hearings on the Equal Rights Amendment" by Gloria Steinem, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Sweat

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston, 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...