Handout
CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: International Revolutions

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of 21 Grade-Leveled texts (4-12) on the topic International Revolutions. The world's had its fair share of international revolutions as people around the globe sought to create meaningful change. Learn about some of...
Handout
CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: The Gilded Age

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of 8 Grade-Leveled texts (5-12) on the topic "The Gilded Age." Mark Twain named 1870-1900 "The Gilded Age" in hopes of capturing how the era of serious social problems was veiled by a thin layer of gold. While robber...
Handout
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Madero's 1910 Address to the Mexican People

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of Francisco Madero's call to Mexicans to take up arms against the government, which marks the beginning of the Mexican Revolution.
Activity
Other

Eei Communictions: Standard Proofreading Marks

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a table of standard proofreading marks. The table indicates whether the marks would be used in the margin or in the text, but does not give examples of the marks in use.
Handout
University of Virginia Library

Prism: The Sneetches

For Students 3rd - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read the complete text of Dr. Seuss' "The Sneetches" and highlight things you understand in blue and things you do not understand in red. When finished, click save to see how others marked the text as...
Activity
University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Mark Twain in His Times: Pudd'nhead Wilson

For Students 9th - 10th
Contained here are dozens of texts and manuscripts, scores of contemporary reviews and articles, and hundreds of images related to The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain.
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Burlesque Biography" by Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the short story "A Burlesque Biography" by Mark Twain, an autobiography which has no relationship to Twain's real life.
Primary
Other

Online Literature: Tom Sawyer Abroad by Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the original, online PDF text of the novel Tom Sawyer Abroad by Mark Twain.
Primary
Poetry Foundation

Full Books: "What Is Man? By Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the original, online text of the essay "What Is Man?" by Mark Twain.
Website
University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Mark Twain in His Times

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection from the University of Virginia provides a great deal of information about how Mark Twain created his works. Lots of recent reviews and articles are included.
Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Teachers: Mark Twain's Hannibal

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Primary texts, such as music, photographs, and maps, allow students to examine how Mark Twain's life in Hannibal, Missouri, influenced his popular written works, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer."
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Book: "About Play Acting" by Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the full text of "About Play-Acting" by Mark Twain, a critique of the theater production of The Master of Palmyra.
Primary
University of North Carolina

Unc: Mark Twain Old Times on the Mississippi

For Students 9th - 10th
Here, read Mark Twain's (1835-1910 CE) "Old Times on the Mississippi." Download the full text, as well as the accompanying illustrations.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "World Without Fish" by Mark Kurlansky

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected (8) reading passages (grades 6-10) to pair with "World Without Fish" by Mark Kurlansky. Mark Kurlansky discusses how humans treat the oceans and the fish that live in them, and what the world will likely look like if fish...
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Book: "The $30,000 Bequest" by Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the full text of the short story "The $30,000 Bequest" by Mark Twain.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Letters From the Earth by Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the novel Letters From The Earth by Mark Twain