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Read Works: "Singing Time" by Rose Fyleman
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is the poem "Singing Time" by Rose Fyleman followed by a set of reading comprehension questions using picture cues.
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Read Works: Passages: "Patrick Cleburne's Proposal to Arm Slaves"
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this letter from January 2, 1864, Patrick R. Cleburne, a Confederate commander, writes to a Confederate general proposing that black soldiers be added to their ranks as they were in grave danger of...
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Read Works: Passages: "War Stories"
[Free Registration/Login Required] The passage "War Stories" is a collection of three interviews with people who experienced some aspect of World War II collected as a part of the "Eyewitness to History" Contest. Comprehension questions...
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Read Works: Good Bye to Xochimilco
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a fictional passage about growing up near the canals of Xochimilco and spending weekends watching the bumper car-like traffic jams on the canals. It is followed by a comprehension question set.
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Read Works: The Legend of the Goddess Tin Hau, or Mazu
[Free Registration/Login Required] This fiction passage focuses on Mazu and her power to guide her brothers to safety from a terrible storm at sea while weaving quietly in her house. Can she save them? A comprehension question set and a...
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Civics Online: Comprehensive Immigration Law of 1924
Read the text of the Immigration Act of 1924 which lays out the specific quotas for immiigrants from over fifty countries.
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Read Works: The Ants and the Grasshopper
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is a brief version of the Aesop's Fable "The Ants and the Grasshopper" which is followed by a comprehension question set.
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Read Works: Passages: The u.s. Constitution
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is the Constitution of the United States; a vocabulary worksheet is provided for the words "favor" and "right."
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Baldwin Library: First Steps for Little Feet in Gospel Paths by Charles Foster
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book First steps for Little Feet in Gospel Paths by Charles Foster (c1885). This collection of short reading passages about animals, Bible stories, Christian behavior,...
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Baldwin Library: First Steps for Little Feet in Gospel Paths by Charles Foster
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book First steps for Little Feet in Gospel Paths by Charles Foster (c1885). This collection of short reading passages about animals, Bible stories, Christian behavior,...
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University of Virginia Library: The Valley of the Shadow
Analyze the Civil War through a multitude of primary source documents. This comprehensive site chronicles the Civil War in Virginia from its roots to the battles, and finally the consequences of this divisive war. Read letters and...
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Teby Y Tib: Poesia Infantil
This site contains a nice collection of children's poems in Spanish. It features poems by the author Gloria Fuertes.
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Early Americas Digital Archive: Anarchaid. A New England Poem
The complete text of "The Anarchaid" a New England Poem written by David Humphreys, Joel Barlow, John Trumbull, and D. Lemuel Hopkins in 1786.
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Early Americas Digital Archive: Discourse and View of Virginia
The complete text of Sir William Berkeley's essay "A Discourse and View of Virginia" written in 1914.
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Early Americas Digital Archive: Relation of the Conquest of Florida
Luys Hernandez De Biedma's account of the conquest of Florida presented to the king of Spain in 1544.
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Early Americas Digital Archive: Of Plymouth Plantation
The complete text of William Bradford's essay "History of Plymouth Plantation" written in 1908.
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Early Americas Digital Archive: Dividing Line Betwixt Virginia and N. Carolina
The complete text of "History of the Dividing Line Betwixt Virginia and North Carolina" by William Byrd II.
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Early Americas Digital Archive: Journey to the Land of Eden: In the Year 1733
The complete text of "Journey to the Land of Eden: in the Year 1733" by William Byrd II.
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Early Americas Digital Archive: Progress to the Mines: In the Year 1732
The complete text of "Progress to the Mines: in the Year 1732" by William Byrd II.
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Early Americas Digital Archive: Narrative of the Expedition of Coronado
The complete text of "Narrative of the expedition of Coronado" by Pedro de Castaneda.
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Early Americas Digital Archive: Columbus, Letter From the Fourth Voyage
The complete text of a letter written by Christopher Columbus describing his fourth voyage.
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Early Americas Digital Archive: Journal
The journal written by Christopher Columbus on his first voyage.
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Early Americas Digital Archive: Columbus, Letter to Santangel
The complete text of a letter written by Christopher Columbus to Santangel describing the results of his first voyage.
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Early Americas Digital Archive: Second Letter of Hernando Cortes to Charles V
A letter written by Hernando Cortex to King Charles V from Mexico on October 30, 1520.
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