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My Hero Project

My Hero: Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this resource to learn about the writer Mark Twain, whose works were inspired by his own experiences and travels. This extensive article includes several "related links" and a long list of book resources for further reading and...
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Mark Twain: Journalist and Lecturer

For Students 9th - 10th
Though this is part of a much larger biography on Mark Twain, this section focuses exclusively on this work as a journalist. Pretty extensive.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Samuel Langhorne Clemens

For Students 9th - 10th
American writer who wrote classics such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, A Yankee in King Arthur's Court and The Prince and the Pauper under the pen name Mark Twain.
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Indiana University

Wright American Fiction Collection: Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
The full texts to Twain's lesser-known works can be accessed from this site such as "Celebrated Jumping Frog" and "The Innocents Abroad." Read facsimiles of the original books or plain text versions.
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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: Audio Books

For Students 9th - 10th
A special subcollection of Project Gutenberg's online book catalog: audio books, recorded by real people (there is also a computer-generated audio books collection). Currently includes 35 or so selections ranging from fairy tales,...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Regional Realism: Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography features Mark Twain as a regional realist author, world renown for his ability to portray real Americans in the late nineteenth century. Click "Mark Twain Activities" for artifacts and activities.
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University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Mark Twain in His Times

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive look at Mark Twain and many of his novels. "Innocents Abroad", "Tom Sawyer", "Huck Finn", "Connecticut Yankee", and "Pudd'nhead Wilson" are covered. Links are available to the full texts, illustrations, advertising and...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
American writer Mark Twain.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
Listing of and excerpts from Twain's works regarding the war in the Philippines.
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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."
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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.
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Westward Expansion and Reform

For Students 3rd - 8th
Part of a longer time line describing the history of the American West, this section covers the period 1829 to 1859 with hyperlinks to stories and people of this time period.
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abcteach

Abcteach: People

For Teachers 1st - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Print worksheets from biographies and autobiographies from famous people such as Sally Ride, Clara Barton, Abraham Lincoln, Francis Scott Key, Alexander the Great and many more.
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PBS

Pbs: The American Novel: Literary Timeline: Authors: Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of American novelist Mark Twain, including information on his life, travels, and history of his work.
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a personal glimpse into the life of master storyteller Mark Twain. Content explores Twain's influences and passions, as well as the reason Twain chose to write the novels that he did.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
Mark Twain's real name is Samuel L. Clemens and is famous for his books, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, A Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and The Prince and the Pauper.

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