Read Works
Read Works: Rise Up
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about technology used to help a paraplegic man walk again. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Civil Rights Documentation Project: 1964: Freedom Summer
Read a brief description of the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project and listen to the comments of some of the civil rights activists who participated in the project in 1964.
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Civil Rights Movement 1955 1965: Mississippi & Freedom Summer
Take a look at Mississippi in the early 1960s to understand why the focus of African American voter registration targeted that state. Read about the organization and implementation of the Mississippi Summer Project in 1964. See also the...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Caught Up in the Moment
Students read The Summer My Father Was Ten by Pat Brisson and discuss the father's actions and the consequences that followed. In small groups, students make and share text-to-self connections of when they were caught up in the moment...