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Common Lit: Dreams and Musical Feet Unit Plan
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Common Lit: Dreams and Musical Feet

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
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Common Lit: A Slick Little Robot Unit Plan
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Common Lit: A Slick Little Robot

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
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Common Lit: Ataka Unit Plan
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Common Lit: Ataka

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
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Common Lit: Voyage to Pluto Unit Plan
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Common Lit: Voyage to Pluto

For Students 5th - 6th
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Common Lit: What Is the International Space Station Unit Plan
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Common Lit: What Is the International Space Station

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
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Common Lit: Amphibians Unit Plan
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Common Lit: Amphibians

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
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Common Lit: Wind, Water, Stone Unit Plan
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Common Lit: Wind, Water, Stone

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
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Common Lit: Art on an Egg Unit Plan
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Common Lit: Art on an Egg

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
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Common Lit: Eating Together Unit Plan
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Common Lit: Eating Together

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
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Common Lit: Why Does No One Ever Thank Me for the Magna Carta? Unit Plan
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Common Lit: Why Does No One Ever Thank Me for the Magna Carta?

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
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Common Lit: Columbus and the Egg Unit Plan
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Common Lit: Columbus and the Egg

For Students 4th - 5th
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Common Lit: "Don't Hate on the Trait" by Bird Brain Science Unit Plan
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Common Lit: "Don't Hate on the Trait" by Bird Brain Science

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
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Common Lit: Columbus Unit Plan
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Common Lit: Columbus

For Students 7th - 9th
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Common Lit: Blizzard Unit Plan
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Common Lit: Blizzard

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
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Common Lit: "What Love Isn't" by Yrsa Daley Ward Unit Plan
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Common Lit: "What Love Isn't" by Yrsa Daley Ward

For Students 7th - 8th
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Common Lit: Egg Unit Plan
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Common Lit: Egg

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
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Common Lit: Why Afghanistan's "Underground Girls" Skirt Tradition Live as Boys Unit Plan
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Common Lit: Why Afghanistan's "Underground Girls" Skirt Tradition Live as Boys

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
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Common Lit: Excerpt From My Mother's Voice: The Proclamation Unit Plan
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Common Lit: Excerpt From My Mother's Voice: The Proclamation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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Common Lit: Can We Cultivate Our Own Happiness Unit Plan
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Common Lit: Can We Cultivate Our Own Happiness

For Students 7th - 8th
Martin Seligman coined the term "positive psychology" to describe his exploration of how people can improve their own happiness. In this report from 2002, ABC News explains Seligman's research and findings in the field of positive...
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Common Lit: Close Calls in u.s. Election History (2016) Unit Plan
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Common Lit: Close Calls in u.s. Election History (2016)

For Students 7th - 8th
Democracy and power to the people are celebrated as key American values, but sometimes democracy is more complicated than one might think. This informational text investigates some close calls in U.S. elections and what caused their...
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Common Lit: Compliance by Saul Mc Leod Unit Plan
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Common Lit: Compliance by Saul Mc Leod

For Students 7th - 8th
Compliance is a type of social influence where an individual conforms to a rule. Unlike obedience, there is only a request rather than an order. As you read, take notes on each of the three compliance techniques and why they work. It...
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Common Lit: "At the Head of Her Class, and Homeless" by Npr Staff Unit Plan
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Common Lit: "At the Head of Her Class, and Homeless" by Npr Staff

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
In June 2014, NPR published this story about Rashema Melson. At the time, Melson was a homeless high school senior at Anacostia High School in Washington, D.C. She is now a student at Georgetown University. As you read, identify what...
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Common Lit: "Can Television Be Considered Literature in English Classes?" Unit Plan
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Common Lit: "Can Television Be Considered Literature in English Classes?"

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Movie days in the classroom are infrequent and far between, but what if teachers used television as a means of teaching? Shelby Ostergaard discusses whether or not television can be considered a form of literature and the benefits and...
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Common Lit: "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer Unit Plan
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Common Lit: "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer

For Students 7th - 8th
Ernest Lawrence Thayer (1863-1940) was an American writer and poet, best known for the following poem, which is considered a classic in sports-related literature. As you read, take notes on how the author develops the mood of the poem....
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