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Common Lit: The Peace Corps Journey

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "The Peace Corps Journey" by Jennifer Borgen, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Common Lit: The Bombing of Hiroshima

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "The Bombing of Hiroshima" by Jessica McBirney, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Common Lit: Clash of Cultures: Two Worlds Collide

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "Clash of Cultures: Two Worlds Collide" by UShistory.org, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Common Lit: Move to the Beat

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "Move to the Beat" by Colin Hickey, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
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Common Lit: Soccer Speaks Many Languages

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
A learning module that begins with "Soccer Speaks Many Languages" by Dianna Greers, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Common Lit: Giving Thanks for Hanukkah

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "Giving Thanks for Hanukkah" by Debra Hess, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Common Lit: "From Slaves to Sharecroppers" by Leigh Dekle

For Students 5th - 7th
A learning module that begins with "From Slaves to Sharecroppers" by Leigh Dekle, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Common Lit: Raising Elephants

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "Raising Elephants" by Jennifer Barry, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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Common Lit: Growing Trees for Kenya

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "Growing Trees for Kenya" by Elizabeth Cregan, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Common Lit: "Lewis and Clark: American Explorers" by Barbara Radner

For Students 3rd - 4th
A learning module that begins with "Lewis and Clark: American Explorers" by Barbara Radner, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Common Lit: The Mysterious Dark Day

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "The Mysterious Dark Day" by Lois Minder Huey, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Common Lit: Life in a Totalitarian Country

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "Life in a Totalitarian Country" by Leigh Dekle, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Common Lit: Queen Esther and Me

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "Queen Esther and Me" by Amalia Hoffman, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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Common Lit: Scientists Reveal Three Keys to Happiness

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Scientists Reveal Three Keys to Happiness" by ABC News, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Common Lit: Greek Philosophy

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module that begins with "Greek Philosophy" by Cristian Violatti, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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Common Lit: How the Internet Came to Be

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module that begins with "How the Internet Came to Be" by Shelby Ostergaard, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
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Common Lit: The Keys to Happiness: Partly Genetic, but You Control the Rest

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Keys to Happiness: Partly Genetic, But You Control the Rest" by ABC News, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF...
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Common Lit: "9/11/2001" by Mike Kubic

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "9/11/2001" by Mike Kubic, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student...
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Common Lit: Depression, the Secret We Share

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with the poem "Depression, The Secret We Share" by Andrew Solomon, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Common Lit: The Supreme Court's Ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Supreme Court's Ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education" by U. S. Supreme Court, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a...
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Common Lit: Orphans' Lonely Beginnings Reveal How Parents Shape a Child's Brain

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Orphans' Lonely Beginnings Reveal How Parents Shape a Child's Brain" by Jon Hamilton, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as...
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Common Lit: America's Most Infamous Hate Group: The Kkk

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "America's Most Infamous Hate Group: The KKK" by Jessica McBirney, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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Common Lit: Recalling Castro's Ascension and Cia Reaction

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Recalling Castro's Ascension - and CIA Reaction" by Tom Gjelten, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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Common Lit: Learning How to Code Switch: Humbling, but Necessary

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Learning How to Code-switch: Humbling, but Necessary" by Eric Deggans, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...