Collection 4: Approaching Adulthood Stories
"Marigolds" Short Story by Eugenia Collier
"The Whistle" Short Story by Anne Estevis "Hanging Fire" Poem by Audre Lorde "Teenagers" Poem by Pat Mora "Identity" Poem by Julio Noboa Polanco "Hard on the Gas" Poem by Janet S. Wong "When Do Kids Become Adults?" Arguments from "Room for Debate" in the New York Times "Much Too Young to Work So Hard" History Article by Naoki Tanaka "Is Sixteen too Young to Drive a Car?" Article by Robert Davis "Fatal Car Crashes Drop for Sixteen Year Olds, Rise for Older Teens" Article by Allison Aubrey "Your Phone Can Wait" Public Service Announcement "Driving Distracted" Poster |
Collection 3: Move To Freedom Stories
Autobiography by Frederick Douglas from "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave"
"My Friend Douglass" Biography by Russell Freedman Biography by Ann Petry from "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh" Historical Fiction by Ray Bradbury "Bloody Times: The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Manhunt for Jefferson Davis" History Writing by James L. Swanson "Civil War Journal" Journal Entries by Louisa May Alcott "O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman |