Student Texts

Our searchable library of short texts offers a diverse mix of stories and perspectives. This multigenre, multimedia collection aligns with the Common Core's recommendations for text complexity and the Learning for Justice Social Justice Standards.

Choose from informational and literary nonfiction texts, literature, photographs, political cartoons, interviews, infographics and more. You can also filter by text type, grade level, subject and topic.

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210 Texts

Informational

'What Has Happened to America?'

Klan groups frequently leave pamphlets on doorsteps and parked cars to spread their message of hate. A group calling itself the Bristol Knights distributed a flier in white Connecticut neighborhoods in the 1980s.
by
Bristol Knights
Grade Level
6-8
Subject
History
Social Justice Domain
April 28, 2016
Informational

One America for today, tomorrow and forever, Clinton says

President Clinton delivered this speech at Little Rock's Central High School during a 40th-anniversary ceremony, in which he recognized the strength, conviction,and sacrifice shown by the Little Rock Nine and their parents.
by
William Jefferson Clinton
Grade Level
Subject
Civics
History
Geography
Social Justice Domain
July 7, 2014