In 2012, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed over 9,000 plant and animal species as either critica...
Reading Set: 11 Passages
We’ve only one planet to live on, so the preservation of natural resources for our children and grandchildren is up to us. This...
Reading Set: 5 Passages
Women’s History Month is traditionally held in March, but the study of women’s history is valuable all twelve months of the yea...
Reading Set: 18 Passages
Forty-four men have served as President of the United States. They have lead the country through wars, economic depressions, ...
Reading Set: 10 Passages
The United States and Canada observe Black History month in February; the United Kingdom observes it in October. While the co...
Reading Set: 13 Passages
For centuries, humans have attempted to codify the rights, privileges, responsibilities, and freedoms each person has in a so...
The French Revolution began in 1789 and took the idea of modern democracy from the fledgling United States to Europe. A perio...
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Macabre, dark, foreboding; these adjectives are often used to describe the works of Edgar Allan Poe. While this is true of ma...
by John Muir from My First Summer in the Sierra
Chapter V passage: After arriving in California in 1...
925 Words, 9th-12th Grades, Context Clues, Figurative Language, and Summary
Chapter IV passage: John Muir, famed naturalist and ...
853 Words, 9th-12th Grades, Figurative Language and Summary