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A play showing how Benjamin Franklin flew a kite during a lightning storm.

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A short story describing Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla's 'electrical' battle. 

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Anne Frank's diary describing her life during World War 2.

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A cartoon showing how Pocahontas met John Smith. 

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A text book describing the civil rights movement. 

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A news report about the opening of a power plant. 

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A scientist explaining what it was like for Buzz Aldrin to walk on the moon. 

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A YouTube video describing how the pyramids were built.

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An interview with Alexander Graham Bell about how he invented the telephone. 

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An autobiography about the 40th president, Ronald Reagan. 

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