Lexiled Articles for Common Core
One of the tenants of Common Core Standards is complex text. Below is a collection of non- fiction articles I have compiled- some I collected from the web and some I created- but feel free to use them in your classroom. Many of the articles have the lexile level....but the ones that do not should be in word document format - so if you need that, simply cut and paste the text of the article into a lexile organizer.
Article #1 "The Fragile Teenage Brain" by Jonah Lehrer for Grantland.com
Article #2 “Teen Hospitalized after 4-day Video Game Binge,” by TheWeek.com.
Article #3“The Media’s Obsession with Political Gaffes: Four Downsides,” by TheWeek.com.
Article #4“Justin Bieber Disses Prince William on Thinning Hair,” by Lisa Suhay for The Christian Science Monitor.
Article #5“Sikhism and Gun Control,” by TheWeek.com.
Article #6 “The Writing is on the Wall,” by Esther Cepeda for The Washington Post Writer’s Group, 9/20/12.
Article #7 “State Dept Never Believed what Hilary Clinton Said,” by Daniel Halper for The Weekly Standard.
Article #8 “The World’s Silliest Territorial Dispute,” by TheWeek.com.
Article #9 “The Cases for Obama and Romney,” by TheWeek.com.
Article #10 prompt and debate for this issue:“Legalizing Marijuana: The View from Mexico,” by T.W. for The Economist.
Article #11 “Pot Legal but ‘Jury Still Out’ on What’s Next,” by Jonathan Martin for The Seattle Times.
Article #12 “Is Marijuana Bad for Your Health?” by TheWeek.com.
Article #13 “Did Big Labor Kill the Twinkie?” and “Ding Dongs — Big Labor Strikes Again,” byTheWeek.com and by Jennifer Rubin for The Washington Post
Article #14 “Is the 500 million Powerball Lottery a Tax on the Poor?”, by TheWeek.com and Natasha Lennard at Salon.
Article # 15 “10 Things You Need to Know Today: December 9, 2012,” by TheWeek.com.
Article #16 “What Gun Control Can and Can’t Do,” by Marc Ambinder for TheWeek.com.
Article #17“4 Disturbing Trends You Should Pay Attention to in 2013,” by Paul Brandus for TheWeek.com.
Article # 18 The Internet is Spying on You
Article #19 10 Most Unusual Prisons in the World (prafulla.net) Lexile: 1030
Article #20 Exoskeleton Allows Paraplegics to Walk (Gannon, M., CNN News) Lexile: 1250
Article #21 TV May Improve Behavior in Kids (CNN News) Lexile: 1220
Article #22 Driver License Issued to Car Without Driver (SF News) Lexile: 1190
Article #23 If Twinkie Dies, We Killed It (Obeidallah, D.) Lexile: 1210
Article #24 Wrigley to Sell Caffeinated Gum (Isidore, C., CNN) Lexile: 1200
Article #25 Teen Shot For Her Advocacy is "the Daughter of the Whole World," Dad Says (Fantz, A./CNN News) Lex: 950
Article #26 Civil War Soldiers Laid to Rest 150 Years Later (Starr, B./CNN) Lexile: 1350
Article #27 Dr. Seuss Biography (The Biography Channel) Click here to print in MS Word Lexile: 1280
Article #28 How Abraham Lincoln Lost His Birthday (Bomboy, S.) Lexile: 1230
Article #29 Friday Flyby: How Scientists Track Near-Earth Asteroids (Pappas, S.) Lexile: 1270
Article #30 No-Book Library? BiblioTech is Coming (Stern, J.) Lexile: 1070
Article #31 Jim vs. John: Harbaughs Share Aggressive Traits, But Not Everything is Alike (Brown, C.) Lexile: 970
Article #32 Famous Bridge in India is in Danger of Coming Down...Because of Spit (Rahman, S.A.) Lexile: 1070
Article #33 Martin Luther King, Jr. - A Biography (socialstudiesforkids.org) Lexile: 1160
Article #34 Icelandic Girl Fights to Keep Her Own Name (A. Andersen/Associated Press) Lexile: 1240
Article #35 Oregon EISC Sponsors Poster Contest Part 2 (Oregon Department of Education) Lexile: 1010
Article #36 Enslaved Children Freed After Being Forced to Make Christmas Decorations (/Yahoo.News) Lex:1470
Article #37 World's Oldest Person Dies at 116 (Almasy, S./CNN) Lexile: 1210
Article #38 Real Benjamin Buttons Brothers: Matthew and Michael Clark are Aging Backwards (Weiss, P.) Lex: 1160
Article #39 Where Are They Now? Diseases That Killed You in Oregon Trail (Garrison, L.T.) Lexile: 1110
Article #40 Member of Secret WWII Navajo Code Talker Marine Unit Dies at 90 (Recinto, R.) Lexile: 1270
Article #41 Sandy's "Mammoth" Wake: 46 Dead, Millions Without Power (Johnson, M.S. & Llanos, M.) Lexile: 1350
Article #42 Is the iPad Mini Worth Buying? (Worley, B.) Lexile: 1130
Article #43 What is Candy Corn, and How is it Made? (Watson, S.) Lexile: 1120
Article #44 Super Bowl-Winning Quarterback Jim McMahon Wishes He Had Played Baseball (Hendricks, M.) Lexile: 1160
Article #45 Boy with Severe Allergies Using Robot to Attend First Grade (Alphonse, L.M.) Lexile: 1150
Article #46 Best-Ever Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chunk Cookies (McColl, S.) Lexile 1190
Article #47 Coca-Cola's Newest Drink is Just a Few Drops (Associated Press) Lexile 1210
Article #48 In Parts of China BYO School Supplies Include Desks (NBCnews.com) Lexile 1150
Article #49 Hook-legged Spider Found in Oregon (Main, D.) Lexile 1200
Article #50 D.I.Y. Biology, on the Wings of the Mockinjay (Gorman, J.) Lexile 1120
Article #51 Zuckerberg's Dinners with Girlfriend Help Spur Life-Saving Facebook Tool (ABC News)
Article #52 Japanese Tsunami Victim's Soccer Ball Found in Alaska (Associated Press)
Article #53 Child Slavery in Ivory Coast (Philpott, T.)
Article # 54 Can the Cinnamon Challenge Kill You? (Breyer, M)
Article #55 The One Year Anniversary of Japanese Tsunami (Associated Press; Accuweather.com) Lexile: 1170
Article #56 Schools Face Tough Calls With Tornado (Associated Press) Lexile: 1190
Article #57 Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden (Tortus Technology) Lexile: 1290
Article #58 What is Mardi Gras? (www.mardigrasday.com) Lexile: 1170
Article #59 Pakistani Fishermen Reel in 40-Foot Whale Shark (CBS News) Lexile: 1080
Article #60 'Tebow' Bill to Let Home-Schoolers Play High School Sports Passes Va. House (AP) Lexile: 980
Article #61 Deciphering the Super Bowl (Associated Press) Lexile: 1190
Article #62 Smoking Toddler Kicked Habit (NBC news) Lexile: 910
Article #63 Huh? Teenage Hearing Loss (Tween Tribune) Lexile: 1180
Article #64 Flushing Can Spread Diarrhea Disease (ABC News) Lexile: 1110
Article #65 Indonesia Girl Reunited With Family After 2004 Tsunami (Associated Press) Lexile: 1010
Article #66 Cell Phone "Valets" at New York City Schools; Students Pay to Store Devices in Trucks (Matthews, K) L 1150
Article #67 Healthy Eating Tips for Teens (Margolin, L.) Lexile: 1220
Article #68 Online Student Navigation Key (ODE) Lexile: 1000
Article #69 Recommended Facebook Privacy Settings for Teens(Connectsafely.com) Lexile: 1190
Article #70 Up to 20 million Tons of Debris From Japan's Tsunami Moving Toward Hawaii (Good Morning America) L 1190
Article #71 Switched at Birth Girls Want to Stay With Wrong Moms (Good Morning America) 97 2003 Doc Lexile: 1090
Article #72 Shakespearean Glossary (Kidzworld) Lexile: NA
Article #73 "On the Frontline of the Fight Against Cybercrime" by Henry McDonald for Guardian.co.ukArticle
Article #74 Shakespeare Biography (Jamieson, L.) Lexile: 1090
Article #75 Saudi Women Protest for Right to Drive NewsHour Extra Lexile: 1200
Article #76 Old Ketchup Packet Heads for Trash (Wall Street Journal) Lexile: 1280
Article #77 September 11, 2001 (Grolier Online) Lexile: 1030
Article #78 Mummies Reveal Egyptians Styled Hair With 'Product' (Walsh, J., LiveScience.com) Lexile: 710
Article #79 A Tortured Choice in Famine: Which Child Lives? (Muhumed, M., Associated Press) Lexile: 1150
Article #80 Kids Who Skip School are Tracked by GPS (Campbell, E.) Lexile: 1170
Article #81 Colorado Teen Dies After Hit on Rugby Field Sandell, C. & Dolak, K. Lexile: 1190
Article #82 Wind-powered Car Sets Records in 3,100-mile Road Test (Fleming, R.) Lexile: 1250
Article #83 Iran Opens Trial of 3 Americans on Spy Charges (Karimi, N. Associated Press) Lexile: 1340
Article #84 Sneaky Reasons You Get Zits (yahoo.com) Lexile: 1030
Article #85 City to Deploy Ambulances to Save Organs (Hartocollis, A., New York Times)
Article #86 Hawaiian Beach Garbage Recycled as Vacuum Cleaner (McAvoy, A. Associated Press)
Article #87 Roseburg Man Fights to Prevent Bullying In Schools (Creighton, A. Associated Press)
Article #88 Could 'Goldilocks' Planet Be Just Right For Life? (Borenstein, S., Associated Press.
Article #89 What Would You Do? Teen Golfer Disqualifies Self (Busbee, J., Devil Ball Golf blog. Sept. 2010)
Article #90 Meridian Couple Urges Congress to Ban Texting While Driving (Evans, Scott; KTVB)
Article #91 What is Plagiarism? (KidsHealth.org)
Article #92 The Internet is Spying on You (The Week/Kelly Gallagher)
Article #93"The Ecosystem Inside You" The Week
Article # 94 "The Search for a Better Battery" The Week
Article # 95 "On the Frontline of the Fight Against Cybercrime" by Henry McDonald for Guardian.co.uk
Article # 96 "Why Should I Care that No One's Reading Dzhokhar Tsarnaev His Miranda Rights?" E. Bazelon for Slate Magaz
Article # 97 "Inside the World of Kim Jong Un: North Korea's Strange Hermit King" The Week
Article # 98 "The Military's Sexual Assault Epidemic" The Week
Article # 9 9 "Sultana High School 'Gender-Specific' Prom Attire Rule Provokes Legal Backlash" by C. Salek for Policymic.com
Article # 100 "Can the Postal Service Be Saved?" The Week
Article # 101 "Secrets of the Most Successful College Students" by Annie Murphy Paul for Time.com
Article # 102 "Scientists Report First Cure of HIV in a Child, Say It's a Game-Changer" by Richard Knox for NPR.org
Article # 103 "Sleep Deprivation Has Genetic Consequences, Study Finds" by Eryn Brown for the Los Angeles Times
Article #104 "Obama's New Vision: Doable?" and "Missed Opportunity" editorials from theLos Angeles Times / Miami Herald,
Article # 105 "Kabul Vendors of Stolen U.S. Goods Fret About Future" by Richard Leiby for the Washington Post
Article #106 "President Obama's Immigration Proposal" by Ezra Klein for the Washington Post
Article #107 "Scientists Infuse 'Life' into Inanimate Compounds" by Joseph Serna for the Los Angeles Times
Article #108 "Pentagon Removes Ban on Women in Combat" by Ernesto Londoño for The Washington Post
Article #109 "The Baseball Hall of Fame's Shocking Message: In the End, Cheaters Lose" by H. Stevens for The Atlantic
Article #110 "Legalizing of Marijuana Raises Health Concerns" by Roni Caryn Rabin for theNew York Times
Article #111 "Ending India's Rape Culture" by Naomi Wolf for Al Jazeera
Article #112 "No More Curtain Calls for Elephants" Los Angeles Times
Article #113 "Can a Jellyfish Unlock the Secret of Immortality?" by Martin Cohen for the New York Times
Article #114 "In My Opinion: Don't Lower the Bar on Education Standards" by Leonard Pitts, Jr. for the Miami Herald
Article #115 "North Africa: The Next Afghanistan?" The Week
Article #116 "Will Fact Checks Always Be Ignored by Politicians?" by Dana Farrington for npr.org
Article #117 "Sports Drinks Role Often Overplayed" by Chris Woolston for the Los Angeles Times
Article #118 "Prop 37 Is in a Dead Heat Amid Ad Blitz" by Mark Lifsher for the Los Angeles Times
Article #119 "Just How Many Facebook Friends Do You Need?" by Robin Marantz Henig and Samantha Henig for Newsweek
Article #120 "Campaigns Mine Personal Lives to Get Out Vote" by Charles Duhigg for the New York Times
Article #121 "Helping a Child to Come Out" by John Schwartz for the New York Times
Article #122 "Three Cases to Watch in the Supreme Court's New Term" The Week, with additional information from Wikipedia.com
Article #123 "High School Dropouts Costly to American Economy" CBS Reports: Where America Stands
Article #124 "Five Crucial Factors to Watch, Just 58 Days from the Election" by Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg, New York Times
Article #125 "Five Myths About Political Conventions" by Martin Cohen, Washington Post
Article #126 "Turn Off the Phone (and the Tension)" by Jenna Wortham, New York Times
Article #127 "Can Obama Hold On to the Latino Vote?" The Week
Article #128 "One School Girl's Protest of Seventeen Magazine — Now 75,000 Strong" by Julia Bluhm for Huffingtonpost.com
Article #129 "Think Congress Is Sophomoric? A Study Says You're Right" by Lisa Mascaro for the Los Angeles Times
Article #130 "Brain Ailments in Veterans Likened to Those in Athletes" by Gretchen Ertl for the New York Times
Article #131 "D.I.Y. Biology, on the Wings of the Mockingjay" by James Gorman for the New York Times
Article #132 "Five Myths About America's Decline" by Ian Bremmer for the Washington Post
Article #133 "Study Sheds Light on How Birds Navigate by Magnetic Field" by James Gorman for the New York Times
Article # 134 "Digital Shadow: How Companies Track You Online" The Atlantic Online
Article # 135 "The Battle for the U.S. Senate" The Week
Article #136 "The Trayvon Martin Killing" The Week and ABCnews.go.com
Article #137 "10 Things You Need to Know Today: March 18, 2012" The Week
Article #138 "Cracking Down on For-Profit Colleges" The Week
Article #138 "Americans' Growing Dependency on Food Stamps" The Week
Article #140 "Will Jeremy Lin's Success End Stereotypes?" by Timothy Yu for CNN.com
Article #141 "Oscar Night: How Are the Winners Picked?" The Week
Article #142 "NRC Approves First New Nuclear Plant in a Generation" by Ayesha Rascoe for Reuters.com
Article #143 "The Kids Are More Than All Right" by Tara Parker-Pope for the New York Times
Article #144 "Iran: The Showdown Over the Strait of Hormuz" The Week
Article #145 "A Tough Homecoming for War Veterans" The Week
Article #146 "Buff Your Brain" by Sharon Begley for Newsweek
Article #147"Al Qaeda on the Ropes: One Fighter's Inside Story" by Sami Yousafzai and Ron Moreau for Newsweek
Article #148 "Last Convoy of American Troops Leaves Iraq, Marking an End to the War" New York Times
Article #149 "Super PACs: All the Speech Money Can Buy" The Week (revised)
Article #150 "Obsessed with Children" The Week
Article #151 "NASA Launches Sophisticated Rover on Journey to Mars" by the Associated Press for the New York Times
Article #152 "Bystander Psychology: Why Some Witnesses to Crime Do Nothing" by Maia Szalavitz and posted on Time.com
Article #153 "Five Myths About Healthy Eating" by Katherine Mangu-Ward for theWashington Post
Article #154 "The 'Occupy Wall Street' Movement" as posted on Wikipedia.com
Article #155 "Paralyzed Man Uses Mind-Powered Robot to Touch" by Lauran Neergaard, AP Medical Writer
Article #156 "Cleaning Up the Trash in Space" The Week
Article #157 "Brown Signs California Dream Act" by Patrick McGreevy and Anthony York for the Los Angeles Times
Article #158 "Chimpanzees Clear Some Doubt After Generosity Is Questioned" by Carl Zimmer for the New York Times
Article #159 "Are Americans Smarter Than Ever?" The Week
Article #160 "Five Myths About Earthquakes" by Susan Hough for the Washington Post
Article #161 "Making Headway in the Movement to Protect the World's Sharks" by Elisabeth Rosenthal for New York Times
Article #162 "A Legacy of Illnesses from 9/11" by Linda Zamosky for the Los Angeles Times
Article #163 My Plate Replaces the Food Pyramid from ChooseMyPlate.gov
Article #164 "Is Lowering the Drinking Age a Good Idea?" by Jessica Pauline Ogilvie for theLos Angeles Times
Article #165 "Cast Adrift in the Milky Way, Billions of Planets, All Alone" by Dennis Overbye for the New York Times
Article #166 "Police Sweep Arrests Parents for Kids' Skipping School" by Greg Hardesty forThe Orange County Register
Article #167 "A Bin Laden Hunter on Four Legs" by Gardiner Harris for the New York Times
Article #168 "Obama: Al-Qaida Head Osama Bin Laden Is Dead" the Associated Press
Article #169 "PlayStation Network Security Breach Will Cost Sony Much More than Money" Alex Pham for Los Angeles Times
Article #170 "Big Fish in Troubled Waters" by Stephen Ornes for scienceforkids.org
Article #171 "Bryant Says Homophobic Slur 'Out of Frustration' During Game" by J. Michael Falgoust for USA Today
Article #172 "Obama Signs Short Term Funding" CNN
Article #173 "Texas Man Gets First Full Face Transplant in U.S." the Associated Press
Article #174 "Libya Bombing Campaign Targets Kadafi's Air, Ground Forces" Borzou Daragahi Brian Bennett for LATimes
Article #175 "Japan's Nuclear Crisis Widens" by Mark Magnier, Barbara Demick and Laura King for the Los Angeles Times
Article #176 "On the Left Hand, There Are No Easy Answers" by Perri Klass, M.D. for theNew York Times
Article #177 "Fighting Over Food" The Week
Article #178 "Kids Who Skip School Are Tracked by GPS" by Eric Carpenter for The Orange County Register
Article #179 "After Egypt, Who Should the U.S. Back?" The Week
Article #180 "Losing the Race for Intelligence" by Leonard Pitts for the Miami Herald
Article #181 "President Obama's State of the Union Address" posted on whitehouse.gov
Article #182 "Long Spells at Screen Create Health Risk" posted on socialstudiesforkids.com
Article #183 "Looking Beyond 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'" by Ben Adler for Newsweek
Article #184 "The Energy of an Internet Search" by Alexandra Ossola for sciencenewsforkids.org
Article #185 "Does the Constitution Have a Heart for Boobies?" Los Angeles Times
Article #186 "Captive Audience: Has Advertising in School Gone Too Far?" by Andréa Ford for Time
Article #187 "Teaching for America" by Thomas Friedman for the New York Times
Article #188 "Should You Be Snuggling With Your Cellphone?" by Randall Stross for the New York Times
Article #189 "How Writing By Hand Makes Kids Smarter" The Week
Article #190 "Slumber By the Numbers" posted on sciencenewsforkids.org
Article #191"The History of Halloween" posted on socialstudiesforkids.com
Article #192 "Faraway Planet Could Support Life" by Stephen Ornes on sciencenewsforkids.org
Article #193 "French Burqa Ban Clears Last Legal Obstacle" posted on CNN.com
Article #194 "Police Probe Rutgers Student Suicide Link to Sex Tape" posted on today.msnbc.msn.com
Article #195 "The Tell-Tale Bacteria" by Stephen Ornece for sciencenewsforkids.org
Article #196 "Obama Remembers September 11 with Message of Tolerance" CNN
Article #197 "Food Safety Tips for the Budget-Conscious" by Walecia Konrad for the New York Times
Article #19 8"The Future of the Electric Car" The Week
Article #199 "The 'Jane Goodall of Ants'" by Lori Kozlowski for the Los Angeles Times
Article #200 "One Day Your Pants May Power Up Your iPod" by Tiffany Hsu for the Los Angeles Times
Article #201 "Santa Clara County Says No to Fast-Food Toys" by Justin Berton for the San Francisco Chronicle
Article #202 "Free Speech Versus Kids and Violent Video Games" San Francisco Chronicle
Article #203 "Growing Gulf of Mexico Oil Leak Called Spill of 'National Significance'" Los Angeles Times
Article #204 "HGH: 'Miracle-Gro' for Humans?" The Week
Article #205 "Cows on Drugs" by Donald Kennedy for The New York Times
Article #206 "The U.S. Census: Why Our Numbers Matter" by Nancy Gibbs for Time Magazine
Article #207 "Cell Phone Etiquette: 15 Rules to Follow" from Cellphones.org
Article #208 "Historic Healthcare Bill Passes" Text of Key Speeches
Article #209 "Repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell" The Week
Article #210 "Scientists Settle on Single-Asteroid Hit as Culprit in Dinosaurs' Demise" Thomas Maugh II Los Angeles Times
Article #211 "1.5 Million Displaced After Chile Quake" by Alexei Barraionuevo and Liz Robbins for The New York Times
Article #212 "Paying for Cellphone Services As You Go" by Kathy M. Kristof for the Los Angeles Times
Article #213 "Boy, 12, Faces Grown Up Murder Charges" by Stephanie Chen for CNN
Article #214 "Sugar Overload: Curing America's Sweet Tooth" by Bonnie Liebman forNutrition Action
Article #215 "Advocates: Don't Give Directly to Homeless" by Will Higgins for Indianapolis Star
Article #216 Thoughts on the Earthquake in Haiti The Week and Los Angeles Times
Article #217 "The Children of Cyberspace: Old Fogies by Their 20s" by Brad Stone for The New York Times
Article #218 "The System Failed" The New York Times
Article #219 "Boom! Hok! A Monkey Language Is Deciphered" by Nicholas Wade for The New York Times
Article #220 "Inventions in 2009" Time Magazine
Article #221 "Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans Need More Help at Home" by Steve Lopez for The Los Angeles Times
Article #222 "Football's Wounded Gladiators"
Article #223 "Trustee: Ban Maya Angelou Autobiography from Libraries" by Annie Burris forThe Orange County Register
Article #224 "Obama Wants More School, Shorter Break" The Associated Press
Article #225 "The Road to Resilience" by apahelpcenter.org
Article #226 Obama's Speech to Students The Associated Press
Article #227 "Montana Court to Weigh In on Assisted Suicide Case" by Kirk Johnson for The New York Times
Article #228 "The Greatest Innovations of All Time" by Larry Keeley for Business Week
Article #229 "1 in 100 Americans Jailed" The Associated Press
Article #230 "Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer?" The Week
Article #231 "Making America Stupid" by Thomas Friedman for The New York Times
Article #232 "Green the Bailout" by Thomas Friedman for The New York Times
Article #233 "Undecideds Think It Over" by Douglas Belkin for the Wall Street Journal
Article #234 "Remediation Nation" by Justin Pope for Newsday
Article #235 "Obama vs. McCain" Los Angeles Times
Article #236 "Handing Over the Keys to the White House" The Week
Article #237 "An Inconvenient Bag" by Ellen Gamerman for Wall Street Journal
Article #238 "New President Will Face Test on Detainees" by William Glaberson and Margot Williams for The New York Times
Article #239 "Terrorism That's Personal" The New York Times
Article #240 "Students Lie, Cheat, Steal, but Say They're Good" by David Crary for the Associated Press
Article #241 "Los Angeles Times 2009 Wish List"
Article #242 “Sleep Deprivation has Genetic Consequences, Study Finds,” by Erin Brown for the LA Times.
Article #243 "Obama Rides Through History on Pennsylvania Avenue" by Faye Fiore for Los Angeles Times
Article #244 "The Graying of America" Newsweek
Article #245 "Actions Americans Need" by Barack Obama
Article #246 "Why We Watch" by Bob Greene for CNN.com
Article #247 "Social Websites Hurt Children's Brains" by David Durbyshire for The Daily Mall
Article #248 "A Forgotten Contribution" by Eliza Gray for Newsweek
Article #249 "Can Marijuana Help Rescue California's Economy?" by Alison Stateman forTime
Article #250 "Ten Reasons to Be Thankful" by John Tierney for Readers Digest
Article #251 "Say 'Cheese!' And Now Say 'Airbrush!'" by Jessica Bennett for Newsweek
Article #252 "Cupcakes and Cattle Breeding: Teens Turn to Summer Start-Ups" Sue Shellenbarger / Wall Street Journal
Article #253 "Michelle Hits Her Stride: The First Lady's Diverse Approach to Diversity" by Allison Samuels for Newsweek
Article #254 "Be Careful Online: Not Everyone Is a True 'Friend'" by Michelle Singletary forThe Washington Post
Article #255 "When Basic Survival Trumps Civil Liberties" by Warren Kozak for the Wall Street Journal
Article #256 "Briefing: The Iraq Money Pit" The Week
Article #257 "Giving the Poor Their Rights" by Madeleine Albright and Hernando Soto for Time
Article #258 "The Sinking Dollar" The Week
Article #259 "As Oil Giants Lose Influence, Supply Drops" The New York Times
Article #260 "A Letter to My Generation" by Jonathon Darman for Newsweek
Article #261 "The Leadership Lid" by Anna Quindlen for Newsweek
Article #262 "Stand Against Prop. 8 Costs Priest Dearly" by Duke Helfand and Catherine Salliant for Los Angeles Times
Article #263 The Retail DNA Test" by Anita Hamilton for Time
Article #264 "The Lawless Horn" The Economist
Article #265 "Which Thanksgiving?" by Karl Jacoby for Los Angeles Times
Article #266 "Students Lie, Cheat, Steal, but Say They're Good" by David Crary for the Associated Press
Article #267 "George W. Bush's Legacy" Los Angeles Times
Article #268 "Unruly Fans at Games Not Just Faces in Crowd" by Joe Lapointe for The New York Times
Article #269 "Obama Rides Through History on Pennsylvania Avenue" by Faye Fiore for Los Angeles Times
Article #270 "Scientific Climate is Changing as Obama Takes Office" by Dan Vergano for USA Today
Article #271 "Actions Americans Need" by Barack Obama
Article #272 "War on Words" Newsweek
Article #273 "Start Up the Risk-Takers" by Thomas Friedman for The New York Times
Article #274 "Social Websites Hurt Children's Brains" by David Durbyshire for The Daily Mall
Article #275 "The Lessons of 9/11" by Amir Taheri for New York Post
Article #276 "On Campus, Vampires Are Besting the Beats" by Ron Charles for The Washington Post
Article #277 "The 9/11 Commission and Torture" by Philip Shenon for Newsweek
Article #278 "Owner Drops Freedom Tower Name for New WTC Skyscraper" by Chris Kokenes for CNN
Article #279 "California Faces Shortage of College Graduates for Workforce, Study Finds" Gale Holland Los Angeles Times
Article #280 "Drugs in Portugal: Did Decriminalization Work?" by Maia Szalavitz for Time
Article #281 "The Twitter Revolution" The Week
Article #282 "'Sexting': Self-Destructive or Simple Rebellion?" by Jaimee Lynn Fletcher forThe Orange County Register
Article #283 “Best. Decade. Ever.”, by Charles Kenny for Foreign Policy.
Article #284 “Saudi Arabia’s Judoka Strikes Blow for Women’s Rights in Olympics,” by Esther Addley for The Guardian.
Article #285 “The Growing Humanitarian Crisis in Syria: By the Numbers,” by TheWeek.com.
Article #286 “Bride-burning in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh is Acceptable Murder,” by Nancy Koerner for The Examiner.
Article #287 “Urine the Army Now: Arguments against Women in Combat,” by William Saletan forSlate.
Article #288 “Struggling Back from War’s Once-Deadly Wounds,” by Denise Grady for the New York Times.
Article #289 “Bystander Psychology: Why Some Witnesses to Crime Do Nothing,” by Maia Szalavitz for Time.com.
Article #290“Secrets of the Most Successful College Students,” by Annie Murphy Paul for Time.com.
Article #291, 292, 293 3 articles on escalating tensions in Korea (pdf), by various authors for TheWeek.com.
Article # 294 10 Most Unusual Prisons in the World (prafulla.net) Lexile: 1030
Article #295 Exoskeleton Allows Paraplegics to Walk (Gannon, M., CNN News) Lexile: 1250
Article #296 Texas Man Gets First Full Face Transplant in United States (Marchione, M., & Contreras, R.) Lexile: 1230
Article #297 Eight Ways to tell if a Website is Reliable (Rogers, T.) Lexile: 1430
Article #298 Scientists Investigate Twisters Like Detectives (Rubikam, M. & Eaton, K.) Lexile: 1250
Article #299 200 New Words Added to Dictionary (dfw.cbslocal.com)
Article #300 Could 'Goldilocks' Planet Be Just Right For Life? (Borenstein, S., Associated Press.)
Article #301 http://edudemic.com/2012/08/10-things-students-wont-need-to-know-when-they-graduate/
Article # 302 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/opinion/sunday/is-algebra-necessary.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
Article # 303- Does Google Make us Stupid?http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/306868/
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
Thanksgiving Proclamation (1570L)
http://www.law.ou.edu/ushistory/thanksgiv.shtml
The Constitution of Plymouth Colony (1150L)
http://www.constitution.org/primarysources/plymouth.html
Letter from an indentured servant (1230L)
http://etext.libhttp://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/jamestown-browse?id=J1012.virginia.edu/etcbin/jamestown-browse?id=J1012
Concessions to the province of Pennsylvania (1610L)
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/pa02.asp
Article #Select an excerpt from the Massachusetts Body of Liberties (1810L)
lhttp://history.hanover.edu/texts/masslib.html
The Declaration of Indendence (1776) – 1490 Lexile
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/freedom/doi/text.htmlhttp://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/freedom/doi/text.html
Articles of Confederation (1777) – 1840 Lexile
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/articles/
Bill of Rights (1796) 1550 Lexile
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/freedom/bill/
The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boone (autobiography) (1793) 3 chapters -- 1460/1160/1270 Lexile
http://www.earlyamerica.com/lives/boone/
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1791 – French publication) 14 chapters --1370 Lexile* *Taken individually, chapters can score lower than this, i.e. ch. 6 is 1150
http://www.earlyamerica.com/lives/franklin/
The Naturalization Act of 1795 – 1780 Lexile
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/naturalization/naturalization_text.html
George Washington's Proclamation calling out the militia to occupy the Western counties of Pennsylvania as it appears in the August 11, 1794 issue of Claypoole's Daily Advertiser
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/whiskey/
Science Content Articles
Science News for Kids (Lexile 1030)
Ready, Set, Clone! (Lexile 1120
Recipe for a Reserection- Cloning Article National Geographic (Higher Lexile)
Stem Cells
Grolier Cloning Article (Has information about stem cells as well) (Lexile 770)
How Stem Cells Work (Lexile 910)
Science News for Kids (Lexile @1100)
Ethical Issues
GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms)
University of UtahGrolier GMO (Lexile 960)
Fact Monster (Lexile 990)
)Frankenfoods or Brave New World? (Lexile 1200)
American Institute of Biological Sciences (Scroll down to Benefits: One Side of the Debate and read from there) (Lexile 1290)
Human Genome Project (Lexile 1430)
"Monsanto Doesn't Want You to Know What You're Eating" by Zack Kaldveer and Ronnie Cummins for AlterNet.org
CYBERBULLYING
"On the Frontline of the Fight Against Cybercrime" by Henry McDonald for Guardian.co.uk
COPYRIGHT LAWS
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/18/minnesota.music.download.fine/index.html
Jury Orders Student to Pay $675,000 for Illegally Downloading Music
Below are links to web articles students can read and respond to.
Article #1 The Internet is Spying on You (The Week/Kelly Gallagher)
Article #2- It is Okay to be GEEK or anything else.....http://tweentrib une.com/tween/%E2%80%9Cit%E2%80%99s-ok-be-geek-%E2%80%93%C2%A0or-anything-else%E2%80%9D
Article #3 http://kellygallagher.org/resources/AoW%2012_02%20Turn%20Off%20Phone.pdf
Article #4 http://tweentribune.com/tween/do-you-know-your-digital-footprint
Article #5 How water bottles create cheap lighting in Philippines
Article #6 Robot Replaces Girl at School http://tweentribune.com/tween/robot-replaced-girl-school
Article # 7 http://tweentribune.com/teen/do-you-care-if-your-school-tracks-you
Article # 8"The Greatest Innovations of All Time" by Larry Keeley for Business Week"New Technology" The Week
Article # 9 Bystander Psychology: Why Some Witnesses to Crime Do Nothing,” by Maia Szalavitz for Time.com.
Article # 10 “Secrets of the Most Successful College Students,” by Annie Murphy Paul for Time.com.
Article #11 When is Sharing Stealing
Article # 12The Keurig Question
Comic #1
http://blogs.everettsd.org/lcraig/files/2012/11/xmas-homeless-2ggp8r9.jpg
Comic # 2
"Hen in Cage" Cartoon by Tom Toles for The Washington Post
Unit on Careers
“Should college grads do what they love?”, by Carmel Lobello for The We
I“He has Millions and a New Job at Yahoo. Soon, he’ll be 18,” by Brian Stelter for theNew York Times.
http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jwright/math91/Assignments/due_10_03/YouCanGrowYourBrainArticle.pdf
One of the tenants of Common Core Standards is complex text. Below is a collection of non- fiction articles I have compiled- some I collected from the web and some I created- but feel free to use them in your classroom. Many of the articles have the lexile level....but the ones that do not should be in word document format - so if you need that, simply cut and paste the text of the article into a lexile organizer.
Article #1 "The Fragile Teenage Brain" by Jonah Lehrer for Grantland.com
Article #2 “Teen Hospitalized after 4-day Video Game Binge,” by TheWeek.com.
Article #3“The Media’s Obsession with Political Gaffes: Four Downsides,” by TheWeek.com.
Article #4“Justin Bieber Disses Prince William on Thinning Hair,” by Lisa Suhay for The Christian Science Monitor.
Article #5“Sikhism and Gun Control,” by TheWeek.com.
Article #6 “The Writing is on the Wall,” by Esther Cepeda for The Washington Post Writer’s Group, 9/20/12.
Article #7 “State Dept Never Believed what Hilary Clinton Said,” by Daniel Halper for The Weekly Standard.
Article #8 “The World’s Silliest Territorial Dispute,” by TheWeek.com.
Article #9 “The Cases for Obama and Romney,” by TheWeek.com.
Article #10 prompt and debate for this issue:“Legalizing Marijuana: The View from Mexico,” by T.W. for The Economist.
Article #11 “Pot Legal but ‘Jury Still Out’ on What’s Next,” by Jonathan Martin for The Seattle Times.
Article #12 “Is Marijuana Bad for Your Health?” by TheWeek.com.
Article #13 “Did Big Labor Kill the Twinkie?” and “Ding Dongs — Big Labor Strikes Again,” byTheWeek.com and by Jennifer Rubin for The Washington Post
Article #14 “Is the 500 million Powerball Lottery a Tax on the Poor?”, by TheWeek.com and Natasha Lennard at Salon.
Article # 15 “10 Things You Need to Know Today: December 9, 2012,” by TheWeek.com.
Article #16 “What Gun Control Can and Can’t Do,” by Marc Ambinder for TheWeek.com.
Article #17“4 Disturbing Trends You Should Pay Attention to in 2013,” by Paul Brandus for TheWeek.com.
Article # 18 The Internet is Spying on You
Article #19 10 Most Unusual Prisons in the World (prafulla.net) Lexile: 1030
Article #20 Exoskeleton Allows Paraplegics to Walk (Gannon, M., CNN News) Lexile: 1250
Article #21 TV May Improve Behavior in Kids (CNN News) Lexile: 1220
Article #22 Driver License Issued to Car Without Driver (SF News) Lexile: 1190
Article #23 If Twinkie Dies, We Killed It (Obeidallah, D.) Lexile: 1210
Article #24 Wrigley to Sell Caffeinated Gum (Isidore, C., CNN) Lexile: 1200
Article #25 Teen Shot For Her Advocacy is "the Daughter of the Whole World," Dad Says (Fantz, A./CNN News) Lex: 950
Article #26 Civil War Soldiers Laid to Rest 150 Years Later (Starr, B./CNN) Lexile: 1350
Article #27 Dr. Seuss Biography (The Biography Channel) Click here to print in MS Word Lexile: 1280
Article #28 How Abraham Lincoln Lost His Birthday (Bomboy, S.) Lexile: 1230
Article #29 Friday Flyby: How Scientists Track Near-Earth Asteroids (Pappas, S.) Lexile: 1270
Article #30 No-Book Library? BiblioTech is Coming (Stern, J.) Lexile: 1070
Article #31 Jim vs. John: Harbaughs Share Aggressive Traits, But Not Everything is Alike (Brown, C.) Lexile: 970
Article #32 Famous Bridge in India is in Danger of Coming Down...Because of Spit (Rahman, S.A.) Lexile: 1070
Article #33 Martin Luther King, Jr. - A Biography (socialstudiesforkids.org) Lexile: 1160
Article #34 Icelandic Girl Fights to Keep Her Own Name (A. Andersen/Associated Press) Lexile: 1240
Article #35 Oregon EISC Sponsors Poster Contest Part 2 (Oregon Department of Education) Lexile: 1010
Article #36 Enslaved Children Freed After Being Forced to Make Christmas Decorations (/Yahoo.News) Lex:1470
Article #37 World's Oldest Person Dies at 116 (Almasy, S./CNN) Lexile: 1210
Article #38 Real Benjamin Buttons Brothers: Matthew and Michael Clark are Aging Backwards (Weiss, P.) Lex: 1160
Article #39 Where Are They Now? Diseases That Killed You in Oregon Trail (Garrison, L.T.) Lexile: 1110
Article #40 Member of Secret WWII Navajo Code Talker Marine Unit Dies at 90 (Recinto, R.) Lexile: 1270
Article #41 Sandy's "Mammoth" Wake: 46 Dead, Millions Without Power (Johnson, M.S. & Llanos, M.) Lexile: 1350
Article #42 Is the iPad Mini Worth Buying? (Worley, B.) Lexile: 1130
Article #43 What is Candy Corn, and How is it Made? (Watson, S.) Lexile: 1120
Article #44 Super Bowl-Winning Quarterback Jim McMahon Wishes He Had Played Baseball (Hendricks, M.) Lexile: 1160
Article #45 Boy with Severe Allergies Using Robot to Attend First Grade (Alphonse, L.M.) Lexile: 1150
Article #46 Best-Ever Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chunk Cookies (McColl, S.) Lexile 1190
Article #47 Coca-Cola's Newest Drink is Just a Few Drops (Associated Press) Lexile 1210
Article #48 In Parts of China BYO School Supplies Include Desks (NBCnews.com) Lexile 1150
Article #49 Hook-legged Spider Found in Oregon (Main, D.) Lexile 1200
Article #50 D.I.Y. Biology, on the Wings of the Mockinjay (Gorman, J.) Lexile 1120
Article #51 Zuckerberg's Dinners with Girlfriend Help Spur Life-Saving Facebook Tool (ABC News)
Article #52 Japanese Tsunami Victim's Soccer Ball Found in Alaska (Associated Press)
Article #53 Child Slavery in Ivory Coast (Philpott, T.)
Article # 54 Can the Cinnamon Challenge Kill You? (Breyer, M)
Article #55 The One Year Anniversary of Japanese Tsunami (Associated Press; Accuweather.com) Lexile: 1170
Article #56 Schools Face Tough Calls With Tornado (Associated Press) Lexile: 1190
Article #57 Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden (Tortus Technology) Lexile: 1290
Article #58 What is Mardi Gras? (www.mardigrasday.com) Lexile: 1170
Article #59 Pakistani Fishermen Reel in 40-Foot Whale Shark (CBS News) Lexile: 1080
Article #60 'Tebow' Bill to Let Home-Schoolers Play High School Sports Passes Va. House (AP) Lexile: 980
Article #61 Deciphering the Super Bowl (Associated Press) Lexile: 1190
Article #62 Smoking Toddler Kicked Habit (NBC news) Lexile: 910
Article #63 Huh? Teenage Hearing Loss (Tween Tribune) Lexile: 1180
Article #64 Flushing Can Spread Diarrhea Disease (ABC News) Lexile: 1110
Article #65 Indonesia Girl Reunited With Family After 2004 Tsunami (Associated Press) Lexile: 1010
Article #66 Cell Phone "Valets" at New York City Schools; Students Pay to Store Devices in Trucks (Matthews, K) L 1150
Article #67 Healthy Eating Tips for Teens (Margolin, L.) Lexile: 1220
Article #68 Online Student Navigation Key (ODE) Lexile: 1000
Article #69 Recommended Facebook Privacy Settings for Teens(Connectsafely.com) Lexile: 1190
Article #70 Up to 20 million Tons of Debris From Japan's Tsunami Moving Toward Hawaii (Good Morning America) L 1190
Article #71 Switched at Birth Girls Want to Stay With Wrong Moms (Good Morning America) 97 2003 Doc Lexile: 1090
Article #72 Shakespearean Glossary (Kidzworld) Lexile: NA
Article #73 "On the Frontline of the Fight Against Cybercrime" by Henry McDonald for Guardian.co.ukArticle
Article #74 Shakespeare Biography (Jamieson, L.) Lexile: 1090
Article #75 Saudi Women Protest for Right to Drive NewsHour Extra Lexile: 1200
Article #76 Old Ketchup Packet Heads for Trash (Wall Street Journal) Lexile: 1280
Article #77 September 11, 2001 (Grolier Online) Lexile: 1030
Article #78 Mummies Reveal Egyptians Styled Hair With 'Product' (Walsh, J., LiveScience.com) Lexile: 710
Article #79 A Tortured Choice in Famine: Which Child Lives? (Muhumed, M., Associated Press) Lexile: 1150
Article #80 Kids Who Skip School are Tracked by GPS (Campbell, E.) Lexile: 1170
Article #81 Colorado Teen Dies After Hit on Rugby Field Sandell, C. & Dolak, K. Lexile: 1190
Article #82 Wind-powered Car Sets Records in 3,100-mile Road Test (Fleming, R.) Lexile: 1250
Article #83 Iran Opens Trial of 3 Americans on Spy Charges (Karimi, N. Associated Press) Lexile: 1340
Article #84 Sneaky Reasons You Get Zits (yahoo.com) Lexile: 1030
Article #85 City to Deploy Ambulances to Save Organs (Hartocollis, A., New York Times)
Article #86 Hawaiian Beach Garbage Recycled as Vacuum Cleaner (McAvoy, A. Associated Press)
Article #87 Roseburg Man Fights to Prevent Bullying In Schools (Creighton, A. Associated Press)
Article #88 Could 'Goldilocks' Planet Be Just Right For Life? (Borenstein, S., Associated Press.
Article #89 What Would You Do? Teen Golfer Disqualifies Self (Busbee, J., Devil Ball Golf blog. Sept. 2010)
Article #90 Meridian Couple Urges Congress to Ban Texting While Driving (Evans, Scott; KTVB)
Article #91 What is Plagiarism? (KidsHealth.org)
Article #92 The Internet is Spying on You (The Week/Kelly Gallagher)
Article #93"The Ecosystem Inside You" The Week
Article # 94 "The Search for a Better Battery" The Week
Article # 95 "On the Frontline of the Fight Against Cybercrime" by Henry McDonald for Guardian.co.uk
Article # 96 "Why Should I Care that No One's Reading Dzhokhar Tsarnaev His Miranda Rights?" E. Bazelon for Slate Magaz
Article # 97 "Inside the World of Kim Jong Un: North Korea's Strange Hermit King" The Week
Article # 98 "The Military's Sexual Assault Epidemic" The Week
Article # 9 9 "Sultana High School 'Gender-Specific' Prom Attire Rule Provokes Legal Backlash" by C. Salek for Policymic.com
Article # 100 "Can the Postal Service Be Saved?" The Week
Article # 101 "Secrets of the Most Successful College Students" by Annie Murphy Paul for Time.com
Article # 102 "Scientists Report First Cure of HIV in a Child, Say It's a Game-Changer" by Richard Knox for NPR.org
Article # 103 "Sleep Deprivation Has Genetic Consequences, Study Finds" by Eryn Brown for the Los Angeles Times
Article #104 "Obama's New Vision: Doable?" and "Missed Opportunity" editorials from theLos Angeles Times / Miami Herald,
Article # 105 "Kabul Vendors of Stolen U.S. Goods Fret About Future" by Richard Leiby for the Washington Post
Article #106 "President Obama's Immigration Proposal" by Ezra Klein for the Washington Post
Article #107 "Scientists Infuse 'Life' into Inanimate Compounds" by Joseph Serna for the Los Angeles Times
Article #108 "Pentagon Removes Ban on Women in Combat" by Ernesto Londoño for The Washington Post
Article #109 "The Baseball Hall of Fame's Shocking Message: In the End, Cheaters Lose" by H. Stevens for The Atlantic
Article #110 "Legalizing of Marijuana Raises Health Concerns" by Roni Caryn Rabin for theNew York Times
Article #111 "Ending India's Rape Culture" by Naomi Wolf for Al Jazeera
Article #112 "No More Curtain Calls for Elephants" Los Angeles Times
Article #113 "Can a Jellyfish Unlock the Secret of Immortality?" by Martin Cohen for the New York Times
Article #114 "In My Opinion: Don't Lower the Bar on Education Standards" by Leonard Pitts, Jr. for the Miami Herald
Article #115 "North Africa: The Next Afghanistan?" The Week
Article #116 "Will Fact Checks Always Be Ignored by Politicians?" by Dana Farrington for npr.org
Article #117 "Sports Drinks Role Often Overplayed" by Chris Woolston for the Los Angeles Times
Article #118 "Prop 37 Is in a Dead Heat Amid Ad Blitz" by Mark Lifsher for the Los Angeles Times
Article #119 "Just How Many Facebook Friends Do You Need?" by Robin Marantz Henig and Samantha Henig for Newsweek
Article #120 "Campaigns Mine Personal Lives to Get Out Vote" by Charles Duhigg for the New York Times
Article #121 "Helping a Child to Come Out" by John Schwartz for the New York Times
Article #122 "Three Cases to Watch in the Supreme Court's New Term" The Week, with additional information from Wikipedia.com
Article #123 "High School Dropouts Costly to American Economy" CBS Reports: Where America Stands
Article #124 "Five Crucial Factors to Watch, Just 58 Days from the Election" by Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg, New York Times
Article #125 "Five Myths About Political Conventions" by Martin Cohen, Washington Post
Article #126 "Turn Off the Phone (and the Tension)" by Jenna Wortham, New York Times
Article #127 "Can Obama Hold On to the Latino Vote?" The Week
Article #128 "One School Girl's Protest of Seventeen Magazine — Now 75,000 Strong" by Julia Bluhm for Huffingtonpost.com
Article #129 "Think Congress Is Sophomoric? A Study Says You're Right" by Lisa Mascaro for the Los Angeles Times
Article #130 "Brain Ailments in Veterans Likened to Those in Athletes" by Gretchen Ertl for the New York Times
Article #131 "D.I.Y. Biology, on the Wings of the Mockingjay" by James Gorman for the New York Times
Article #132 "Five Myths About America's Decline" by Ian Bremmer for the Washington Post
Article #133 "Study Sheds Light on How Birds Navigate by Magnetic Field" by James Gorman for the New York Times
Article # 134 "Digital Shadow: How Companies Track You Online" The Atlantic Online
Article # 135 "The Battle for the U.S. Senate" The Week
Article #136 "The Trayvon Martin Killing" The Week and ABCnews.go.com
Article #137 "10 Things You Need to Know Today: March 18, 2012" The Week
Article #138 "Cracking Down on For-Profit Colleges" The Week
Article #138 "Americans' Growing Dependency on Food Stamps" The Week
Article #140 "Will Jeremy Lin's Success End Stereotypes?" by Timothy Yu for CNN.com
Article #141 "Oscar Night: How Are the Winners Picked?" The Week
Article #142 "NRC Approves First New Nuclear Plant in a Generation" by Ayesha Rascoe for Reuters.com
Article #143 "The Kids Are More Than All Right" by Tara Parker-Pope for the New York Times
Article #144 "Iran: The Showdown Over the Strait of Hormuz" The Week
Article #145 "A Tough Homecoming for War Veterans" The Week
Article #146 "Buff Your Brain" by Sharon Begley for Newsweek
Article #147"Al Qaeda on the Ropes: One Fighter's Inside Story" by Sami Yousafzai and Ron Moreau for Newsweek
Article #148 "Last Convoy of American Troops Leaves Iraq, Marking an End to the War" New York Times
Article #149 "Super PACs: All the Speech Money Can Buy" The Week (revised)
Article #150 "Obsessed with Children" The Week
Article #151 "NASA Launches Sophisticated Rover on Journey to Mars" by the Associated Press for the New York Times
Article #152 "Bystander Psychology: Why Some Witnesses to Crime Do Nothing" by Maia Szalavitz and posted on Time.com
Article #153 "Five Myths About Healthy Eating" by Katherine Mangu-Ward for theWashington Post
Article #154 "The 'Occupy Wall Street' Movement" as posted on Wikipedia.com
Article #155 "Paralyzed Man Uses Mind-Powered Robot to Touch" by Lauran Neergaard, AP Medical Writer
Article #156 "Cleaning Up the Trash in Space" The Week
Article #157 "Brown Signs California Dream Act" by Patrick McGreevy and Anthony York for the Los Angeles Times
Article #158 "Chimpanzees Clear Some Doubt After Generosity Is Questioned" by Carl Zimmer for the New York Times
Article #159 "Are Americans Smarter Than Ever?" The Week
Article #160 "Five Myths About Earthquakes" by Susan Hough for the Washington Post
Article #161 "Making Headway in the Movement to Protect the World's Sharks" by Elisabeth Rosenthal for New York Times
Article #162 "A Legacy of Illnesses from 9/11" by Linda Zamosky for the Los Angeles Times
Article #163 My Plate Replaces the Food Pyramid from ChooseMyPlate.gov
Article #164 "Is Lowering the Drinking Age a Good Idea?" by Jessica Pauline Ogilvie for theLos Angeles Times
Article #165 "Cast Adrift in the Milky Way, Billions of Planets, All Alone" by Dennis Overbye for the New York Times
Article #166 "Police Sweep Arrests Parents for Kids' Skipping School" by Greg Hardesty forThe Orange County Register
Article #167 "A Bin Laden Hunter on Four Legs" by Gardiner Harris for the New York Times
Article #168 "Obama: Al-Qaida Head Osama Bin Laden Is Dead" the Associated Press
Article #169 "PlayStation Network Security Breach Will Cost Sony Much More than Money" Alex Pham for Los Angeles Times
Article #170 "Big Fish in Troubled Waters" by Stephen Ornes for scienceforkids.org
Article #171 "Bryant Says Homophobic Slur 'Out of Frustration' During Game" by J. Michael Falgoust for USA Today
Article #172 "Obama Signs Short Term Funding" CNN
Article #173 "Texas Man Gets First Full Face Transplant in U.S." the Associated Press
Article #174 "Libya Bombing Campaign Targets Kadafi's Air, Ground Forces" Borzou Daragahi Brian Bennett for LATimes
Article #175 "Japan's Nuclear Crisis Widens" by Mark Magnier, Barbara Demick and Laura King for the Los Angeles Times
Article #176 "On the Left Hand, There Are No Easy Answers" by Perri Klass, M.D. for theNew York Times
Article #177 "Fighting Over Food" The Week
Article #178 "Kids Who Skip School Are Tracked by GPS" by Eric Carpenter for The Orange County Register
Article #179 "After Egypt, Who Should the U.S. Back?" The Week
Article #180 "Losing the Race for Intelligence" by Leonard Pitts for the Miami Herald
Article #181 "President Obama's State of the Union Address" posted on whitehouse.gov
Article #182 "Long Spells at Screen Create Health Risk" posted on socialstudiesforkids.com
Article #183 "Looking Beyond 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'" by Ben Adler for Newsweek
Article #184 "The Energy of an Internet Search" by Alexandra Ossola for sciencenewsforkids.org
Article #185 "Does the Constitution Have a Heart for Boobies?" Los Angeles Times
Article #186 "Captive Audience: Has Advertising in School Gone Too Far?" by Andréa Ford for Time
Article #187 "Teaching for America" by Thomas Friedman for the New York Times
Article #188 "Should You Be Snuggling With Your Cellphone?" by Randall Stross for the New York Times
Article #189 "How Writing By Hand Makes Kids Smarter" The Week
Article #190 "Slumber By the Numbers" posted on sciencenewsforkids.org
Article #191"The History of Halloween" posted on socialstudiesforkids.com
Article #192 "Faraway Planet Could Support Life" by Stephen Ornes on sciencenewsforkids.org
Article #193 "French Burqa Ban Clears Last Legal Obstacle" posted on CNN.com
Article #194 "Police Probe Rutgers Student Suicide Link to Sex Tape" posted on today.msnbc.msn.com
Article #195 "The Tell-Tale Bacteria" by Stephen Ornece for sciencenewsforkids.org
Article #196 "Obama Remembers September 11 with Message of Tolerance" CNN
Article #197 "Food Safety Tips for the Budget-Conscious" by Walecia Konrad for the New York Times
Article #19 8"The Future of the Electric Car" The Week
Article #199 "The 'Jane Goodall of Ants'" by Lori Kozlowski for the Los Angeles Times
Article #200 "One Day Your Pants May Power Up Your iPod" by Tiffany Hsu for the Los Angeles Times
Article #201 "Santa Clara County Says No to Fast-Food Toys" by Justin Berton for the San Francisco Chronicle
Article #202 "Free Speech Versus Kids and Violent Video Games" San Francisco Chronicle
Article #203 "Growing Gulf of Mexico Oil Leak Called Spill of 'National Significance'" Los Angeles Times
Article #204 "HGH: 'Miracle-Gro' for Humans?" The Week
Article #205 "Cows on Drugs" by Donald Kennedy for The New York Times
Article #206 "The U.S. Census: Why Our Numbers Matter" by Nancy Gibbs for Time Magazine
Article #207 "Cell Phone Etiquette: 15 Rules to Follow" from Cellphones.org
Article #208 "Historic Healthcare Bill Passes" Text of Key Speeches
Article #209 "Repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell" The Week
Article #210 "Scientists Settle on Single-Asteroid Hit as Culprit in Dinosaurs' Demise" Thomas Maugh II Los Angeles Times
Article #211 "1.5 Million Displaced After Chile Quake" by Alexei Barraionuevo and Liz Robbins for The New York Times
Article #212 "Paying for Cellphone Services As You Go" by Kathy M. Kristof for the Los Angeles Times
Article #213 "Boy, 12, Faces Grown Up Murder Charges" by Stephanie Chen for CNN
Article #214 "Sugar Overload: Curing America's Sweet Tooth" by Bonnie Liebman forNutrition Action
Article #215 "Advocates: Don't Give Directly to Homeless" by Will Higgins for Indianapolis Star
Article #216 Thoughts on the Earthquake in Haiti The Week and Los Angeles Times
Article #217 "The Children of Cyberspace: Old Fogies by Their 20s" by Brad Stone for The New York Times
Article #218 "The System Failed" The New York Times
Article #219 "Boom! Hok! A Monkey Language Is Deciphered" by Nicholas Wade for The New York Times
Article #220 "Inventions in 2009" Time Magazine
Article #221 "Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans Need More Help at Home" by Steve Lopez for The Los Angeles Times
Article #222 "Football's Wounded Gladiators"
Article #223 "Trustee: Ban Maya Angelou Autobiography from Libraries" by Annie Burris forThe Orange County Register
Article #224 "Obama Wants More School, Shorter Break" The Associated Press
Article #225 "The Road to Resilience" by apahelpcenter.org
Article #226 Obama's Speech to Students The Associated Press
Article #227 "Montana Court to Weigh In on Assisted Suicide Case" by Kirk Johnson for The New York Times
Article #228 "The Greatest Innovations of All Time" by Larry Keeley for Business Week
Article #229 "1 in 100 Americans Jailed" The Associated Press
Article #230 "Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer?" The Week
Article #231 "Making America Stupid" by Thomas Friedman for The New York Times
Article #232 "Green the Bailout" by Thomas Friedman for The New York Times
Article #233 "Undecideds Think It Over" by Douglas Belkin for the Wall Street Journal
Article #234 "Remediation Nation" by Justin Pope for Newsday
Article #235 "Obama vs. McCain" Los Angeles Times
Article #236 "Handing Over the Keys to the White House" The Week
Article #237 "An Inconvenient Bag" by Ellen Gamerman for Wall Street Journal
Article #238 "New President Will Face Test on Detainees" by William Glaberson and Margot Williams for The New York Times
Article #239 "Terrorism That's Personal" The New York Times
Article #240 "Students Lie, Cheat, Steal, but Say They're Good" by David Crary for the Associated Press
Article #241 "Los Angeles Times 2009 Wish List"
Article #242 “Sleep Deprivation has Genetic Consequences, Study Finds,” by Erin Brown for the LA Times.
Article #243 "Obama Rides Through History on Pennsylvania Avenue" by Faye Fiore for Los Angeles Times
Article #244 "The Graying of America" Newsweek
Article #245 "Actions Americans Need" by Barack Obama
Article #246 "Why We Watch" by Bob Greene for CNN.com
Article #247 "Social Websites Hurt Children's Brains" by David Durbyshire for The Daily Mall
Article #248 "A Forgotten Contribution" by Eliza Gray for Newsweek
Article #249 "Can Marijuana Help Rescue California's Economy?" by Alison Stateman forTime
Article #250 "Ten Reasons to Be Thankful" by John Tierney for Readers Digest
Article #251 "Say 'Cheese!' And Now Say 'Airbrush!'" by Jessica Bennett for Newsweek
Article #252 "Cupcakes and Cattle Breeding: Teens Turn to Summer Start-Ups" Sue Shellenbarger / Wall Street Journal
Article #253 "Michelle Hits Her Stride: The First Lady's Diverse Approach to Diversity" by Allison Samuels for Newsweek
Article #254 "Be Careful Online: Not Everyone Is a True 'Friend'" by Michelle Singletary forThe Washington Post
Article #255 "When Basic Survival Trumps Civil Liberties" by Warren Kozak for the Wall Street Journal
Article #256 "Briefing: The Iraq Money Pit" The Week
Article #257 "Giving the Poor Their Rights" by Madeleine Albright and Hernando Soto for Time
Article #258 "The Sinking Dollar" The Week
Article #259 "As Oil Giants Lose Influence, Supply Drops" The New York Times
Article #260 "A Letter to My Generation" by Jonathon Darman for Newsweek
Article #261 "The Leadership Lid" by Anna Quindlen for Newsweek
Article #262 "Stand Against Prop. 8 Costs Priest Dearly" by Duke Helfand and Catherine Salliant for Los Angeles Times
Article #263 The Retail DNA Test" by Anita Hamilton for Time
Article #264 "The Lawless Horn" The Economist
Article #265 "Which Thanksgiving?" by Karl Jacoby for Los Angeles Times
Article #266 "Students Lie, Cheat, Steal, but Say They're Good" by David Crary for the Associated Press
Article #267 "George W. Bush's Legacy" Los Angeles Times
Article #268 "Unruly Fans at Games Not Just Faces in Crowd" by Joe Lapointe for The New York Times
Article #269 "Obama Rides Through History on Pennsylvania Avenue" by Faye Fiore for Los Angeles Times
Article #270 "Scientific Climate is Changing as Obama Takes Office" by Dan Vergano for USA Today
Article #271 "Actions Americans Need" by Barack Obama
Article #272 "War on Words" Newsweek
Article #273 "Start Up the Risk-Takers" by Thomas Friedman for The New York Times
Article #274 "Social Websites Hurt Children's Brains" by David Durbyshire for The Daily Mall
Article #275 "The Lessons of 9/11" by Amir Taheri for New York Post
Article #276 "On Campus, Vampires Are Besting the Beats" by Ron Charles for The Washington Post
Article #277 "The 9/11 Commission and Torture" by Philip Shenon for Newsweek
Article #278 "Owner Drops Freedom Tower Name for New WTC Skyscraper" by Chris Kokenes for CNN
Article #279 "California Faces Shortage of College Graduates for Workforce, Study Finds" Gale Holland Los Angeles Times
Article #280 "Drugs in Portugal: Did Decriminalization Work?" by Maia Szalavitz for Time
Article #281 "The Twitter Revolution" The Week
Article #282 "'Sexting': Self-Destructive or Simple Rebellion?" by Jaimee Lynn Fletcher forThe Orange County Register
Article #283 “Best. Decade. Ever.”, by Charles Kenny for Foreign Policy.
Article #284 “Saudi Arabia’s Judoka Strikes Blow for Women’s Rights in Olympics,” by Esther Addley for The Guardian.
Article #285 “The Growing Humanitarian Crisis in Syria: By the Numbers,” by TheWeek.com.
Article #286 “Bride-burning in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh is Acceptable Murder,” by Nancy Koerner for The Examiner.
Article #287 “Urine the Army Now: Arguments against Women in Combat,” by William Saletan forSlate.
Article #288 “Struggling Back from War’s Once-Deadly Wounds,” by Denise Grady for the New York Times.
Article #289 “Bystander Psychology: Why Some Witnesses to Crime Do Nothing,” by Maia Szalavitz for Time.com.
Article #290“Secrets of the Most Successful College Students,” by Annie Murphy Paul for Time.com.
Article #291, 292, 293 3 articles on escalating tensions in Korea (pdf), by various authors for TheWeek.com.
Article # 294 10 Most Unusual Prisons in the World (prafulla.net) Lexile: 1030
Article #295 Exoskeleton Allows Paraplegics to Walk (Gannon, M., CNN News) Lexile: 1250
Article #296 Texas Man Gets First Full Face Transplant in United States (Marchione, M., & Contreras, R.) Lexile: 1230
Article #297 Eight Ways to tell if a Website is Reliable (Rogers, T.) Lexile: 1430
Article #298 Scientists Investigate Twisters Like Detectives (Rubikam, M. & Eaton, K.) Lexile: 1250
Article #299 200 New Words Added to Dictionary (dfw.cbslocal.com)
Article #300 Could 'Goldilocks' Planet Be Just Right For Life? (Borenstein, S., Associated Press.)
Article #301 http://edudemic.com/2012/08/10-things-students-wont-need-to-know-when-they-graduate/
Article # 302 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/opinion/sunday/is-algebra-necessary.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
Article # 303- Does Google Make us Stupid?http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/306868/
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
Thanksgiving Proclamation (1570L)
http://www.law.ou.edu/ushistory/thanksgiv.shtml
The Constitution of Plymouth Colony (1150L)
http://www.constitution.org/primarysources/plymouth.html
Letter from an indentured servant (1230L)
http://etext.libhttp://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/jamestown-browse?id=J1012.virginia.edu/etcbin/jamestown-browse?id=J1012
Concessions to the province of Pennsylvania (1610L)
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/pa02.asp
Article #Select an excerpt from the Massachusetts Body of Liberties (1810L)
lhttp://history.hanover.edu/texts/masslib.html
The Declaration of Indendence (1776) – 1490 Lexile
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/freedom/doi/text.htmlhttp://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/freedom/doi/text.html
Articles of Confederation (1777) – 1840 Lexile
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/articles/
Bill of Rights (1796) 1550 Lexile
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/freedom/bill/
The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boone (autobiography) (1793) 3 chapters -- 1460/1160/1270 Lexile
http://www.earlyamerica.com/lives/boone/
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1791 – French publication) 14 chapters --1370 Lexile* *Taken individually, chapters can score lower than this, i.e. ch. 6 is 1150
http://www.earlyamerica.com/lives/franklin/
The Naturalization Act of 1795 – 1780 Lexile
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/naturalization/naturalization_text.html
George Washington's Proclamation calling out the militia to occupy the Western counties of Pennsylvania as it appears in the August 11, 1794 issue of Claypoole's Daily Advertiser
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/whiskey/
Science Content Articles
Science News for Kids (Lexile 1030)
Ready, Set, Clone! (Lexile 1120
Recipe for a Reserection- Cloning Article National Geographic (Higher Lexile)
Stem Cells
Grolier Cloning Article (Has information about stem cells as well) (Lexile 770)
How Stem Cells Work (Lexile 910)
Science News for Kids (Lexile @1100)
Ethical Issues
GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms)
University of UtahGrolier GMO (Lexile 960)
Fact Monster (Lexile 990)
)Frankenfoods or Brave New World? (Lexile 1200)
American Institute of Biological Sciences (Scroll down to Benefits: One Side of the Debate and read from there) (Lexile 1290)
Human Genome Project (Lexile 1430)
"Monsanto Doesn't Want You to Know What You're Eating" by Zack Kaldveer and Ronnie Cummins for AlterNet.org
CYBERBULLYING
"On the Frontline of the Fight Against Cybercrime" by Henry McDonald for Guardian.co.uk
COPYRIGHT LAWS
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/18/minnesota.music.download.fine/index.html
Jury Orders Student to Pay $675,000 for Illegally Downloading Music
Below are links to web articles students can read and respond to.
Article #1 The Internet is Spying on You (The Week/Kelly Gallagher)
Article #2- It is Okay to be GEEK or anything else.....http://tweentrib une.com/tween/%E2%80%9Cit%E2%80%99s-ok-be-geek-%E2%80%93%C2%A0or-anything-else%E2%80%9D
Article #3 http://kellygallagher.org/resources/AoW%2012_02%20Turn%20Off%20Phone.pdf
Article #4 http://tweentribune.com/tween/do-you-know-your-digital-footprint
Article #5 How water bottles create cheap lighting in Philippines
Article #6 Robot Replaces Girl at School http://tweentribune.com/tween/robot-replaced-girl-school
Article # 7 http://tweentribune.com/teen/do-you-care-if-your-school-tracks-you
Article # 8"The Greatest Innovations of All Time" by Larry Keeley for Business Week"New Technology" The Week
Article # 9 Bystander Psychology: Why Some Witnesses to Crime Do Nothing,” by Maia Szalavitz for Time.com.
Article # 10 “Secrets of the Most Successful College Students,” by Annie Murphy Paul for Time.com.
Article #11 When is Sharing Stealing
Article # 12The Keurig Question
Comic #1
http://blogs.everettsd.org/lcraig/files/2012/11/xmas-homeless-2ggp8r9.jpg
Comic # 2
"Hen in Cage" Cartoon by Tom Toles for The Washington Post
Unit on Careers
“Should college grads do what they love?”, by Carmel Lobello for The We
I“He has Millions and a New Job at Yahoo. Soon, he’ll be 18,” by Brian Stelter for theNew York Times.
http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jwright/math91/Assignments/due_10_03/YouCanGrowYourBrainArticle.pdf