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UNIT 1: EDUCATIONA Personal Prologue, JIM BURKEComing into Language, JIMMY SANTIAGO BACAWe Real Cool, GWENDOLYN BROOKSTheme for English B, LANGSTON HUGHESWant to Get Into College? Learn to Fail, ANGEL B. PÉREZHow to Succeed, PAUL TOUGHThe Mindsets, CAROL S. DWECKTwo Mindsets, NIGEL HOLMESfrom My Beloved World, SONIA SOTOMAYORMedian Earnings by Education, UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAUSpeech at the Youth Takeover of the United Nations, MALALA YOUSAFZAIUNIT 2: CREDOWild Geese, MARY OLIVERThe Humility Code, DAVID BROOKSWhere I Lived, and What I Lived For, HENRY DAVID THOREAUThe Alaska Interior, JON KRAKAUERThe Convocation, MARJANE SATRAPIBirdfoot's Grampa, JOSEPH BRUCHACLives Worth Living in a Secular Age, HUBERT DREYFUS AND SEAN DORRANCE KELLYA Collection of MemesA Better Life, KATE ELLIS AND ELLEN GUETTLERDemeter's Prayer to Hades, RITA DOVEUNIT 3: POWERThe Danger of a Single Story, CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIEFor the Love of Pretty Things, ROBERT R. JOHNSON Power, ADRIENNE RICHGraffiti, JULIO CORTÁZARHe's at the End of the Rope Now, ARTHUR SZYKInk and Blood, ARTHUR SZYKThe Psychology of Evil, PHILIP ZIMBARDOfrom The Prince, NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLIThe Bill of Rights, JAMES MADISONThe Terror, JUNOT DÍAZDear John Wayne, LOUISE ERDRICHfrom Quiet, SUSAN CAINUNIT 4: RELATIONSHIPSfrom The App Generation, HOWARD GARDNER AND KATIE DAVISThe Facebook Sonnet, SHERMAN ALEXIENarcissus, CARAVAGGIOComing Home Again, CHANG-RAE LEEThe Deck, YOSEF KOMUNYAKAAA Rose for Emily, WILLIAM FAULKNERGuilty As Not Charged, DARIN STRAUSSfrom The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, REBECCA SKLOOTfrom The Sixth Extinction, ELIZABETH KOLBERTUNIT 5: DECISIONSOn the Rainy River, TIM O'BRIENThe Road Not Taken, ROBERT FROSTThe Pomegranate, EAVAN BOLANDLost, WES MOOREShooting an Elephant, GEORGE ORWELLThe Matrix in Me, BROOKE GLADSTONEOh, The Choices You'll Make!, SHEENA IYENGARDoing the Right Thing, MICHAEL SANDELKorematsu v. United States, SUPREME COURTUNIT 6: IDENTITYRelations, EULA BISSThe Fire on the 57 Bus, DASHKA SLATERTwo Worlds, PAT MORADigging, SEAMUS HEANEYThe Myth of the Latin Woman, JUDITH ORTIZ COFERJust Walk on By, BRENT STAPLESBeauty, ALICE WALKERMother Tongue, AMY TANfrom Alice in Wonderland, LEWIS CARROLLUNIT 7: FREEDOMfrom Our Declaration, DANIELLE ALLENDeclaration of Independence, THOMAS JEFFERSONDeclaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, ELIZABETH CADY STANTONThe Story of an Hour, KATE CHOPINEmancipation Proclamation, ABRAHAM LINCOLNfrom Twelve Years a Slave, SOLOMON NORTHUPStill I Rise, MAYA ANGELOUPrivacy of Place, LORI ANDREWSUnder the Influence, TED GREENWALDSaturday at the Canal, GARY SOTOUNIT 8: SUCCESSThe Tortoise and the Hype, CARLIN FLORAA Breakthrough, FRANCISCO JIMENEZHe's Got Success on the Brain, CURT SCHLEIERA Jamaican Story, MALCOLM GLADWELLThe Rocking-Horse Winner, D. H. LAWRENCEThe Element, KEN ROBINSONfrom Coach, MICHAEL LEWISPlan for Attaining Moral Perfection, BENJAMIN FRANKLINSuccess Is Counted Sweetest, EMILY DICKINSON
