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Level of
Author/Title Summary: Features and Challenges Difficulty Length Lexile Pacing*
Wesley Morris, from Using a blend of personal experience and historical evidence, Morris On-Level 3,735 890L 3 days
My Mustache, My Self analyzes the rhetorical implications of the mustache. A realization about
(p. 244) his own mustache provides the exigence for Morris’s exploration of the
function of facial hair in the fight for social justice and a case for owning
the message that mustaches (and other forms of physical activism) play in
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confronting — face-to-face, if you will — racism in America.
Vivek Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy’s argument of identity is largely philosophical — essentialism Challenging 2,304 1140L 2 days
The Plural Individual as compared to pluralism. While he uses himself as an example,
(p. 254) Ramaswamy also draws support from current events and the common
ideals of what it means to be American. You may use this text to teach the
distinctions between context and exigence, the development of ethos, and
claims of value.
Ariana Remmel, This unique essay combines writing and illustrations to make the argument On-Level 3,291 860L 2 days
Other Voices Taught Me to Fully analyze Remmel’s line of reasoning and their unique transitional elements as
that a person’s identity is “a single whole with multiple truths.” Students can
Organic Chemistry
they follow the unfolding of their life experiences. The scientific terminology
Inhabit My Mixed
Identities (p. 260)
may be challenging for some students, but the drawings Remmel includes
“What happens when our parents’ definition of happiness makes our
Viet Thanh Nguyen, help make their points understandable. Foundational 1,040 910L 1 day
Advice for Artists happiness impossible?” Is there a better way to hook students into reading
Whose Parents Want an essay? In this essay, Nguyen employs a conversational tone and
Them to Be Engineers informal language to deliver advice to young people. Students can learn
(p. 267) from Nguyen’s artful moments of humor as well as his use of quotations as
evidence.
Héctor Tobar, from Tobar is a research-driven, investigative reporter, and his essay takes On-Level 4,851 1090L 3 days
Home Country (p. 271) students on a journey across the country to explore the meanings of the
term “Latino.” Though long, the sectioning of the text provides teachers with
organic stops and starts that support a multiday approach to instruction.
Students can learn from Tobar’s use of data, historical evidence, and family
history, all of which illuminate the complicated and complex reality of what it
means to be labeled “Latino” in America.
Frida Kahlo, Self- Kahlo’s painting depicts the multinational facets of her identity, as well as On-Level n/a n/a 1 day
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Portrait on the
the contrast she sees with the identity of the nations she has called home:
Borderline between
Mexico and the United States. Students can analyze Kahlo’s use of color,
Mexico and the United
juxtaposition, and the placement of details to gain a deeper understanding
States (p. 284)
of the argument being made.
Redefining Masculinity / 3 days
The texts in this Conversation examine the concept of masculinity from a variety of perspectives and backgrounds. Beginning with Theroux’s
essay, written in 1985, to Yang’s 2022 op-ed, students will hear from a range of voices as they determine their own position on how masculinity
should be defined today.
Paul Theroux, Being a Theroux’s essay is a searing rebuke of the traditional norms and attributes On-Level 1,497 1140L n/a
Man (p. 287) of manliness.
Stephanie Coontz, This essay calls for an overthrow of gender stereotypes in order to achieve On-Level 1,003 1420L n/a
from The Myth of Male gender equality.
Decline (p. 290)
Conversation Roberto A. Ferdman, Ferdman examines the consequences of machismo on men’s health, On-Level 1,183 1210L n/a
The Perils of Being
bolstered by research, interviews with experts, and his own experiences.
Manly (p. 292)
Collier Meyerson, Do
conversation. She writes about her father, for instance, rather than herself,
We Need to Redefine As a woman, Meyerson’s ethos is different from the other writers in this On-Level 1,536 1160L n/a
Masculinity — or Get Rid and she supports her claims with two other sources: one written by a man
Distributed The data in this graph can be used to illustrate the differences in social Foundational n/a n/a n/a
and the other a scholarly publication.
Gender and Social
Pressure (p. 298)
pressures experienced by girls and boys who are the same ages as many
of your students.
Kehinde Wiley, Portrait
of Oluranti Olaose Wiley challenges standards of masculinity and femininity by taking Foundational n/a n/a n/a
stereotypes associated with both concepts and swirling them around to
(p. 299) create images that provoke thought and rethinking.

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