UNIT ONE
Thinking Starters
Text A: Speech at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Text B: Just Be Yourself
Reading Skills: Comparison and Contrast (I)
Readings and Self-testing
UNIT TWO
Thinking Starters
Text A: War
Text B: A Glimpse of Heaven
Reading Skills: Comparison and Contrast (II)
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UNIT THREE
Thinking Starters
Text A: School Violence Is Exaggerated by the Media
Text B: The History of Gun Control
Reading Skills: Long and Difficult Sentences (I)
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UNIT FOUR
Thinking Starters
Text A: Speech at Kean College
Text B: The Anthropology of Manners
Reading Skills: Long and Difficult Sentences (II)
Readings and Self-testing
UNIT FIVE
Thinking Starters
Text A: I'm Still Me!--Steve's Story
Text B: Sex, Lies and Conversation
Reading Skills: Fact and Opinion (I)
Readings and Self-testing
#NIT SIX
Thinking Starters
Text A: The Case for a Sovereign Quebec
Text B: Violence in the Media
Reading Skills: Fact and Opinion (II)
Readings and Self-testing
UNIT SEVEN
Thinking Starters
Text A: Diplomacy in the Age of Terror
Text B: The Age of Nonpolarity
Reading Skills: Making Inference (I)
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UNIT EIGHT
Thinking Starters
Text A: The Inheritance of Tools
Text B: The Inheritance of Tools (continued)
Reading Skills: Making Inference (11)
Readings and Self-testing
UNITNINE
Thinking Starters
Text A: Two Kinds
Text B: Two Kinds (continued)
Reading Skills: Cause and Effect (I)
Readings and Self-testing
UNITTEN
Thinking Starters
Text A: Why Men Become Men
Text B: A Proposal I Never Thought I'd Consider
Reading Skills: Cause and Effect (II)
Readings and Self-testing
ELEVEN
Thinking Starters
Text A: Cyberspace: If You Don't Love It, Leave It
Text B: The Longest Day
Reading Skills: Critical Reading (I)
Readings and Self-testing
UNIT TWELVE
Thinking Starters
Text A: A Little Theory
Text B: The Most Important Book I Read: The Stranger by Albert Camus
Reading Skills: Critical Reading (11)
Readings and Self-testing
UNIT THIRTEEN
Thinking Starters
Text A: Access to Cheap Drugs Can Slow the AIDS Epidemic in Africa
Text B: The Global AIDS Epidemic Is a Serious Problem
Reading Skills: Reading for Main Ideas
Readings and Self-testing
UNIT FOURTEEN
Thinking Starters
Text A: Working for a Constitution: James Madison
Text B: To Move Toward Independence: Thomas Jefferson
Reading Skills: Reading for Thesis Statement
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UNIT FIFTEEN
Thinking Starters
Text A: Sixty Feet Deep
Text B: Green Acres
Reading Skills: Understanding Text Structure and Organization (I)
Readings and Self-testing
UNIT SIXTEEN
Thinking Starters
Text A: The Genes That Jump
Text B: Understanding Eskimo Science
Reading Skills: Understanding Text Structure and Organization (11)
Readings and Self-testing