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Ideas appeals to Today’s Student

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• ncludes examples and texts that are relevant and current, many written by teens
and students.
• Highlights what’s important for students through at-a-glance quick reference charts,
clear design features, and conversational prose style.

• Provides sample graphic organizers to help students build interpretative skills.

Diverse, High-Interest Readings and Student Writing Examples
In addition to classic works from authors like Henry David Thoreau and Rachel Carson,
we’ve included a wealth of contemporary and diverse voices like Trevor Noah, Edward
Snowden, Kamala Harris, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, J.D. Vance, Harvey Milk, Bryan Stevenson,
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Mindy Kaling and more.

It’s essential that our students see themselves in the texts and authors represented in their
textbook. That’s why each unit also includes at least one published work written by a student.
These op-eds, college admissions essays, and essay contest winners help students see
themselves as writers too.

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Carson Noah Snowden Stevenson Kaling
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American Literature: There When You Need It
We know that many teachers are required to cover American literature by state or district
standards. We also know that many teachers are not, so flexibility is key. Ideas in Argument has
just enough classic American nonfiction, organized chronologically, to let you teach a classic
American literature course if you need to. If you don’t, then those texts can be taught as classic
examples of rhetoric, or as essential context for the ongoing conversations in American society.

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