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Foundation UnitText Overview

We will read a series of informational texts, speeches, and multimedia on the topic of change agents. The titles, authors, and locations of these texts are indicated in the Unit Text List.

Core

  • Digital Access
    • “How to Start a Movement,” Derek Sivers, TED.com, 2010
    • “The Danger of Silence,” Clint Smith, TED.com, 2015
  • Unit Reader
    • “Agents of Change,” Phil Patton, American Heritage, 1994
    • Excerpt from The Prince, Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli, Gutenberg.org, 1532
    • “How to Give a Killer Presentation,” Chris Anderson, Harvard Business Publishing, 2013
    • “Inaugural Address, 20 January 1961,” John F. Kennedy and Ted Sorensen, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, 1961
    • “Introduction,” excerpt from The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc., 2000

Optional

  • Unit Reader
    • “The Malala Effect: Her Global Fight for Girls’ Rights,” Genevieve Roth, Condé Nast
    • “The Marvelous Marie Curie,” Algis Valiunas, The Center for the Study of Technology and Society

Text Icons

The following text icons are used in the Text pages:

Unit Reader Unit Reader Texts

Digital Access Digital Access Texts

Tradebook Tradebook Texts

Multimedia Multimedia Texts

To find digital access texts on the Internet, complete the following steps:

  1. Locate the reference information for the text (text title, author, date of publication, and publisher) found on the Text page for a unit, section, or lesson.

  2. Highlight and copy the reference information.

  3. Paste the information into a search engine.

  4. The text will appear as one of the first search results.

  5. Verify the result by comparing the reference information on the website to the information on the Text page.