Excerpt from "A Raisin in the Sun"

Inspired by both a Langston Hughes poem and her own family's fight against discriminatory housing practices, Lorraine Hansberry developed characters for a play that became a Broadway hit. This list is based on a scene between Mama and Ruth as they try not to let thoughts of money ruin their day.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 11 Unit 1's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: A Cause Greater Than Self, The New Colossus, The Statue of Liberty Address, poems about America, America, America and I, What Is an American, Growing Up Asian in America, Let America Be America Again, The Four Freedoms, The Bill of Rights, What Is Freedom, Is the American Dream Still Possible, The Declaration of Independence, poems about immigrants, Money, A Raisin in the Sun, Who Burns, Roberto Acuna, Barack Obama, The Right to Fail