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Steve SheinkinThe Notorious Benedict Arnold
Nonfiction | Biography | YA | Published in 2010A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
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Other Student Resources
“Benedict Arnold: The Revolutionary War in Four Minutes”
- 5-minute video on Arnold from the American Battlefield Trust
- Compare this video’s treatment of Arnold’s story and of Ambition and Rivalry with that in The Notorious Benedict Arnold.
“Was Benedict Arnold a Traitor or a Hapless Pawn?”
- 4-minute video about Arnold from the Smithsonian Channel
- explores Peggy Arnold’s role in the conspiracy
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By Steve Sheinkin
