I have lots of picture book resources to support this unit, including Freedom Summer. The classroom work will center around picture books, short stories,personal narratives and the like. The online discussions will be centered around novels.
lori On 12/3/06 2:07 PM, "Nancy Hagerty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would recommend the picture book, Freedom Summer" by Deborah Wiles. > Although the review mwentions that it is for the 4-8 age group, I think > that is because of the subtle way the race issue is dealt with. There > is SO much that can be used to discuss and defend. Students will really > have to infer about characters based upon what the author does tell us > in order to support their thinking. > >> From the Publisher > > John Henry swims better than anyone I know. > He crawls like a catfish, > blows bubbles like a swamp monster, > but he doesn't swim in the town pool with me. > He's not allowed. > Joe and John Henry are a lot alike. They both like shooting marbles, > they both want to be firemen, and they both love to swim. But there's > one important way they're different: Joe is white and John Henry is > black, and in the South in 1964, that means John Henry isn't allowed to > do everything his best friend is. Then a law is passed that forbids > segregation and opens the town pool to everyone. Joe and John Henry are > so excited they race each other there...only to discover that it takes > more than a new law to change people's hearts. > > >> From The Critics > Publishers Weekly > "Set in Mississippi during the summer of 1964, this affecting debut book > about two boys-one white, the other African-American-underscores the > bittersweet aftermath of the passage of the Civil Rights Act," wrote PW. > Ages 4-8. (Jan.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information. > > > > > > Nancy Hagerty > First Grade Y-3 > Hardy Elementary > 248-573-8650 ext. 3637 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/03/06 7:40 AM >>> > I have three young teachers working with small groups of students in > grades > 5 through 8. Each works within a small school with multi-level > classrooms > and each school is isolated geographically from one another. We are > designing an inquiry based literature unit which will use Blackboard > technology to facilitate lit groups across these classrooms. The > question > we have posed as central to the unit is: > > How does race inform identity and impact relationships? > > We are beginning to brainstorm novels which could be used with this > study. > Here is what we have so far: > > Iggy;s House > Maniac Magee > Edger Allen > > Help!! In my former life, I was a first and second grade teacher. Can > you > help us build this list? I would love to include a book in which there > was > romance impacted by race, but it needs to be relatively tame. > > Thank you all in advance!! -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute "Literate Lives: A Human Right" July 12-15, 2007 Louisville, Kentucky http://www.ncte.org/profdev/conv/wlu _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
