Re: Human Rights Literature

[Debbie Abilock <dabiloc@EIS.CALSTATE.EDU>]

Linda:

> eighth grade students reading at high school level.  Do you
> have any titles to suggest?  A FAREWELL TO MANZANAR doesn't seem
> compelling enough to sustain interest as a class reading.

Here are some titles from a bibliography I've developed:

NIGHT by Elie Wiesel
GENTLEHANDS by M.E. Kerr
THE CAGE and it's sequel TO LIFE by Ruth Sender
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Debbie Abilock              "It is important that students bring a certain
The Nueva School            ragamuffin barefoot irreverence to their studies;
Hillsborough, CA            they are not here to worship what is known, but
dabiloc@nueva.pvt.k12.ca.us         to question it."  (Jacob Bronowski)
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