My original Target:
My school's TAG teacher has asked if I could recommend a replacement read for
"Watsons Go To Birmingham". She's used it for the last several years, but was
informed that middle school uses that book (there's apparently a list of titles
that staked out for middle school reads--that elementary teachers are asked not to
use). At any rate, what my TAG teacher needs is a good read for her higher-level
TAG students (5th graders) that will lend itself to a good discussion of both the
60s and Civil Rights. Ideas?
A Friendship for Today by Patricia McKissack
A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg
Birmingham, 1963 is in poetic form but it is a great springboard for discussion on
Civil Rights issues.
Fire from the Rock by Draper
Gold Cadillac by Mildred Taylor
Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry—Mildred D. Taylor
Yankee Girl by Mary Ann Rodman
Ronda Y. Foust, Librarian
Hardin Valley Elementary School
Knoxville, TN
http://hardinvalleyes.knoxschools.org (then click on "Library Media Center")
http://thebookdragon.blogspot.com
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