Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics)

Author: Mildred D. Taylor

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2004-04-12

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1101657944

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Winner of the Newbery Medal, this remarkably moving novel has impressed the hearts and minds of millions of readers. Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, this is the story of one family's struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence in the face of racism and social injustice. And it is also Cassie's story—Cassie Logan, an independent girl who discovers over the course of an important year why having land of their own is so crucial to the Logan family, even as she learns to draw strength from her own sense of dignity and self-respect. * "[A] vivid story.... Entirely through its own internal development, the novel shows the rich inner rewards of black pride, love, and independence."—Booklist, starred review

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: An Instructional Guide for Literature
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: An Instructional Guide for Literature

Author: Charles Aracich

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2014-03-01

Total Pages: 75

ISBN-13: 1425889875

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Looking for ways to add rigor to your students' explorations of rich, complex literature? Students will be engaged as they analyze this classic Newbery Medal-winning book about a young girl's fight against prejudice. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: An Instructional Guide for Literature provides engaging activities that incorporate the following research-based literacy skills: close reading tasks; text-based vocabulary practice; cross-curricular activities; text-dependent questions; reader response writing prompts; leveled comprehension questions; story elements comprehension tasks; diverse and relevant assessments. Strengthen your students' literacy skills by implementing this high-interest resource in your classroom!

The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963
The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963

Author: Christopher Paul Curtis

Publisher: Yearling

Published: 2013-08-06

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 0385382952

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Celebrate the 25th anniversary of this Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree about a hilarious family on a road-trip at one of the most important times in America's history. This special edition makes a perfect gift and includes bonus content! Enter the hilarious world of ten-year-old Kenny and his family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. There's Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, and brother Byron, who's thirteen and an "official juvenile delinquent." When Byron gets to be too much trouble, they head South to Birmingham to visit Grandma, the one person who can shape him up. And they'll be in Birmingham during one of the darkest moments in America's history. "Every so often a book becomes a modern classic almost as soon as it arrives on bookshelves. That happened in the mid-'90s when Christopher Paul Curtis released his first book, The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963." --NPR "One of the best novels EVER." --Jacqueline Woodson, Newbery Honor and National Book Award–winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming

Teaching Banned Books
Teaching Banned Books

Author: Pat R. Scales

Publisher: American Library Association

Published: 2001-06

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 9780838908075

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As a standard-bearer for intellectual freedom, the school librarian is in an ideal position to collaborate with teachers to not only protect the freedom to read but also ensure that valued books with valuable lessons are not quarantined from the readers for whom they were written.

An Instructional Guide for Literature: Maniac Magee
An Instructional Guide for Literature: Maniac Magee

Author: Mary Ellen Taylor

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2015-05-15

Total Pages: 75

ISBN-13: 1493860445

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Explore the many obstacles that Maniac Magee encounters in this eye-opening book. Students will learn to analyze prejudices and other challenges that Magee faces by completing fun, challenging activities and lessons provided in this digital instructional guide for literature. This e-book guide is the perfect tool for teachers to aid students in analyzing and comprehending this story. Appealing and challenging cross-curricular lessons and activities incorporate research-based literacy skills to help students become thorough readers. These lessons and activities work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to analyze and comprehend story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and much more.

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Close Reading and Text-Dependent Questions
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Close Reading and Text-Dependent Questions

Author: Charles Aracich

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2014-01-01

Total Pages: 7

ISBN-13: 1480769673

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Students analyze Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry using key skills from the Common Core. Close reading of the text is required to answer text-dependent questions. Included are student pages with the text-dependent questions as well as suggested answers.

The Land
The Land

Author: Mildred D. Taylor

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9780803719507

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After the Civil War Paul, the son of a white father and a black mother, finds himself caught between the two worlds of colored folks and white folks as he pursues his dream of owning land of his own.

Let the Circle Be Unbroken
Let the Circle Be Unbroken

Author: Mildred D. Taylor

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2016-04-12

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 1101997540

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A stunning repackage of a companion to Mildred D. Taylor's Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, with cover art by two-time Caldecott Honor Award winner Kadir Nelson! It is a frightening and turbulent time for the Logan family. First, their friend T.J. must go on trial for murder--and confront an all-white jury. Then, Cousin Suzella tries to pass for white, with humiliating consequences. And when Cassie's neighbor, Mrs. Lee Annie, stands up for her right to vote, she and her family are driven from their home. Other neighbors are destroyed and shattered by the greed of landowners. But through it all, Cassie and the Logans stand together and stand proud--proving that courage, love, and understanding can defy even the deepest prejudice. "This dramatic sequel to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a powerful novel . . .capable of touching readers of any age."—The Christian Science Monitor "A profoundly affecting novel."—Publishers Weekly

The Well
The Well

Author: Mildred D. Taylor

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1998-09-01

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 1101657952

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Another powerful story in the Logan Family Saga and companion to Mildred D. Taylor's Newbery Award-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. For David Logan, a time of distress means taking the higher road. During a drought, the Logan family shares their well water with their neighbors, black and white alike. But David’s brother Hammer finds it hard to share with Charlie Simms, who torments them because they are black. Hammer’s pride and Charlie’s meanness are a dangerous combination, and tensions between the boys build and build—until they explode. * “A compelling novel about prejudice and the saving power of human dignity."—School Library Journal, starred review