[ISLMA-Share] Alternative to To Kill a Mockingbird

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Our eighth graders read Monster by Walter Dean Myers.

Michelle Harris
Heyworth CUSD #4

On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 9:50 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> The 8th grade reading teachers have traditionally taught *To Kill a
> Mockingbird* as a unit in a context of civil rights and race relations -
> past and present. One of the reading teachers would like to explore an
> alternative to the novel— one that would not be told from a white male’s
> perspective. Tall order, but definitely a valid point. I thought if anyone
> had a brilliant idea, it would be from this group! Thank you for your
> thoughts.
>
> Daphna Neirick
> Library Information Specialist
> Wilmette Junior High School
> neirickd at wilmette39.org
>
>
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Michelle Harris
District Librarian
Heyworth CUSD #4
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