[ISLMA-Share] Alternative to To Kill a Mockingbird

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Though it's not a novel, Dudley Randall's "Ballad of Birmingham" is very
powerful (and heartbreaking). 8th graders can understand it; it makes a
powerful point. Below is a link to read this classic poem:
https://allpoetry.com/Ballad-Of-Birmingham



On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 9:11 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Oh...and they paired Monster with a non-fiction book The Other Wes Moore:
> One Name, Two Fates.
>
> On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 8:55 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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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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>> District Librarian
>> Heyworth CUSD #4
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> Heyworth CUSD #4
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*Princeville Junior Senior High School*
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