<div dir="ltr">Hi, Lori!<br><div><br></div><div>During the 2019-2020 school year my high school library offered programming built around the theme of "Immigrants and Refugees." This included a book list that was promoted heavily and related programming (some of which didn't come to pass due to the school closures). </div><div><br></div><div>Here is a link to the slideshow of fiction and nonfiction titles embedded on the library home page:</div><div><a href="http://www.jcplibrary.weebly.com/index.html#ir">http://www.jcplibrary.weebly.com/index.html#ir</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Here is a link to a much longer list of titles related to themes of immigration in my library collection:</div><div><a href="https://pac.library.cps.edu/list/static/2782322744/rss?config=1060">https://pac.library.cps.edu/list/static/2782322744/rss?config=1060</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>I agree with Carol Naughton's suggestion of <i>We Are Not From Here </i>by Jenny Torres Sanchez. It's incredible and really conveys the life and death decisions and risks that aren't sufficiently conveyed in the US immigration narrative.</div><div><br></div><div>Please feel free to email me to arrange a time to speak on the phone about specific titles. </div><div><br></div><div>Fran </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 8:14 AM Lala Lala via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi!</div><div><br></div><div>I have a Social Studies teacher here in the<b> high school </b>who would like to include a novel study in her American Immigration class. The course is open to grades 9-12, so the book would need to be suitable for all grade levels and reading abilities.</div><div><br></div><div>Some topic areas she teaches in the class are: Irish immigration, Chinese (and some Japanese) Immigration, Immigration Restriction Policies that led to the refugee crisis during WW2 (she incorporates America's response to the Holocaust in this unit and teach about the St. Louis being turned away from the shores of the US); nativism & xenophobia and some coverage of current issues in immigration.</div><div><br></div><div>In the geography class that our school offered a few years ago, we used the novel <i>Enrique's Journey.</i> Students connected strongly to that book, but it is nearly 10 years old. That said, it is a terrific book and would speak specifically to the immigration crisis at our border, so she wouldn't say no to it. (I realize this story is about a person from Honduras, but it sounds like the topics she teaches in the Immigration class deal more with other parts of the world).<br></div><div><br></div><div>I would LOVE to hear any suggestions you all might have for novels about the American immigrant experience. The teacher said she "would happily <b>modify my curricular topics to accommodate a great read that would inspire students</b>."<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Does anyone have any suggestions?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you!!</div><div><br></div><div>Lori</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Lori McGreal<div>Trinity High School librarian</div><div><a href="mailto:lmcgreal@trinityhs.org" target="_blank">lmcgreal@trinityhs.org</a></div><div>1-708-453-9340</div><div><br></div><div><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1ZAgneiO5EmmkZoXDfytcafr6Jc202s3j&revid=0B5mSxmEyKk-1M0xJVkN4dkVXYnlmZkJvckQ3RVc4OTJTZ0lnPQ" width="96" height="39"><br></div></div></div></div>
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