Standard V: Students will address the causes, consequences and
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Ashley Jaeger EDUC 355 Unit List October 19, 2008 5th Grade Standard V: Students will address the causes, consequences and implications of the emergence of the United States as a world power. Objective 2: Assess the impact of social and political movements in recent United States history. Indicators: a. Identify major social movements of the 20th century (e.g. the women’s movement, the civil rights movement, child labor reforms). b. Identify leaders of social and political movements Accommodations: ELL: Students will be given the opportunity to discuss the books with peers Pre-teach vocabulary Special Needs: Graphic organizers will be used to classify information Resources: www.amazon.com www.teacher.scholastic.com Title Author Genre Mildred D. Taylor Historical Fiction Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Level ISBN Grades 3-6 0142401129 This is the story of the Logans, a poor black family struggling through poverty and racism in Depression-era Mississippi. The Logans are struggling to stay together and strong in the face of racist attacks, illness, poverty, and betrayal. Nine-year-old Cassie Logan has grown up protected by her family and has never had any reason to think that any white person would ever consider her inferior or wish her harm. However, during one disturbing year when her community begins to be ripped apart by night riders that are threatening African Americans, she and her three brothers begin to understand why the land they own means so much to their Papa. Title Author Genre The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 Christopher Paul Curtis Grades 3-6 Level Historical Fiction 044022800X ISBN This is the story of the Watson family. They are known in Flint, Michigan as the Weird Watsons. One of the reasons they are known for this is because the youngest Watson, Joetta, believes she has to be overdressed in the winter because people from the South freeze solid and have to be picked up by the city garbage trucks. Kenny, the narrator, does well in school and tries to meet his hard-working parents' expectations. After many misdeeds, like straightening his hair into a “conk,” lighting fires, and freezing his lips to the mirror of the new family car, Mr. and Mrs. Watson decide that older brother Byron needs to be removed from the bad influences of the city. They decide it is best to take him to his maternal grandmother’s and a different way of life in Birmingham, Alabama. Because the story is set in 1963, the family must make many careful preparations for their trip. They cannot count on food or housing being available on the road once they cross into the South. Being in Alabama has a positive influence on the children until the day when the Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church is bombed, and Kenny runs to look for his sister. Title Author Genre Ellen Levine Nonfiction If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King Grades 4-6 Level 059042582X ISBN This is an account of what life would be like if you lived in the time of Martin Luther King Jr. It is not a biography of him, but an account of what the world was like during the 1950s and 1960s. It is written in a question-answer format that helps students to understand what it would be like to be a part of the Montgomery Bus Boycotts, stage sit-ins, or join the March on Washington. Title Author Genre Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories Ellen Levine Grades 5-up Level Biography 1560547448 ISBN The names in this book will never be found in a text book but their acts of courage collectively altered American history. They were the participants, and in some cases the leaders, of numerous civil rights demonstrations in the 1960s. These young people were some of the first black people to attend formerly all-white schools, to participate in sit-ins at lunch counters, to become Freedom Riders, to protest illegal segregation on busses and to fight to secure voting rights for blacks. This book contains many different accounts of faith and courage from children and teenagers who contributed to the civil rights movement. 30 different young people tell their stories in this book. Title Author Genre The Day Martin Luther King, Jr. Was Shot: A Photo History of the Civil Rights Movement Jim Haskins Grades 3-5 Level Biography 0606330836 ISBN A history of the Civil Rights Movement from the earliest days of the slave trade through the desegregation battles, to the day Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot. This book has many photos and illustrations. Title Author Genre Ruby Bridges Autobiography Through My Eyes Level ISBN Grades 3-6 0590189239 Ruby Bridges was the first black child to attend an all white New Orleans public elementary school in 1960. She was escorted on her first day by U.S. marshals and met by crowds of bitter protesters. She writes in a way that is true to her six-year-old self and she stays true to the perspective of a child. Bridges tells of the strange conditions of her new school. She was kept in her own classroom and received one-on-one instruction from Barbara Henry. There are sidebars with statements from Henry and Bridges' mother, excerpts from newspaper accounts that provide information and perspectives that were unavailable to Bridges when she was a child. Title Author Genre Bonnie Bader Biography Who Was Martin Luther King Jr.? Level ISBN Grades 3-6 0448447231 This is the story of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life. It is accompanied by many black-and-white illustrations Title Author Genre Shana Burg Historical Fiction A Thousand Never Evers Level ISBN Grades 3-6 0385734700 This book is set in Kuckachoo, Mississippi in 1963. The story is told from Addie Ann Pickett’s point of view, a twelve-year-old African American girl. Her town is separated into “the white side” and “the colored side.” Racism is far reaching and the town sheriff could possibly be the biggest racist of them all. One day, Addie Ann makes fun of a white lady’s hat and her brother disappears soon after. Besides not knowing whether or not her brother is alive, an incident with the town garden leaves Addie Ann's Uncle Bump on trial, and Addie Ann must find the courage to save him. Title Author Genre Evelyn Coleman Historical Fiction White Socks Only Level ISBN Grade K-3 080758956X A grandmother tell her granddaughter of a time when she snuck off to town one summer day as a child, “planning on doing no good.” As she came toward a water fountain, the thirsty little girl confused the “Whites Only” sign to mean that she should take off her shoes so that only her white socks will touch the step. A “big white man” grabs her and removes his belt to whip her. This triggers many African American onlookers to take off their shoes, too, and boldly drink from the fountain. When the little girl arrives at home, her mother says the little girl can now go to town by herself, “ ‘cause you’re old enough to do some good.” And in town, the “Whites Only” sign was gone forever. Title Author Genre Jacqueline Woodson Historical Fiction The Other Side Level ISBN Grade 1-4 0399231161 Clover, an African-American girl, and Annie, a Caucasian girl, are both told by their mothers not to climb over the fence. Clover is fascinated by her free-spirited white neighbor and watches enviously from her window as “that girl” plays outdoors in the rain. Annie soon introduces herself and points out to Clover that “a fence like this was made for sitting on.” What began as a barrier between the new friends’ worlds soon becomes a serene rest where the two spend time together throughout the summer. By the end of summer, they join with Clover’s other friends to jump rope. The story ends with a statement by Annie, “Someday somebody's going to come along and knock this old fence down.”
