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From: Lisa Von Drasek <lisav>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 13:55:25 -0500
Dear CCBC
In our seventh grade one of the titles we are using is Young Patriot by Jim Murphy.
Murphy interweaves selections of a revolutionary war soldier with background information and other primary sources. The kids not only are able to experience primary sources but are provided with context.
Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges is a book that was shared last year with children as young as 6 up through 11 years old supporting our Civil Rights curriculum. The children were really moved by Ruby's courage and fortitude. In a mixed grade assembly the older children looked at the first graders and one said to me, "Ruby was the same age as those kids wasn't she? She was little. All those people shouting at one little kid." This book with its exquisite lay-out, black and white photos and matter-of-fact text really brought home the realities of bigotry and segregation. One class of 7 and 8 year-olds wrote letters to Ms. Bridges. One of them wrote," Thank you Ruby . If you didn't do what you did, my best friend wouldn't be my best friend."
This year we will be sharing two new books Ida B. Wells : Mother of the Civil Rights Movement by Judith Bloom Fradin and Let It Shine : Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters by Andrea Pinkney to support this curriculum.
One of piece of the curriculum for 4th/5th graders is biography. The children read one and then come to class dressed as the person to present their life. I was able to observe. One class there were two Eleanor Roosevelts and one Martha Graham. So we know that Russell Freedman's books are circing. It is a bit eerie to hear a kid say
" I died on ..."
Lisa
Lisa Von Drasek Children's Librarian Bank Street College of Education 610 West 112th St NY NY 10025
lisav at bnkst.edu
Received on Tue 14 Nov 2000 12:55:25 PM CST
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 13:55:25 -0500
Dear CCBC
In our seventh grade one of the titles we are using is Young Patriot by Jim Murphy.
Murphy interweaves selections of a revolutionary war soldier with background information and other primary sources. The kids not only are able to experience primary sources but are provided with context.
Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges is a book that was shared last year with children as young as 6 up through 11 years old supporting our Civil Rights curriculum. The children were really moved by Ruby's courage and fortitude. In a mixed grade assembly the older children looked at the first graders and one said to me, "Ruby was the same age as those kids wasn't she? She was little. All those people shouting at one little kid." This book with its exquisite lay-out, black and white photos and matter-of-fact text really brought home the realities of bigotry and segregation. One class of 7 and 8 year-olds wrote letters to Ms. Bridges. One of them wrote," Thank you Ruby . If you didn't do what you did, my best friend wouldn't be my best friend."
This year we will be sharing two new books Ida B. Wells : Mother of the Civil Rights Movement by Judith Bloom Fradin and Let It Shine : Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters by Andrea Pinkney to support this curriculum.
One of piece of the curriculum for 4th/5th graders is biography. The children read one and then come to class dressed as the person to present their life. I was able to observe. One class there were two Eleanor Roosevelts and one Martha Graham. So we know that Russell Freedman's books are circing. It is a bit eerie to hear a kid say
" I died on ..."
Lisa
Lisa Von Drasek Children's Librarian Bank Street College of Education 610 West 112th St NY NY 10025
lisav at bnkst.edu
Received on Tue 14 Nov 2000 12:55:25 PM CST
