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I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark

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I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark

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Written By: Levy, Debbie
Illustrated By: Baddelly, Elizabeth
Genre: Biography
Published: 2016
Approximate Interest Level: Grades 1-5
Approximate Text Level: 710 Lexile, ATOS Reading Level 4.4
Teaser:
Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been challenging inequality, sexism, and racism since here childhood. Ginsburg has spent her lifetime disagreeing with inequality and standing up for what's right. This picture book tells the story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life through the lens of her many dissents/disagreements.
Teaching Idea:
From Anti-Defamation League, students brainstorm a list of issues/situations they find unfair in their lives/school. Students then make an action plan to 'dissent' these issues and present to the class.
https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/documents/assets/pdf/education-outreach/book-of-the-month-i-dissent.pdf

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Anything But Ordinary Addie: The True Story of Adelaide Herrmann, Queen of Magic

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Anything But Ordinary Addie: The True Story of Adelaide Herrmann, Queen of Magic

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Written By: Rockliff, Mara
Illustrated By: Bruno, Iacopo
Genre: Biography
Published: 2016
Approximate Interest Level: Grades 1-4
Approximate Text Level: 510 Lexile, ATOS Reading Level 4.2
Teaser:
Addie Herrmann was anything but ordinary; she wouldn't settle for the assumption that young women did not belong on stage. Addie wanted something exciting, so she started to perform magic with her husband. After the death of her husband, Addie couldn't disappoint her fans. The show must go on, so she performed by herself!
Teaching Idea:
Using some of the vocabulary from the book (being provided with a list), students create and perform their own 'magic acts' for the class. In these magic acts, they are instructed to highlight some of the special things about themselves--the things that make them extraordinary.

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Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor

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Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor

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Written By: Burleigh, Robert
Illustrated By: Colon, Raul
Genre: Biography
Published: 2016
Approximate Interest Level: Grades K-3
Approximate Text Level: 750 Lexile, ATOS Reading Level 5
Teaser:
Marie Tharp loved maps, growing up watching her father make them for farmers, and she wanted to create maps of the ocean. Tharp and her colleague Bruce Heezen had the revolutionary idea to map the seafloor, despite numerous people telling her that a woman wasn't capable of being a scientist.
Teaching Idea:
http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons/solving-puzzle-under-sea/
In this lesson from ScienceNet, students explore how Tharp was able to map out the seafloor and confirm the theory of plate tectonics. Students will answer questions about the text and participate in activities like a mapping project, depending on their skill level.

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Doing Her Bit: A Story About the Woman's Land Army of America

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Doing Her Bit: A Story About the Woman's Land Army of America

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Written By: Hagar, Erin
Illustrated By: Hill, Jen
Genre: Historical Fiction
Published: 2016
Approximate Interest Level: Grades 1-3
Approximate Text Level: 700 Lexile, ATOS Reading Level 3.9
Teaser:
Based on a true story, Hagar and Hill tell the story of farmarette Helen Stevens, a young college student living in New York during World War I. Helen and her friends are determined to make a difference in the war effort in any way they can. Despite their help often being refused, they did not give up until they were hired on at a farm, doing their part to help with the war effort.
Teaching Idea:
Students create their own picture books about women in World War I. They create their own farmarettes and illustrate a story showing how they have helped the war effort in unconventional ways. If desired, they can present their stories to the class.

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Written and Illustrated By: Cronin, Doreen; Small, David
Genre: Fiction, Fable
Published: 2016
Approximate Interest Level: Grades 1-3
Approximate Text Level: 720 Lexile, ATOS Reading Level 4.2
Teaser:
With the help of Bloom the fairy, Genevieve learns that magic can save the glass kingdom (but not in the way the king and queen think). Genevieve works with the unusual fairy to help save the kingdom in a surprising way. Along the way, she also learns the valuable lesson that "there is no such thing as an ordinary girl".
Teaching Idea:
After participating in a read-aloud of the story, students create their own illustrations of themselves, highlighting what they think makes them stand out. In these illustrations, they will express what defines them as not ordinary and what brings magic into their lives as well as the magic they bring into the lives of others. This allows the students to connect to the story and learn about the value in uniqueness and being something other than ordinary.

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Balcony on the Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine

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Balcony on the Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine

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Author: Barakat, Ibtisam
Genre: Autobiography
Published: 2016
Approximate Interest Level: Grades 8-12
Approximate Text Level: 970 Lexile, ATOS Reading Level 6.5
Teaser:
Ibtisam Barakat tells the story of her adolescence in the 1970s and early 1980s in this autobiography. Much of her focus during these years is on her family and school, which are intertwined when her mother decides to return to school and Barakat begins teaching her illiterate grandmother how to read. Throughout her stories of family and school, Barakat interweaves an innocent, young person's perspective of the war and politics at the time, focusing on odd specifics like the difficulty of sending mail rather than the larger political conflicts.
Teaching Idea:
Students explore the idea of a coming of age story by writing their own. As they write, however, they incorporate what it would be like to grow up in a war zone. Students try to write their stories like Barakat writes hers--hinting at the war without overtly discussing it and the politics surrounding it.

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Author: O'Neill, Louise
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Published: 2016
Approximate Interest Level: Grades 9-12
**Because this book contains sensitive content and strong language, parent permission and the maturity level and emotions/sensitivities of the students have to be considered.**
Approximate Text Level: ATOS Reading Level 4.8
Teaser:
In this gripping story, O'Neill exposes the culture surrounding rape and sexual assault in a small Ireland town. Her novel follows the popular Emma O'Donovan as she experiences what many girls her age do; receiving judgment and threats for being a victim. O'Neill provides an analysis of rape culture in the digital age as Emma's experience sparks a national debate about consent and seduction.
Teaching Idea:
A variation on the Boys will be Boys; Girls will be Girls lesson from Chapter 8 of Teaching the Dimensions of Literacy (pp. 258-260). Students can use the Character Analysis Grid to explore the different roles the men and women in the novel play. They can analyze the stereotypes within the book

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On Intersectionality and Feminism in Pizza - Akilah Obviously

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On Intersectionality and Feminism in Pizza - Akilah Obviously

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Teaser:
In this video, Akilah talks about intersectionality and feminism in terms of hamburgers and pizza. She uses common foods as a metaphor to discuss privilege and highlight intersectionality in feminism. She talks about living in a burger (man's) world as a pizza (woman) and as a deluxe pizza (woman of color).
Teaching Idea:
After reading a text, students create their own burgers or pizzas that represent themselves and at least one character in the story they just read. They will then compare and contrast the different pizzas and/or burgers they have drawn (in writing or in discussion), highlighting why those differences are important and lead to different needs and privileges. This gives students a fun and interactive way to learn about intersectionality in feminism and in the texts they are reading

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On Intersectionality in Feminism and Pizza | Akilah Obviously

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from Citizen, VI [On the train the woman standing] - Claudia Rankine

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from Citizen, VI [On the train the woman standing] - Claudia Rankine

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Teaser:
In this poem, Rankine captures the plight of a woman and an African American living cautiously in a White man's world. She dictates a specific scene on public transportation to communicate the discomfort of living in danger and fear.
Teaching Idea:
(Probably with older students) we can have students find examples of and discuss the idea of intersectionality and rights of women and people of color. Students can do this in discussion groups, journals, or as a full class.They can find videos, articles, or even blog posts to share with their classmates.

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from Citizen, VI [On the train the woman standing]

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Born in Jamaica in 1963, Claudia Rankine earned her BA in English from Williams College and her MFA in poetry from Columbia University.

She is the author of five collections of poetry: Citizen: An American Lyric (Graywolf Press, 2014), which received the 2016 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt Book Prize for Poetry, the 2015 Forward Prize for Poetry, and the 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry; Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric (Graywolf Press, 2004); PLOT (Grove Press, 2001); The End of the Alphabet (Grove Press, 1998); and Nothing in Nature is Private (Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 1995), which received the Cleveland State Poetry Prize.

Rankine has edited numerous anthologies, including The Racial Imaginary: Writers on Race in the Life of the Mind (Fence Books, 2015), American Poets in the Twenty-First Century: The New Poetics (Wesleyan University Press, 2007), and American Women Poets in the Twenty-First Century: Where Lyric Meets Language (Wesleyan University Press, 2002). Her plays include Provenance of Beauty: A South Bronx Travelogue, commissioned by the Foundry Theatre and Existing Conditions, co-authored with Casey Llewellyn. She has also produced a number of videos in collaboration with John Lucas, including " Situation One."

Of her book Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric, an experimental multi-genre project that blends poetry, essays, and images, poet Robert Creeley said: "Claudia Rankine here manages an extraordinary melding of means to effect the most articulate and moving testament to the bleak times we live in I've yet seen. It's master work in every sense, and altogether her own."

In 2013, Rankine was elected a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. Mark Doty has praised her selection, saying: "Claudia Rankine's formally inventive poems investigate many kinds of boundaries: the unsettled territory between poetry and prose, between the word and the visual image, between what it's like to be a subject and the ways we're defined from outside by skin color, economics, and global corporate culture. This fearless poet extends American poetry in invigorating new directions."

Her honors include the Jackson Poetry Prize, as well as fellowships from the Lannan Foundation and the National Endowments for the Arts. In 2005, Rankine was awarded the Academy Fellowship for distinguished poetic achievement by the Academy of American Poets. In 2016, Rankine was awarded a MacArthur "Genius" Grant and named a United States Artists Zell fellow in literature. In 2017, she founded the Racial Imaginary Institute, a "a moving collaboration with other collectives, spaces, artists, and organizations towards art exhibitions, readings, dialogues, lectures, performances, and screenings that engage the subject of race." She is currently a Frederick Iseman Professor of Poetry at Yale University.
Selected Bibliography
Citizen: An American Lyric (Graywolf Press, 2014)
Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric (Graywolf Press, 2004)
PLOT (Grove Press, 2001)
The End of the Alphabet (Grove Press, 1998)
Nothing in Nature is Private (Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 1995)

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from Citizen, VI [On the train the woman standing]

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Born in Jamaica in 1963, Claudia Rankine earned her BA in English from Williams College and her MFA in poetry from Columbia University.

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Teaser:
Here, Dorothea Lange features a mother on the road with her family in California. Like in many of her photographs, Lange captures raw human emotion and highlights a part of life not often shown.
Teaching Idea:
This photograph could accompany the lesson for the book Dorothea's Eyes or stand alone. Students can view the photograph and write from the perspective of either the mother or the child in it. They can try to 'see with their hearts,' like Dorothea Lange did.

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Dare to Disappoint: Growing Up in Turkey

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Dare to Disappoint: Growing Up in Turkey

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Written & Illustrated by: Samanchi, Ozge
Genre: Graphic narrative, autobiography
Published: 2015
Approximate Interest Level: Grades 2-3
Approximate Text Level: 570 Lexile
Teaser:
Ozge Samanchi tells the story of her life growing up during a transitional time in Turkey. She brings readers along in her journey to discover who she is and where she belongs in an ever-changing family and country.
Teaching Idea:
From Chapter 4 of Teaching the Dimensions of Literacy; the PAVE Procedure (pp. 53-54)
Students can use this activity to explore the various words used throughout the narrative. The nice part about this activity is that students can create their own drawings (like those in the story) to connect different meanings.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton: Some Girls Are Born to Lead

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Hillary Rodham Clinton: Some Girls Are Born to Lead

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Written By: Markel, Michelle
Illustrated By: Pham, LeUyen
Genre: Biography
Published: 2016
Approximate Interest Level: Grades 2-4
Approximate Text Level: ATOS Reading Level 5.1
Teaser:
Hillary Rodham Clinton pushed the boundaries of what a woman was expected to be and how she was expected to act. As a mother and a lawyer, Hillary stood up for those who needed her help and advocated for change, fearlessly. No matter what others said, she knew she was born to lead.
Teaching Idea:
Students could create their own 'Hillary Clinton speeches' where they discuss something important to them. This can help them work on their opinion/argumentative writing while also connecting these arguments to the story about Hillary Clinton.

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Around America To Win The Vote: Two Suffragists, A Kitten, And 10,000 Miles

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Around America To Win The Vote: Two Suffragists, A Kitten, And 10,000 Miles

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Written By: Rockliff, Mara
Illustrated By: Hooper, Hadley
Genre: Biography
Published: 2016
Approximate Interest Level: Grades 2-5
Approximate Text Level: 750 Lexile
Teaser:
In 1916, Nell Richardson and Alice Burk (and their kitten) traveled across the country to call attention to the cause for women's suffrage. They made it through rough terrain and several obstacles, always advocating, "Votes for Women!"
Teaching Idea:
A cool teaching idea for this book could be doing research in groups about women's rights during different time periods and use a lit circle to compare politics and rights of women across time. They can discuss similarities and differences, making the connection between the text and the world they live in.

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Written By: Rosenstock, Barb
Illustrated By: DuBois, Gerard
Genre: Biography
Published: 2016
Approximate Interest Level: Grades 2-3
Approximate Text Level: 580 Lexile
Teaser:
Often feeling invisible herself, Dorothea Lange becomes a photographer for those the world can't see. Despite the countless limitations of growing up with Poliio, Lange used her heart and her photography to convince the government to provide for those who needed it.
Teaching Idea:
After reading the story, discuss the concept of point of view. Have students choose one of Lange's photos and write or speak from the perspective of those in the photo.

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Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony And Frederick Douglass

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Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony And Frederick Douglass

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Author: Robbins, Dean
Illustrated by: Qualls, Sean & Alko, Selina
Published: 2016
Genre: Historical Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: Grades PreK-2
Approximate Text Level: 430 Lexile
Teaser:
This is the story of two activists and friends who worked together to change the world. Despite the unfair laws of the time, Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass worked together to fight for their and each other's rights.
Teaching Idea:
After reading, have students talk about the idea of human rights. For younger children, use an activity like musical chairs to have them work on understanding cooperation and inclusion.