Favorite Nonfiction Titles by Mary https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g What is the best piece of nonfiction writing you have read and why? en-us 2017-04-17 15:46:06 UTC 2017-04-24 14:02:57 UTC hello@padlet.com https://thinkpyxl.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Books-1024x682.jpg Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates lillestol https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167707410 Written as a series of letters to his teenaged son, Coates walks us through the course of his life, from the tough neighborhoods of Baltimore in his youth, to Howard University]]> 2017-04-23 20:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167707410 The Boys in the Boat https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167829421 Daniel James Brown]]> 2017-04-24 13:49:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167829421 Devil In The White City https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167829486 The author tells a true story of a murderer during the Worlds Fair in Chicago. He brings in otherneat historical facts while telling the story. ]]> 2017-04-24 13:50:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167829486 Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167829518 Chronicles the experiences of Black girls across the country whose intricate lives are misunderstood, highly judged—by teachers, administrators, and the justice system—and degraded by the very institutions charged with helping them flourish. I was able to identify , reflect and relate to this book on a personal level.]]> 2017-04-24 13:50:08 UTC https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167829518 Present Over Perfect https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167829589 This book came to me at the perfect time--as a working mom of two, the message of saying no to the idea of doing everything perfectly and yes to time and focus on my family and my own well-being was so needed.]]> 2017-04-24 13:50:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167829589 https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167829703 Half-Broke Horses
By Jeanette Walls

Writing was interesting, telling a true story with historical facts embedded]]> 2017-04-24 13:50:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167829703 https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167829787 Shifting The Monkey by Todd Whitaker]]> 2017-04-24 13:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167829787 https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167829855 2017-04-24 13:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167829855 Yes Please https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167829931 Amy Poehler Biography, it's funny]]> 2017-04-24 13:51:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167829931 Perks of Being a Wallflower https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167830075 Students have enjoyed it. I enjoyed. Intense material, however]]> 2017-04-24 13:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167830075 From Beruit to Jerusalem https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167830262 Helped put the Middle East conflict into historical perspective.]]> 2017-04-24 13:51:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167830262 Half-Broke Horses https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167830327 Interesting writing, storytelling with a true life story with embedded historical facts]]> 2017-04-24 13:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167830327 White Folks Teaching In The Hood. https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167830395 I am in the middle of the book. Iike the apologies 
Of church and RAP as teaching methods to interest our students and increase engagement.


]]> 2017-04-24 13:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167830395 Invisible Man Got The Whole World Watching https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167830401 2017-04-24 13:52:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167830401 Neither Wolf nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder by Kent Nerburn hansonheather https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167830421
Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteriesnof the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart by James R. Doty

Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically by Zaretta Lynn Hammond
]]> 2017-04-24 13:52:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167830421 The cycle of poverty https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167830423 It applied to the students I taught in another district. 

]]> 2017-04-24 13:52:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167830423 I Am Malala https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167830492 The biography/memoir of Malala Yousofzai the your woman who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban.

]]> 2017-04-24 13:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167830492 The Boys in the Boat https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167830786 Daniel James Brown

]]> 2017-04-24 13:53:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167830786 A People's History of the United States https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167830906 By Howard Zinn

Gives an alternative view on American history not often talked about in educational textbooks 


]]> 2017-04-24 13:53:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167830906 Invisible Man Got The Whole World Watching https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167831442 By: Mychal Denzel Smith]]> 2017-04-24 13:54:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167831442 Tiger meet my sister and other things I probably shouldn't have said by Rick Reilly https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167831620 2017-04-24 13:54:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167831620 Guns Germs and Steel It helped me to understand the human geography class that I co-teach https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167831776 2017-04-24 13:55:14 UTC https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167831776 From Beruit to Jerusalem https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167832735 Puts the Middle East conflict into historical perspective.

]]> 2017-04-24 13:57:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167832735 Speak https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167833499 2017-04-24 13:59:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167833499 "10 books I wish my white teachers would have read." From a facebook post. Here is the link and list. https://www.bustle.com/articles/153390-10-books-i-wish-my-white-teachers-had-read. Great choice books https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167834470 2017-04-24 14:01:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lillestol/djf2rz61r05g/wish/167834470