Social justice novel study choices by Tonya Lowe https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48 "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - MLK, Jr. en-us 2018-03-28 16:41:13 UTC 2026-01-03 06:39:27 UTC hello@padlet.com TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247622706 Digital story about book (5 mins)]]> 2018-03-31 19:36:30 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247622706 Read-aloud of chapter 1 TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247623018 Links to all chapters in audio]]> 2018-03-31 19:41:19 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247623018 I Am a Taxi - by D. Ellis TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247623444 With both of his parents in Bolivian prisons, 12-year-old Diego and his best friend hope to make a lot of money in a very short time. A small mistake leads to big consequences and, desperate to help his family, Diego is tricked into working in the dangerous drug trade. ]]> 2018-03-31 19:47:55 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247623444 Project idea TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247623715 Prezi book report]]> 2018-03-31 19:53:05 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247623715 Iqbal - by F. D'Adamo TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247623823 Iqbal, a courageous 13-year-old boy, knew his life was worth more than a rug, that it was wrong to chain children to looms for work, and that the abuse should stop.
This moving fictionalized account of the real Iqbal is told by Fatima, a young Pakistani girl whose life is changed by Iqbal's courage. 
]]> 2018-03-31 19:55:14 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247623823 TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247624392 Video biography of Iqbal (2 mins) ]]> 2018-03-31 20:05:15 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247624392 Project idea TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247625478 Animoto book trailer]]> 2018-03-31 20:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247625478 Read-aloud of chapter 1 TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247625984 Links to all chapters in audio]]> 2018-03-31 20:33:37 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247625984 The Midwife's Apprentice - by K. Cushman TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247626753 A girl known as Brat has no family, no home, and no future until she meets the Midwife and becomes her apprentice. As she helps deliver babies, Brat — who renames herself Alyce — gains knowledge, confidence, and the courage to want something from life.]]> 2018-03-31 20:42:17 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247626753 Project idea TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247627163 Clay-mation book summary]]> 2018-03-31 20:50:00 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247627163 Now is the Time For Running - by M. Williams TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247630433 15-year-old Deo plays soccer in the dusty fields of Zimbabwe, cheered on by his mentally handicapped older brother. It's a day like any other, but soldiers arrive and the boys must run for their lives. Facing prejudice and poverty as refugees, they rely on the kindness of others. After tragedy strikes, all Deo has left is his love of soccer. Can he use that gift to find hope once more?]]> 2018-03-31 21:58:08 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247630433 TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247630584 Book trailer video (1 min)]]> 2018-03-31 22:01:47 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247630584 Project idea TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247630933 Storyboard book summary]]> 2018-03-31 22:10:15 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247630933 TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247631636 Where in the world is Pakistan?]]> 2018-03-31 22:26:14 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247631636 TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247631681 Where in the world is Zimbabwe?]]> 2018-03-31 22:27:29 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247631681 TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247631758 Where in the world is Bolivia?]]> 2018-03-31 22:29:54 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247631758 TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247631883 What did life look like in a Medieval English town over 700 years ago?]]> 2018-03-31 22:33:21 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247631883 TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247632469 The politics behind the story]]> 2018-03-31 22:53:01 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247632469 TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247632630 Book trailer video (2 mins)]]> 2018-03-31 22:57:43 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247632630 TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247632793 Where in the world is England?]]> 2018-03-31 23:03:27 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247632793 Discussion questions: TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247632954 - Why did the midwife change Brat's name to Beetle? And why does Beetle take on the name Alyce?
- How does Alyce show personal growth in the story?
- Would you want to trade places with Alyce? Why, or why not?]]> 2018-03-31 23:08:57 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247632954 TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247633225 News story (2:30)]]> 2018-03-31 23:18:18 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247633225 Discussion questions TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247633748 - Diego takes his work as a "taxi" seriously. How does he run his business? Why does he do it?
- How do Diego's street smarts help him?
- There are two very different settings in the book. Describe each and their effects on Diego.]]> 2018-03-31 23:38:00 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247633748 Discussion questions: TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247633755 - If you had a Bix-Box to hold your valuables like Innocent does, what 5 items you would put in it? Why?
- Why is soccer so important to Deo? Does the game save him?
- What makes the title of the novel fitting for the story?]]> 2018-03-31 23:38:26 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247633755 Discussion questions: TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247634586 - What keeps Fatima and the other children from working together against their master?
- What impresses the rug factory children about the new slave?
- Why would someone want to hurt Iqbal; why would he have enemies?]]> 2018-04-01 00:12:03 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247634586 January 1905 - by K. Boling TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247635315 Pauline and Arlene, 11-year-old twins, work to exhaustion and hate one another. Pauline works long days at the cotton mill, wishing she could stay home like her sister. Arlene, who takes care of the housework and cooking, dreams of working at the mill and earning money and respect. Each is certain the other has it better, but soon discovers how wrong she is.]]> 2018-04-01 00:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247635315 Discussion questions: TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247635517 - Why is each sister jealous of the other?
- How does the saying "you never know a person until you walk a mile in their shoes" apply to this story?
- Do you think how the sisters end up is believable? Why, or why not?]]> 2018-04-01 00:46:17 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247635517 TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247636208 Slideshow (3 mins) of Lewis Hines' photographs showing child laborers in early 1900s America]]> 2018-04-01 01:08:57 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247636208 TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247636362 Where in the world is "America"?]]> 2018-04-01 01:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247636362 Project idea TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247636751 Student-made video on topic]]> 2018-04-01 01:29:49 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247636751 Daniel's Story - by C. Matas TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247640716 All over Germany during WWII, Jews like 14-year-old Daniel face anti-Semitism: unable to practice their religion, vote, own property, or even work. Forced from their home to a Polish ghetto and then to the Nazi death camps of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, Daniel asks: What has happened? Who am I? Daniel records the atrocities and prejudice with a smuggled camera.]]> 2018-04-01 03:37:27 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247640716 A Child in Prison Camp - by S. Takashima TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247640753 Shichan's world changed forever when she was 11 and thousands of Japanese-Canadians were forced from their homes to internment camps in the Rockies. None had been convicted of any crime, but they were considered the enemy because of the war with Japan. In this true story, Shichan shares her fear, anger, frustration, and surprising joys as the war drags on.]]> 2018-04-01 03:39:01 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247640753 Discussion questions: TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247641074 - How does the natural beauty around the camp help Shichan deal with her reality?
- There are many cases of prejudice in this account. If it were you, how would you respond in one of the situations?
- Some of the author's paintings are in the book. Discuss your reaction to them: colours, feeling, style, etc.]]> 2018-04-01 03:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247641074 TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247641281 Where in the world is New Denver?]]> 2018-04-01 03:58:30 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247641281 History Channel video (3:30) TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247641440 Much of this is true for Canada too.]]> 2018-04-01 04:04:02 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247641440 Project idea TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247641538 Photo video of book's topic]]> 2018-04-01 04:07:33 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247641538 Discussion questions: TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247641795 - Why does Daniel say the whole human race is a failure? Do you agree with him? Why, or why not?
- Daniel must make a choice about the 2 guards at the gate Would you have done the same? Why?
- Stories like these are written to keep memories of the Holocaust alive. Why should it never be forgotten?]]> 2018-04-01 04:16:08 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247641795 TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247642037 Where in the world were the WWII Nazi prison camps?]]> 2018-04-01 04:23:42 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247642037 Project idea TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247642908 Artwork with symbolism of topic]]> 2018-04-01 05:02:11 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247642908 TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247643171 Still in the news today (2:50)]]> 2018-04-01 05:14:27 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247643171 TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247643416 A survivor's experience (2:30)]]> 2018-04-01 05:23:59 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247643416 TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247691053 Current infographic on issue]]> 2018-04-01 19:14:23 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247691053 TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247691262 Current infographic on issue]]> 2018-04-01 19:17:25 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247691262 TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247692790 Current infographic on issue]]> 2018-04-01 19:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247692790 TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247693995 Current infographic on issue]]> 2018-04-01 19:34:35 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247693995 TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247695654 Current infographic on the issue]]> 2018-04-01 19:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247695654 TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247696421 Current infographic on the issue]]> 2018-04-01 20:11:35 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247696421 TonyaLowe71 https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247696646 Current infographic on issue]]> 2018-04-01 20:15:30 UTC https://padlet.com/TonyaLowe71/gsn6n8nqis48/wish/247696646