Full Description
Giving students opportunities to read like historians has the potential to move their thinking and understanding of history in monumental ways. In Exploring History through Young Adult Literature: Middle School, Volume 1 each chapter presented in this volume provides middle school readers with approaches and activities for pairing a young adult novel with specific historical events, eras, or movements. Chapters include suggested instructional activities for before, during, and after reading as well as extension activities that move beyond the text. Each chapter concludes with a final discussion on how the spotlighted YA text can inspire students to be moved to take informed action within their communities or beyond. Through the reading and study of the young adult novels students are guided to a deeper understanding of history while increasing their literacy practices.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Migrating for Freedom: The Oregon Trail, Race, and Sarah Journeys West
Mindy Spearman and Susan Cridland-Hughes
Chapter 2: Evaluating Settler Colonialism and Understanding Historical and Contemporary Experiences of Indigenous Peoples in America through In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse
Jacki Hedlund Tyler and Shelly Shaffer
Chapter 3: Flooded with Possibilities: Exploring Ann Burg's Requiem for Johnstown
Bryan Ripley Crandall, Chelsea Leonard Crowley, and Susan James
Chapter 4: Digital Space Storylines and A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919
Andrew L. Hostetler, Catherine Hodges and Leah Schwartz
Chapter 5: Exploring the Forced Migration Experience Using the Middle Grades Novel Refugee
Brooke Hardin and Rebecca Mueller
Chapter 6: Broadening Narratives of 1920s History: Ophie's Ghosts in the Middle School Social Studies Classroom
Andrea LeMahieu Glaws and Emily Johns- O'Leary
Chapter 7: The Uprising of 20,000: Examining Social Movements Through Historical Fiction
Erin V. Piedmont and Kathryn M. Obenchain
Chapter 8: Reading Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box in Middle School Social Studies
Amy Palmeri
Chapter 9: Using Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case to Engage the U.S. Civil Rights Movement
Chris Crowe
Chapter 10: Using Ghost Boys in the Practice of Critical Witnessing: From Emmett Till to Tamir Rice
Antonio J. Castro, Sarah D. Reid, and Jason Williamson
Chapter 11: This is the Story of a Girl: Sharon Robinson's Journey to Youth Activism and Beyond
Abigail Stebbins and Paige Garpstas
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Index
