Assignment+6+-+Social+Studies+tie-in+-+due+Mar.22

Choose a book from one of the following award lists for this assignment:

Carter G. Woodson Book Awards Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People

**Format for book reviews** Judy Oakey //Reaching Out// by Feancisco Jimenez, Houghton Mifflin Books 2008 Summary: A young migrant worker from Mexico leaves all he knows to become a college student at Santa Clara University, a Jesuit school in California. His poignant recitial of his college days from 1962-1966 and his subsequent bestowal of a Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship scholarship for graduate work, takes the reader through the author's personal experiences to national events such as the assassination of John F.Kennedy and the Cesaer Chavez solidarity marches for the rights of migrant workers. Told with humility and grace, this is an inspirational story of the possiblities of being a citizen in the United States. A well-deserved Pura Belpre Honor Book, this is a story to lift the spirits of all of us.

Grade level: middle school through seconday

Uses: individual reading Subject tie-in:

High yield strategy for reading skill development: = = Comments: This is a great book for young people in order for them to explore the possibilties that life offers. It is an inspirational autobiography which could inspire our young people, especially our Hispanic and Mexican populations. Also, it challenges the reader to evaluate prejudice. In addition, it exemplies the principal that we are not here alone.
 * Literature: yes
 * social studies : absolutely
 * 1) inference
 * 2) cause and effect
 * 3) point of view
 * 4) author's purpose
 * 5) theme

Jean White //Uh Huh! the story of Ray Charles// by John Duggleby/Morgan Reynolds Publishing/2005 Carter G. Woodson Award 200 Summary: This biography of Ray Charles is sensitively, plainly and clearly written. The author covers Charles’ birth and poverty youth, his younger brother’s death, loss of his eyesight, his boarding school days and amazing way of learning to cope in a sighted world. His drug addiction, extra-marital relationships and his entry into the music business are handled well. Many pictures are sprinkled throughout the book. Duggleby also includes many sidebars on the history of music and musicians which makes this a well-balanced, well-written work. Grade level: Middle, High Uses: individual reading and research Subject tie-in: Literature, Social Studies, Arts, Life Skills High Yield Strategy for Reading Skill Development: Comments: I enjoyed learning about Ray Charles and the history. Recommended reading.
 * 1) inference - yes
 * 2) cause and effect - yes
 * 3) point of view - yes
 * 4) author's purpose -yes
 * 5) summarizing for comprehension - yes

Jean Downey //Claudette Colvin Twice Toward Justice// by Phillip Hoose/Melanie Kroupa Books/ 2009 Summary: This biography of Claudette Colvin is an eye opening account of Ms. Colvin's impact on the Montgomery bus boycott and the Browder v. Gayle court case that helped put an end to the Jim Crow segregation laws. The author explores Colvin's life and experiences as she interacts with, and is touched by, important people and events in the movement toward civil rights. She is a forgotten figure who, as a teenager, stood up to segregation and who interacted with Rosa Parks and Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Several pictures and sidebars in the book help to bring to life the history it tells. Grade level: Upper Elem. Middle, High Uses: individual reading, research, enrichment Subject tie-in: Social Studies, Civics, Literature High Yield Strategy for Reading Skill Development: 1 cause and effect 2 point of view 3 author's purpose 4 summarizing for comprehension Comments: This book is very engaging to a history lover.