There Comes a Time
Publication Information
Author:  Meltzer, Milton	Illustrator:
Title:  There Comes a Time	Date:  2001
Publisher:  Random House	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:	ISBN, hardback:  0-375-80414-5
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:	Young Adult:   Yes
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General Information:
Book Type(s):    nonfiction
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies
Summary:
This book, winner of the 2001 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, chronicles the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. The book begins with slave trading and ends with the "Black Power" movement of the late 1960's. A timeline, bibliography, and index are included.
Teaching Ideas:
Nearly all nonfiction teaching strategies will work very well with these short chapters. Chapters can also be excerpted to be added to other units of study (e.g., U.S. in the 1960's). Many topics for further inquiry are also possible. WWW sites of interest include the National Register of Historic Places, http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights; the Timeline of American Civil Rights Movement, http://www.wmich.edu/politics/mlk; or African-American Odyssey, http://memory.loc.gov/ammea/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9.html.
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Ethnic Groups > African-American Ethnic Groups > African-American > well-known people Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > determination/perseverance Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > human strength Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > group > leadership Hardships > persecution History > region > U.S. history > Civil Rights > integration History > region > U.S. history > Civil Rights > segregation

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