Birmingham, 1963
Publication Information
Author:  Weatherford, Carole	Illustrator:
Title:  Birmingham, 1963	Date:  2007
Publisher:  Wordsong	City:  Honesdale, PA
ISBN, paperback:  1-59078-440-5	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:   Yes
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    historical fiction
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies
Summary:
A fictional narrator tells, in poetry, about the day she turned 10, which was also the day of the church bombing in Birmingham
Teaching Ideas:
This will be a wonderful addition to a text set about this incident or more broadly, about Civil Rights, especially paired with The Watson's Go to Birmingham. K-W-L would determine what students already know about the Civil Rights Movement. The Author's Note and poems about the girls who died are must reads and should lead to discussion. The poem is easy to read yet very powerful.
Teaching Strategies:
Bleich's Heuristic for Responding to Reading    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/bleichs_heuristic.pdf
Copy Change    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/copy_change.pdf
K-W-L Instruction Strategy    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/k_w_l.pdf
Word Sorts    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/word_sorts.pdf
Unsent Letters    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/unsent_letters.pdf
Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
Ethnic Groups > African-American Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > death Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > group > values > inhumanity History > region > U.S. history > Civil Rights History > time period > 20th Century > 1960's History > region > U.S. history > Civil Rights > segregation Social Studies > sociology > social issues > racism Social Studies > sociology > social issues > racism > race relations Geography > locations > U.S. states/regions > Alabama History > topic > Black History

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