Book Detail

As Good as Anybody

Publication Information
Author:  Michelson, Richard Illustrator:  Colon, Raul
Title:  As Good as Anybody Date:  2008
Publisher:  Alfred A. Knopf City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  9780375833359 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   ESOL:  
Family:   Yes Young Adult:  
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    biography and autobiography, easy reading, nonfiction

HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies

Summary:
Martin Luther King Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, who had both experienced discrimination, joined forces in the Civil Rights Movement.

Teaching Ideas:
This book serves as a model for comparing the lives of two others who had an impact on history. Teachers could use a Venn diagram to visualize the similarities and differences in the lives of King and Heschel that led them to social activism. Why was the participation of leaders outside the African American Civil Rights groups so important?

Teaching Strategies:
bullet Agree? Disagree? Why?
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/agree_disagree_why.pdf
bullet K-W-L Instruction Strategy
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/k_w_l.pdf
bullet Think-Pair-Share
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/think_pair_share.pdf
bullet Strategies to Support Collaboration
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/strategies_collab.pdf
bullet Venn Diagrams
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/venn_diagrams.pdf

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Ethnic Groups > African-American
bullet Ethnic Groups > Jewish
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > group > leadership
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > life choices > righting wrongs
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > group > values > humanity
bullet Geography > locations > U.S. states/regions > Southern United States
bullet Social Studies > sociology > social issues > racism > integration
bullet History > region > U.S. history > well-known people > King, Martin Luther, Jr.


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