Something Permanent
Publication Information
Author:  Rylant, Cynthia	Illustrator:  Evans, Walker
Title:  Something Permanent	Date:  1994
Publisher:  Harcourt, Brace & Co	City:  San Diego, CA
ISBN, paperback:  0-15-277090-9	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:	Young Adult:   Yes
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General Information:
Book Type(s):    poetry, photographic essay
HSE Descriptor(s):    language arts - reading| social studies
Summary:
Walker Evans' photographs of southern United States during the Depression years are stark and haunting, and Cynthia Rylant's short poems describe their stories beautifully.
Teaching Ideas:
These photos and poems make an excellent complement to any discussion of the Great Depression or a good introduction to the theme of the Great Migration. Teachers may want to use the photos as a prompt for writing poetry, then compare thoughts to those expressed by Rylant and discuss the poems' connections to the photos. Teachers may also want to use these poems as a springboard to poetry writing, particularly to some of the easier forms such as cinquains and diamantes. Students may want to make connections between the photos and Lyon's book of short stories, Choices. Walker Evans: www.metmuseum.org/special/walkerevans/walker
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Art and Photography > photography Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > hopes/dreams Geography > locations > U.S. states/regions > Southern United States History > time period > 20th Century History > region > U.S. history > Great Depression History > region > U.S. history > Great Migration Communities > rural > rural life Social Studies > sociology > social issues > poverty Work > unemployment Literature and Language > poetry

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