Malcolm X |
Publication Information
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Author: Myers, Walter Dean |
Illustrator: Jenkins, Leonard |
Title: Malcolm X |
Date: 2000 |
Publisher: HarperCollins |
City: New York |
ISBN, paperback: 0-06-027707-6 |
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Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
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Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
biography and autobiography
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HSE Descriptor(s):
social studies
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Summary: |
In a clear, simple, and beautifully illustrated text, Walter Dean Myers emphasizes the life not death of Malcolm X as he grew to be a great leader for racial equality. Quotations and a timeline make the text especially useful in the classroom. |
Teaching Ideas: |
Using a Venn diagram or a matrix, teachers will want to compare and contrast Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. as contemporaries in the civil rights movement . Learners may want to discuss whether Malcolm X should be considered a hero. Teachers may want to supplement with excerpts from The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Students may want to predict what he might have done had he not been assassinated. Students could also research more recent information about the assassination using the web sites www.cmgww.com/historic/malcolm/ and members.aol.com/clove01/calcomsp.htm. |
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Venn Diagrams
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/venn_diagrams.pdf
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