Book Detail

Malcolm X

Publication Information
Author:  Myers, Walter Dean Illustrator:  Jenkins, Leonard
Title:  Malcolm X Date:  2000
Publisher:  HarperCollins City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-06-027707-6 ISBN, hardback:  

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

General Information:
Book Type(s):    biography and autobiography

HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies

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.

Teaching Strategies:
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 Education > literacy
bullet History > time period > 20th Century
bullet History > region > U.S. history > Civil Rights
bullet Social Studies > sociology > social issues > racism > race relations
bullet Social Studies > sociology > social issues > social action
bullet Religion/Philosophy > Islam
bullet Ethnic Groups > African-American > well-known people > Malcolm X


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