Book Detail
Dear Mr. Rosenwald |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston | Illustrator: Christie, R. Gregory |
| Title: Dear Mr. Rosenwald | Date: 2006 |
| Publisher: Scholastic | City: New York |
| ISBN, paperback: 0-439-49522-9 | ISBN, hardback: |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: Yes |
| Family: Yes | Young Adult: |
| Picture: Yes | |
General Information: |
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| Book Type(s): nonfiction, true story | |
HSE Descriptor(s): social studies |
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Summary: |
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| This is a fictionalized story of one community's efforts to build a school based on the historical Rosenwald schools. These schools in the American South were financed by Julius Rosenwald of Sears Roebuck and required collaboration of black and white communities and state responsibility for maintenance. | |
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| Students will want to check out the Rosenwald Schools website (www.rosenwaldschools.com/) for history and current preservation projects, as well as a list of schools and their locations. A comparison of Rosenwald with Bill and Melinda Gates and their contributions to education would be interesting. The book should stimulate discussion and writing on what successful philanthropy and activism entail. Further research might be done on a particular Rosenwald school (especially if one is location in the area) or on a local community involvement project for a class presentation or magazine. | |
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