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Linda Brown, You Are Not Alone

Publication Information

Author: Thomas, Joyce Carol

Illustrator:

Title: Linda Brown, You Are Not Alone

Date: 2003

Publisher: Hyperion

City: New York

ISBN, paperback: 0-7868-0821-7

ISBN, hardback:

Recommended audience:

ABE/ABLE: Yes

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Family:

Young Adult:

Picture: Yes

General Information:

Book Type(s): memoirs/reminiscences, nonfiction

HSE Descriptor(s): social studies

Summary:

Well-known children's author Joyce Carol Thomas has collected pieces by 12 writers to commemorate the Supreme Court ruling Brown vs. Board of Education. The reading level varies significantly from piece to piece.

Teaching Ideas:

Since the book includes different opinions about the benefits of Brown vs. Board of Education rulings, learners could participate in a K-W-L,Discussion Web, or Agree?Disagree?Why? strategy. Learners could also debate which is more effective in engaging them as readers, fictional/poetic responses or the personal essays, thus providing a comparison of writing genres. Teachers may want to excerpt selections. The Internet abounds with information with the recent 50th Anniversary of the ruling: www.digisys.net/users/hootie/brown/view.htm; www.nationalcenter.org/brown.html; www.nps.gov/brvb; www.lib.umich.edu/exhib its/brownarchive/; and www.archives.gov/digitalclassroom/lessons/brown_v_board/brown_v_board.html.

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