Remember the Bridge
Publication Information
Author:  Weatherford, Carole	Illustrator:
Title:  Remember the Bridge	Date:  2002
Publisher:  Philomel	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-399-23726-7	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:	Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    poetry
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies
Summary:
Illustrated by prints and black-and-white photographs and bracketed by two "bridge" poems, the poetry relates the experience of African Americans from Africa to the Civil Rights Movement.
Teaching Ideas:
Teachers will want to read the poems first before using them in class because they are uneven in quality. Indivudual poems about events and people highlighted in this book can be supplemented by numerous books in the OLRC Recommended Trade Books database. Students might want to discuss whether poetry or expository writing conveys the events or personalities better. What are strengths and weaknesses of each mode? Readers can discuss/write about what the "bridge" of the title and the opening and closing poems refers to?
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Ethnic Groups > African-American Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > coming-of-age Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > freedom History > region > U.S. history > Civil Rights Social Studies > sociology > social issues > racism > race relations History > topic > Black History Literature and Language > poetry

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