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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 11
   Alex Haley, author of Roots, was born in 1921.
   Students explore their own roots by interviewing family members and use their family history to write a fictional account of their roots.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 5
   French author Guy de Maupassant was born on this day in 1850.
   Students read and then rewrite a de Maupassant short story, updating its vocabulary and setting to that of the 21st century.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 2
   James Baldwin was born today in 1924.
   Students read and respond to an essay by Baldwin, commenting on the contemporary resonance of his ideas.