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1. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Activity & Project
   Afterschool and Summer Reading with LGBTQ Content
   Motivate your middle school reader with books that include LGBTQ characters.
2. Professional Development | Grades   8 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Alice Walker in the Classroom: "Living by the Word"
   Carol Jago offers readers a handy guide for bringing this celebrated author's work into the classroom, including biographical information, ideas for literature circles using Walker's short stories, sample writing lessons using Walker's poems, suggestions for teaching The Color Purple, and a wealth of resources for further investigation of Alice Walker and her work.
3. Professional Development | Grades   8 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Amy Tan in the Classroom: "The art of invisible strength"
   Offers high school teachers an activity-based approach to teaching the works of Amy Tan, especially The Joy Luck Club and The Opposite of Fate.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 9
   Author Alice Walker was born on February 9, 1944.
   After students read the novel The Color Purple, dialect is discussed and students write a short piece of fiction or poetry using the dialect of their peer group.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   8 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 9
   Author Matt de la Peña was born today.
   Students use an essay by de la Peña as a model for writing their own literacy autobiography.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 4
   Celebrate National Library Week!
   Students learn more about libraries as part of National Library Week.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   11 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Examining the Legacy of the American Civil Rights Era
   As part of their study of Richard Wright's Black Boy, students research and reflect on the current black-white racial divide in America. By examining the work of literature in the context of contemporary events, students will deepen their understanding of the work and of what it means to be an American today.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Gaining Background for the Graphic Novel Persepolis: A WebQuest on Iran
   To prepare students for reading the graphic novel Persepolis, this lesson uses a WebQuest to focus students' research on finding reliable information about Iran before and during the Islamic Revolution.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Heroes Are Made of This: Studying the Character of Heroes
   Designed to explore the hero and the heroic in literature, this unit asks students to discuss their ideas of heroism and analyze heroes in literature.
10. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Podcast Episode
    International Books for Teens
    In this episode, you'll hear about books in a range of genres that give teens insight into the social and political conditions young people face around the globe. Together they offer a sustained look at war, poverty, and the struggle for human rights, but they also speak volumes about ordinary people and their capacity for hope and resilience.
    

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