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Readers will learn the importance of embracing people's differences in Respecting Diversity. This title includes full-color photographs, vocabulary, extension activities, and more to enhance readers' comprehension and application skills. The Social Skills series helps young readers learn how to handle the many different situations they'll face as they grow. Each 24-page book features real-world examples, tips, and more to help teach everything from...
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Eddie Russell, a black football star, anticipates enjoying his junior season at Douglass High School south of Memphis, Tennessee, in 1965, but complies with his father Reverend Henry Russell's wishes when local civil rights leaders select Eddie to integrate all-white Forrest High School. Epitomizing resiliency, Eddie; his studious sister, Lakeesha; and two other African-American girls, Lethe and Rochelle; stoically attend classes, experiencing passive...
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Learn about the landmark Supreme Court Case that ended legal segregation! Explore the historical context and outcome of Brown v. Board of Education. This 32-page nonfiction book covers difficult topics like discrimination in an easy-to-follow way. Perfect for use in the classroom or at-home learning to explore slavery, segregation, and other serious subjects in U.S. history. Includes a short fiction piece to help students relate to the topic and engaging...
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Un jour, un chat noir croise une souris blanche. Tout naturellement, le chat veut manger la souris. Mais la souris est très maligne et, à force d'arguments, elle le convainc de n'en rien faire. Petit à petit, il se noue entre Anthracite et Blanc-Bec une certaine amitié qu'ils veulent faire découvrir à leurs proches... Or, leurs familles respectives n'acceptent pas leur liaison contre nature et les chassent de leur territoire. Leur amitié toute...
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Amazing Annabelle and DR. Martin Luther King Jr.
As the month of January begins, Mrs. Mitchell introduces her class to the great civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through discussions and media. Mrs. Phillips, the drama teacher, created a short skit about a historic event during the Civil Rights Movement that involved Dr. King and Rosa Parks.
As the students recreate the skit, it sparks a deeper conversation about the Civil Rights Movement,...
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Nobby, short for Zenobia, meets an older girl, Zilla, when her family goes on holiday. Zilla is developmentally disabled, but much more fun than the average teenager. The friendship grows until Uncle Chad shows up. He is snooty and sometimes unthinkingly cruel to Zilla. Prejudices and attitudes take a surprising turn when Uncle Chad gets hurt during a storm and it is Zilla who generously comes to the rescue.
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The 60s have flickered into the 70s, and hippie influences have trickled down to the high school. A charismatic young messiah quits college and returns to his old high school to lead the kids in an anti-racism demonstration. The students are catalyzed and rise up to battle the suburban power structure. The trouble starts when this 60s legend is shown to be losing touch with reality. Our narrator struggles to understand the messiah's descent, postponing...
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With riveting text, authentic photographs, and revealing primary sources, this book deeply examines the history of the civil rights movement in Texas. Readers will learn about the cultural tension and struggles of minorities from the beginning of Texas statehood until the mid-1900s. The text highlights key figures, as well as the organizations that contributed to social justice in Texas. Thorough inspection of the major events and social climate of...
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Bernie the blob seal is different from other seals around him due to his unique physical stature. As Bernie begins his journey to find out why he is so different from the other seals, he finds out interesting facts and information about his species while discovering more things about his inner self. After talking with his friends and family, Bernie realizes that there is nothing to be ashamed of because he is so different from his peers. No matter...
10) Slant
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Thirteen-year-old Lauren, a Korean American adoptee, is best friends with the prettiest - and tallest - girl in the school, Julie, who has an endless amount of confidence. Lauren, on the other hand, has been saving for years to pay for a special eye surgery that will deepen the crease of her eyelids. It's not that she wants to look like everyone else in her suburban Connecticut school; she'd just be happy if kids stopped calling her "slant" and "gook."...
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Sometimes it's okay to ignore the rules or break the law. In fact, it's essential! This thought-provoking book features people who did just that: Sophie and Hans Scholl, siblings who distributed antigovernment pamphlets in Nazi Germany; and Andrei Sakharov, who helped develop the nuclear bomb in Cold War Russia, but then spoke out against its use. Some, like Rosa Parks, were not originally in positions of political power but came out of the ranks...
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Cabbage and Spice are two caterpillars who become friends, but are forced into different schools, and lifestyles, when one grows up to be a moth and the other a butterfly. In their insect world, butterflies and moths are taught to hate each other, butterflies are "spectacular" and loved by humans, while moths are seen as pests. Will the two be able to overcome these barriers and remain friends?
The authors of this story are part of an innovative...
14) Racism
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Racism happens when people are treated unjustly or differently by other people because of their race. In one survey of young people, 89 percent had witnessed or experienced racism. Find out more in Racism, a title in the Global Concerns series.
15) Zom-B Angels
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After spending the last few months wandering around London--a city filled with the dead--B Smith has given up hope for any sign of normal human existence. But then B finds strange signs all over the city--a "Z" plus red arrows. Following them, B finds The Angels-- a group gathered in the hopes of combating the evil dead and the forces that introduced them. But all is not as it seems and it's up to B to find out: what battle are they truly waging?
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After World War I, many African Americans found a welcoming home in Paris while the fight for civil rights continued in the United States. African American soldiers, writers, performers, and activists influenced French society. Blacks in Paris: African American Culture in Europe explores the legacy of African Americans in Paris. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division...
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Anthems, or songs of hope and praise, can help support communities through difficult times. Throughout the 1900s, the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing" evolved into an anthem for black people in the United States. The Story of the Black National Anthem explores the history and the legacy of this uplifting song. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. Activities...
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In the 1960s, African Americans protested for equal rights in the United States. In the 1970s, Catholics demanded equality in Northern Ireland. Catholics were influenced by the American civil rights movement. But peaceful protests erupted into violence on two fateful days. Two Bloody Sundays: Civil Rights in America and Ireland explores the legacies of the Bloody Sunday in Alabama and the Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland. Aligned to Common Core Standards...
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The March on Washington was the largest protest gathering in the American civil rights movement. Thousands of protesters marched on Washington, DC, in 1963. They demanded equal rights for African Americans. The March on Washington and Its Legacy explores the legacy of this iconic march. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. Activities for further learning...
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Go-getter Brianna Justice is back and on assignment with her local newspaper in this third book in the popular President series!
When budding middle school journalist Brianna Justice learns that Yavonka Steele, rising star of the nightly news broadcast, is looking to mentor a student as part of a program at her school, she's thrilled! That is until she's paired instead with a "boring" reporter from the community news desk.
But when she's asked to...
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