As January comes, I will be kicking off a unit on the Civil Rights and uncommon friends and work up to Martin Luther King, Jr. Here are the books that are suggested for this unit. Just click on the cover of the book for more information!
Suggested Works from the Common Core Curriculum Map
The Other Side (1950s) by Jacqueline Woodson and E.B. Lewis
Freedom summer (1964) by Deborah Wiles and Jerome Lagarrigue
Stories for Read Alouds
Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins (1960) by Carole Boston Weatherford and Jerome Lagarrigue
Dear Mr. Rosenwald (1920) by Carole Boston Weatherford
Finding Lincoln (1951) by Ann Malaspina and Colin Bootman
A Sweet Smell of Roses (1963) by Angela Johnson and Eric Velasquez
