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Sharnitra Mathis and Michael Johnson Megan Nason Mentor Text Set September 21, 2011

Subject: Social Studies Topic: Civil Rights Movement Alexander, J., & Shore, D. (2006). //This is the dream //. Harper Collins Publishers. Interest Level: 3-5 Readability Level: 4.6 This book is a poem about the different events of the Civil Rights Movement. I would use this book with 5th graders to introduce the Civil Rights Movement and the famous people who participated in each. Using the **(GPS Standard SS5H8-b**: Explain the key events and people of the Civil Rights Movement; //include Brown vs. Board of Education (1954)//, The Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and civil rights activities of Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King Jr**),** I would use this book as a Mentor Text to have my students do a creative writing assignment by picking one of the events in the story, and writing about what they feel could have happened during that event. They would also determine what things were different between whites and coloreds of this time period. This writing activity will then lead up to the studies of the major events and historical figures of the Civil Rights Movement.
 * 1) This is the Dream

2. Rosa Parks by Eloise Greenfield Greenfield, E. (1913). //Rosa parks //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">. New York: Harper Collins Publishers. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Interest Level 3-5 Readability Level 4.0 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This book is an informative text about Rosa Parks, one of the most famous people of the Civil Rights Movement. I would use this book to cover a mini unit on Rosa Parks. Using the **(GPS Standard SS5H8-b**: Explain the key events and people of the Civil Rights Movement; //include Brown vs. Board of Education (1954)//, The Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and civil rights activities of Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King Jr**),** we would discuss Rosa Parks and her major role in the Bus Boycott. I would use this text as a Mentor text to discuss the causes and effects of Rosa’s actions. I would then have my class complete a cause and effect map, and write a cause and effect paper about Rosa Park actions and the effect it has on the United States today.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> 3. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> My Brother Martin

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Farris, Ch. My brother martin a sister remembers. New York London Toronto Sydney Singapora: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers. Interest Level: 4 – 7 Grade Level Equivalent: 4.1 This book is an interesting book to read to students. The story is told from MLK’s sister, Christine King, point of view. I would use this book with the standard: (**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">ELA4W2 **** The student demonstrates competence in a variety of genres. **** The student produces a narrative…) **. I would use this book as a Mentor text with 3rd grade to show students that stories can be told from many different point of views. I would introduce personal narratives to my 3rd graders by reading one of this book to them. Next, I would then guide my students through a writing mini lesson and have them write a personal narrative about their sister, brother, cousin or friend life that they can remember.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">4. The Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Stein, R. The assassination of martin luther king jr.. New York, London, Hong Kong, Sydney, Danbury, Connecticut: Children's Press.Reading Level:5.8 Interest Level:3 - 5 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> This book is about the assination of MLK during the Civil Rights Movement. It discusses MLK and what happened when he was shot. Using the standard: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">(GPS Standard SS5H8-c **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: Describe the impact on American society of the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr.**)** I would use this as a mentor text to have my students do a cause and effect thinking map to show what caused his assassination, and because of that, what and who was affected by it. I would have my student write a cause and effect paper, on how his assassination affected America and his family.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> 5. Thurood Marshall <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Motil, B. American Heroes Thurgood Marshall. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Interest Level: 2 – 4 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.5 Thurgood Marshall is a Houghton Mifflin Company book that gives factual information about certain topics. This particular book is about Thurgood Marshall. Using the 3rd grade GPS standard: : (** ELA4W2 The student demonstrates competence in a variety of genres: **** The student produces informational writing (e.g., report, procedures, correspondence)…) **I would use this book as a mentor text in a writer’s workshop to introduce informational papers. I would use have my students fill out a worksheet as we read the book together, and pull out important information. I would then model how to use information that we get from the research in the book and write a simple 5 paragraph paper. Then I would use the workshop to help my students produce a factual paper on Thurgood Marshall.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">6. Martin’s BIG Words <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Rappaport, Do. Martin’s BIG words. New York: Hyperion Paperbacks For Children. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Interest Level: 1 – 4 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.5 This book interests me the most. It is a picture book filled with famous Dr. King Quotes. Using the 3rd grade standard: (** ELA4W2 The student demonstrates competence in a variety of genres: **** The student produces informational writing (e.g., report, procedures, correspondence) **
 * that: c. Creates an organizing structure appropriate to a specific purpose, audience,and context.) **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> I would use this book as a mentor text in a writers workshop by having my students do a Reader’s theater performance. The class as a whole will pick a partner and a page in the story and make up a play where they react the scene and say the famous line that MLK once said. This will begin to help the students understand famous parts of MLK’s I Have a Dream speech. Afterwards we would discuss MLK’s speech, and determine the true meaning behind his speech. Then I would have my students write their own “I Have a Dream” speech.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> 7. Rosa Parks By Dubois <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Dubois, M. Rosa parks. Mankato, Minnesota: Capstone Press. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Interest Level: 1-3 Grade Level: 2-4 This book shows the life of Rosa Parks. Like most fictional books, this book has many dates and events about Rosa Park’s life that is very easy to read. Using the standard, (** SS1H1 The student will read about and describe the life of historical figures in American history), ** I would use this book in a writer’s workshop as a mentor text in my 1st grade classroom to model important information about a person’s life. I would model a timeline of Rosa’s life from reading this book. Then, I would have my students practice making their own timeline of Rosa’s day before she got arrested. I could also have my students make a time line of their own life, or of their own school day.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> 8. Rosa <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Giovanni, N. //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Rosa //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">. New York: Henry Holt and Company. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Interest Level: <span class="attrdata" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**3 – 5** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Grade Level Equivalent: <span class="attrdata" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**5.1** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> This book is a narrative picture book on the Rosa Parks. I would use this book in an introduction lesson to Civil Rights or Rosa Parks. Using the **(GPS Standard SS5H8-b**: Explain the key events and people of the Civil Rights Movement; //include Brown vs. Board of Education (1954)//, The Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and civil rights activities of Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King Jr**),** I would use this book as a mentoring text by having the student look at how the author presented the story and then have them make their own book on Rosa Parks. I would have each of the students think about how they could present the information in different ways.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> 9. Heroes for Civil Rights <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Kallen, S. //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The civil rights movement //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">. Edina: ABDO Daughters. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Interest Level: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">K – 2 ** <span class="attrname" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Grade Level Equivalent: <span class="attrdata" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**7.6** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> This book is a fictional book about different heroes of the Civil Rights Movement. This book discusses the many wonderful things that people such as Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, MLK, and much much more. Using the 5th grade standard: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">(GPS Standard SS5H8-b **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: Explain the key events and people of the Civil Rights Movement; //include Brown vs. Board of Education (1954)//, The Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and civil rights activities of Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King Jr**),** I would use this book as a mentor text in a writer’s workshop by modeling for my students a compare and contrast chart on two people, and then have my students compare and contrast two famous heroes of the Civil Rights and write a paper about the two.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> 10. The Civil Rights Movement <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Kallen, S. //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The civil rights movement //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">. Edina: ABDO Daughters. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Grade Level: 5.6 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> This book is information text on the civil rights movement. I would use this text as a resource for student doing a project on the civil rights movement. Using the **(GPS Standard SS5H8-b**: Explain the key events and people of the Civil Rights Movement; //include Brown vs. Board of Education (1954)//, The Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and civil rights activities of Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King Jr**),** I would use this book as a mentoring text by have the students look at how the information is presented in the book. Then asking the students why is it important that the civil right movement be presented in this from. Informative text help the reader learn about a topic. The author of this text wrote to educate others about the Civil Rights Movement. After discussing this with the class I would have them each do their own research on the civil rights movement and create about small chapter about their topic. Everybody’s chapter would then come together to be made into a book about the Civil Rights Movement.