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Direct linkBrooks, Wanda; Hampton, Gregory – Children's Literature in Education, 2005
This article presents a case study class response to Mildred Taylor's now classic and widely read novel, "Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry." Through data collected during one school year, the ways urban, adolescent students use their contemporary lenses to interpret the literary theme of "confronting, overcoming and challenging racism" are discussed.…
Descriptors: Novels, Racial Bias, Reader Response, Adolescents
Download full textYinger, Lisa – 2001
This thematic unit is all about what a classic novel about race relations in the 1930s American South, "To Kill a Mockingbird," and a frequently banned contemporary teen story about a candy sale, "The Chocolate War," have in common. The unit considers what people have in common, what it means to stand apart, and what…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Class Activities, Comparative Analysis, Critical Reading
