Student's Resources
Adler, David A. (Author), Byrd, Samuel (Illustrator), Turner, Charles (Narrator) Picture Book Of Frederick Douglas (Readalong) [Audio CD] New York NY: Live Oak Media, 2005. This picture is accompanied with a read along CD. Lower level reading book for instructional accommodation.
Black Enterprise. In Our Footsteps Video Collection Barack Obama Inaugural Edition. by A & E Television Network. DVD 2008.
Burke, James. Vocabulary Squares. Tools for Thought. Heinemann. 06 Jun 2008 http://englishseven.com/toolsforthought/VocabSquares.pdf>. This handout can be used to support students' academic vocabulary skills development.
Center for Digital Stories. Center for Digital Story Telling. 19 Jun 2008 www.storycenter.org>.This site provides digital resources for teachers and students.
Enchanted Learning. "Biographies of Great African Americans" http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/aframer/bios/ This site provides biographies all the orators referenced in this unit.
Grimes Nikki, Illustrated Collier Bryan. Barack Obama Son of Promises, Child of Hope. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster for Young Readers, 2008. This book has great illustrations. Lower to Mid reading levels for tiered assignments.
International Reading Association & National Council of Teachers of English. ReadWrite Think: Student Materials: http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp NCTE web site offers a host of student resources such as timelines, and other interactive graphic organizers
Race For Bridges for School "Race Relations Seeking Harmony" A More Perfect Union Lesson Plans. http://www.racebridgesforschools.com/obama_speech.html. This website provides supplemental resources to help students examine Obama's speech on race. The activities are more suitable for high school students.
Randall, Dudley: Booker T and W.E.B. Howard (Poem) http://poetryoutloud.org/poems/poem.html?id=177161 . This poem is great for reciting and can provide context to the debate about identity.
Street Side Stories. www.streetside.org >. This site helps give elementary and middle school students a voice through digital story telling.
"Tag It A 3." PSSA Test Taking Strategies. School District of Philadelphia. http://www.phila.k12.pa.us/schools/creighton/PSSA%20tag.pdf>. This graphic organizer provides the process for responding to fiction and non-fiction text.
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