Resources
Teacher Resources
Golden, John. Reading in the Reel World. National Council of Teachers of English, 2006. Teaching Documentaries and other Nonfiction Texts
Goodwillie, Susan. Voices From the Future. New York: Crown Publishers, 1993. A Compilation of Teenage Stories that discuss personal issues affecting their home life.
John, Amos. "Black Like Obama: What the Junior Illinois Senator's Appearance on the National Scene Reveals about Race in America, and Where We Should Go from Here."." Thurgood Marshall Law Review 31.1, Fall 2005: 79-100. An intimate look at race and the role it plays in politics.
Jr., Dr. Martin Luther King. "Transformed Nonconformists." In Strength To Love, by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 21. Cleveland: First Fortress Press, 1963. An epistolary narrative that contains principles to live by.
Kennedy, Robert F. Radio Interview, Washington, DC: Voice of America, 1961. A speech on conditions in America that others thought only existed in third world countries.
Lee, Hermoine. Biography, A Very Short introduction. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. A detailed synopsis of the ten rules that govern biography writing.
LIFE. The American Journey of Barack Obama. New York: Little, Brown, and Company, 2008. A pictorial biography that details Obamas campaign trail interspersed with personal family moments
M, Connell Jean. "Restoring aesthetic experiences in the school curriculum: The Legacy of Rosenblatt's Transactional Theory from Literature as Exploration." Educational Foundations, Winter, 2001. A research paper describing the present day use of these prominent reading theories
Mariotte. Presidential Material. San Diego: IDW Publishing, 2008.A graphic novel that features President Obama and a separate story on Senator John McCain as his opponent.
Miller, Lisa C. Make Me a Story. Stenhouse Publishers, 2010. A detailed look at the writing process being wed to technology in the elementary classroom
Obama, Barack. Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance. New York: Three Rivers Press, 1995. A compelling look at Obama as a young man searching for his identity, a community, and his purpose in life.
Omartian, Stormie. The Power of a Praying Woman. Eugene: Harvest House Publishers, 2006. Bible
Ramos, Constance F. Our Friend Barry: Classmates Recollections of Barack Obama and Punahou School. Lulu.com, 2008. A personal collection of fond remembrances about Obama during his time in Hawaii
Remnick, David. "The Joshua Generation." In The Bridge, by David Remnick, 20. New York: Alfred A Knopf, a division of Random House, 2010.A comprehensive portrait of the myriad of people, places, and events that led Obama to the White House.
Ruth Curran Neild, Robert Balfanz. Unfulfilled Promise: The Dimensions and Characteristics of Philadelphia's Dropout Crisis 2000-2005. Study, Philadelphia: John Hopkins Center for Social research, 2004-2005. A longitudinal study of Philadelphia's teenage dropouts.
Student Resources
Suskind Ron, A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League, Broadway Books, 1998. The inspiring true story of a ferociously determined young man who, armed only with his intellect and his willpower, fights his way out of despair.
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