Lauren Scott Annotated Resource List Leadership Resource Williams-Garcia, R., Kapusto, O., Philippines-Cuba Friendship Association.

n., & HarperCollins (Firm). (2010). One crazy summer. New York: Amistad. Medium Historical Fiction Book Annotation/Rationale This story takes place in 1968 and tells the story of three young sisters who visit their mother for the first time who is heavily involved in the black panther movement. This book addresses leadership in various forms; in the form of activism in the face of injustice as well as the responsibility the oldest of the three sisters takes on during the girls travels. This story fits in with the social studies curriculum, and in addition, will be used to meet several of the 5th grade literary standards. Resource Limitations/Comments I may be limited to working with only two of the guided reading groups with this piece. Currently, only two guided reading groups are held in my classroom, while the other students are pulled by various reading specialists due to the gap in reading levels. While I would love to use this book as a class read aloud, two weeks time is not sufficient, as I will need students to ready several of the chapters independently in class or for homework. In addition, this book brings up a sometimes controversial activist group, the Black Panthers. To be done properly, I will need to make sure I give our class enough time to properly research this group to avoid pre-existing misconceptions. It may be difficult to select only one or two from thirty to share with my students. May be challenging for my lower reading level students (possible read aloud or differentiation amongst

Levine, E. (1994). Freedom's children: young civil rights activists tell their own stories. New York: Avon Books.

Non-Fiction Book

This book is written in the voice of thirty African Americans who were children or teenagers in the 1950s and 1960s talk about what it was like for them to fight segregation in the South. Id

Lauren Scott Annotated Resource List Leadership like to use this to stress that not only were big names like MLK and Rosa Parks leaders during this time, but more importantly, young people stood together as leaders to challenge the injustices they were facing. This humorous tale shows how anyone can act as a leader in everyday situations, which is one of the enduring understandings I am hoping my students obtain in this unit. I hope to use this book as my hook, given the humorous and attention grabbing content (dog poop). Id like to use excerpts from the section on The Civil Rights Movement chapter of this book as it delivers a clear and honest message about this time in our countrys history in a way that young students can understand. This clip provides an example of young leadership during the Civil Rights Movement: Birmingham was thought to be the most segregated city in the U.S. A brutal police commissioner symbolized the insidious evil of the city. groups).

Weisler, K. (2008). The Dog Poop Initiative. Doylestown, OH: Team Dynamics, Inc.

Picture Book

Will need to keep students focused on the main message and not get too carried away with the potty humor of the books content.

Zinn, H. (2009). A Young Peoples History of the United States. New York: Seven Stories Press.

Non-Fiction Book

May be difficult for my lower reading level students. (read aloud or differentiation).

Birmingham: Children Made the Difference. (2009) from Soundtrack for a Revolution: Freedom Songs from the Civil Rights Era Source: Freedom Song Productions.

Website Video Clip

Will require a lot of debriefing!

Lauren Scott Annotated Resource List Leadership Protesters were willing to be arrested and jailed. Young people turned the tide of the Movement. Although insurance commercials, these two clips show regular people doing good deeds that inspire others to do good deeds. An underlying message Id like students to grasp is that they can be leaders by doing the right thing and inspiring others to do the right thing in everyday situations. Perhaps this could serve as a free write inspiration.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Commercial Pay It Video Clip Forward Part 1 and 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMwoexR1evo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw97CfZtyGw

Its a commercial!