This text set was created for the 2014"To Light the World: Stories of Hope and Courage for Challenging Times" conference at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. Not all links may be active.
Text Sets of Hope and Courage
Developed for the April 3, 2014 Educator's Conference at the JFK Library
Text Sets of Hope and Courage
Developed for the April 3, 2014 Educator's Conference at the JFK Library
Mary Ann Cappiello, Ed.D. & Erika
Thulin Dawes, E.D.
April 3, 2014
Duet Model:
Helen Keller
Grades
2-4
Rappaport, D. (2012). Helen’s big world: The life of Helen Keller.
Ill. by M. Tavares. New York: Hyperion.
Hopkinson, D. (2012). Annie and Helen. Ill. by R. Colon. New
York: Schwartz and Wade.
Children & Strikes
Grades
5 - 8
Bartoletti, S.C. (1999). Kids on strike. Boston: Houghton
Mifflin.
Paterson, K. (2006). Bread and roses, too. Boston: Houghton
Mifflin.
Sunburst Model:
The American Identity
Grades
3-6
Core Text:
Myers, W.D. (2011). We are America. Ill. by C. Myers. New
York: Harper Collins.
Additional Digital Texts:
Ferdinand and Isabella’s Letter to
Christopher Columbus, 1492
Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, to Indiana
Territory Governor William Henry Harrison, 1810
Trial of John Peter Zenger, 1735
Patrick Henry, Address to the
Virginia Convention, 1775
The National Archives: Declaration
of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights
Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural
Address
Frederick Douglas “Fourth of July
Speech,” 1852
Barbara Jordan, Texas
Congresswoman, 1976 Democratic National Convention Keynote
People:
Bernier-Grande, C.T. (2011). Cesar : si, se puede! = Yes, we can! Ill
by. D. Diaz. New York: Marshall Cavendish.
Burleigh, R. (2011). The adventures of Mark Twain. Ill. by.
B. Blitt. New York: Atheneum.
Cline, Ransome, L. (2012). Words set me free: The story of young
Frederick Douglass. Ill. by J. Ransome. New York: Simon &
Schuster.
Kerley, B. (2012). Those rebels, John & Tom. Ill. by E.
Fotheringham. New York: Scholastic.
Miller, W. (1994). Zora Hurston and the chinaberry tree.
Ill. by C. Van Wright and Y.Hu. New York: Lee & Low.
Pinkney, A. (2012). Hand in hand: Ten Black men who changed
America. Ill. by B. Pinkney. New York: Disney / Jump at the Sun.
Rappaport, D. (2012). Helen’s big world: The life of Helen Keller.
Ill. by M. Tavares. New York: Hyperion.
Rappaport, D. (2008). Abe's honest words: The life of Abraham
Lincoln. Ill. by K. Nelson. New York: Hyperion.
Rappaport, D. (2001). Martin's big words : the life of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. . Ill. by B. Collier. New York: Hyperion.
Silvermann, E. (2011). Liberty's voice: The story of Emma Lazarus.
Ill. by S. Schuett. New York: Dutton.
Hitler Youth
Grades
5 - 8
Core Text:
Bartoletti, S.C. (2005). Hitler Youth: Growing up in Hitler’s shadow. New York: Scholastic.
Additional Texts:
“Indoctrinating Youth,” U.S.
Holocaust Memorial Museum
“This Teacher Outsmarted Hitler and
His Nazi Regime,” Smithsonian Channel
“Training at a Hitler Youth Camp,”
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
“Hitler Youth,” BBC Radio
Bartoletti, S.C. (2008). The boy who dared. New York: Scholastic.
Tree Ring Model:
Grades 3 - 6
Core Text:
Roth, S., Trumbore, C. (2011). The mangrove tree : planting trees to feed families. Ill. by S.
Roth. New York: Lee and Low.
Inner Ring Digital Texts:
The Asahi Glass Foundation: Blue Planet Prize
Dr. Gordon Sato, 2005
Manzanar Mangrove Initiative
The Manzanar Project
Rolex Awards for Enterprise: Dr Gordon Sato
“A Love of Science Breeds a Life of Humanity”
Reuters: Eritrea’s Mangroves Show Way to Fight Hunger
Boston Globe: “Desert Saint”
AFP: “Mangrove Project Creates Fish, Fire, and Hope”
New York Times: “A Drug’s Royalties May Ease Hunger”
Outer Ring Books:
Hopkins, H. J. (2013). The
tree lady: The true story of how one tree-loving woman changed a city forever.
Ill. by. J. McElmurry. New York: Beach Lane Books.
Nivola, C. (2008). Planting the trees of Kenya. New York:
Frances Foster Books.
San Diego History Center: Kate Sessions
National Park Service: Frederick Law Olmsted Archives
The Green Belt Movement
Resisting the Holocaust
Core Text:
Rappaport, D. (2012). Beyond courage: The untold story of Jewish
resistance during the Holocaust. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.
Inner Ring Digital Texts:
American Gathering of Jewish
Holocaust Survivors & Their Descendants
Ghetto Fighter’s House Museum
Museum of Jewish Heritage
USC Shoah Foundation Institute for
Visual History and Education
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
“Jews Rescued Jews,” World
Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust
Yad Vashem
Outer Ring Books:
Borden, L. (2010). His name was Raul Wallenberg: Courage,
rescue, and mystery in World War II. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Thomson, R. (2013). Terezin: Voices from the Holocaust.
Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press.
Solar System Models:
Kids As Agents of Hope During the Great Depression
Grades
3 - 8
Curtis, C. P. (1999). Bud, not Buddy. New York: Delacorte
Press.
Curtis, C. P. (2012). The mighty Miss Malone. New York: Random
House/Wendy Lamb Books.
Pinkney, A.D. (2012). Bird in a box. New York: Little, Brown
Books for Young Readers.
Ryan, P. M. (2000). Esperanza rising. New York: Scholastic.
Vanderpool, C. (2010). Moon over Manifest. New York: Random
House.
Kids’ Environmental Activism
Grades
3 - 6
Bouler, O. (2011). Olivia’s birds: Saving the gulf. New
York: Sterling.
Drummond, A. (2011). Energy island: How one community harnessed
the wind and changed their world. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux.
Kamkwamba, W., Mealer, B. (2012). The boy who harnessed the wind. Ill. by
E. Zunon. New York: Dial Books.
Lawler, L. (2013). Rachel Carson and her book that changed the
world. Ill. by L. Beingessner. New York: Holiday House.
Grades
4-8
Appelt, K. (2013). True blue scouts of Sugar Man swamp. New
York: Atheneum.
Burns, L.G. (2012). Citizen scientists: Be a part of scientific
discovery from your own backyard. Ill. by E. Harasimowicz. New York:
Macmillan.
Cherry, L., Braasch, G. (2008). How we know what we know about our changing
climate: Scientists and kids explore global warming. Nevada City, CA: Dawn
Publications.
Davies, N. , Lovelock, J. (2011).
Gaia warriors. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press.
Hiaasen, C. (2002). Hoot. New York: Random House.
Hiaasen, C. (2005). Flush. New York: Random House.
Access to Stories of Hope and Courage
Grades
2 - 6
Brown, M. (2011). Waiting for the Biblioburro. Illustrated
by J. Para. Berkeley, CA: Tricycle Books.
Houston, G. (2011). Miss Dorothy and her bookmobile.
Illustrated by S. C. Lamb. New York: Harper.
McKissack, P. (2001). Goin’ someplace special. Ill. by J.
Pinkney. New York: Athenuem.
Mora, P. (1997). Tomás and the library lady. Ill. by R.
Colón. New York: Dragonfly Books.
Roth, S.L. & Abouraya, K.L.
(2012). Hands around the library:
Protecting Egypt's treasured books. Ill. by S. L. Roth. New York: Dial.
America and Iraq
Grades
7 - 10
Ellis, D. (2009). Children of war: Voices of Iraqi refugees.
Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books.
McCormick, P. (2009). Purple heart. New York: Balzar &
Bray.
Myers, W.D. (2008). Sunrise over Fallujah. New York:
Scholastic.
Parry, R. (2009). Heart of a shepherd. New York: Random
House.
Williams, S.M. (2009). Bull rider. New York: Margaret
McElderry.
Wrigley, Field, E. (ed.). (2009). Iraqigirl: Diary of a teenage girl in
Iraq. Chicago, IL: Haymarket Books.
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