#engsschat Archive
Last Monday of every month, #engchat joins #sschat to form #engsschat. Stephanie Sukow leads this effort and her help is greatly appreciated.
Monday April 25, 2016
7:00 PM EDT
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Welcome to ! Excited to be hosting tonight w/ focus on using non-fiction texts to teach global issues. https://t.co/nfkbHcP8Ai
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Welcome to tonight's combined . We'll use the . Please take a minute to introduce yourself, what you teach, etc.
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Tonight's topic is Going Global with Text. Thanks for hosting tonight's chat!
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Please introduce yourself. Where do you live, what do you teach, and what is a favorite work of nonfiction?
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Hi, I'm Steph. I teach HS English and Speech in the NW Suburbs of Chicago.
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Hi , this is Bill Chapman, a retired secondary social studies teacher, checking in from Berkeley, CA.
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Glad to have you with us tonight! Happy cooking, too.
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Hi all. Dave from PA. 8th grade social studies
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Weclome to tonight's chat, David!
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Hi everyone! David -- HS English/Theatre in SW Chicago Burbs
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Hi everyone Brandon from NH. Dropping in and out as possible
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Chris from Bloomington, IN. Teach world hist for online HS. I love anything by Robert Massie & Unbroken is a fave as well.
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Hello Jackie from CT, fresh back from April break! I teach HS and am library media certified & a peer practice coach
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Always great to see you for , Bill! Happy Monday.
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LOL Sorry for the messy doc. Has my notes and links I might share on it. :)
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Hello - joining in thanks to
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Carrie - I teach 7th grade civics and 8th US History in Tampa.
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Hi! Joanne from Lee's Summit MO. 7th grade world history and 11th grade modern global issues.
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Hello everyone! Susan from NJ - 8th grade ELA
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Hello, Cheryl, from CR IA. LA9 and U.S. Hum.
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Hello, David! I'm also English, Speech and Drama only on the NW Side! Thanks for joining tonight.
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Larissa from southern Indiana. HS World History
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Read Taylor Branch’s trilogy of America in the King Years last year. AMAZING! Link to 1988 review of 1st: https://t.co/yBnX258e7e
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Thanks for joining in tonight, Brandon!
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Hello all, Jacob US History from TN!
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Evening! I'm Dave from MA. I'm a humanities teacher in search of the perfect job .
Looking forward to tonight's chat
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Fav non-fiction: Warmth of Other Suns (Wilkerson), Henrietta Lacks (Skloot), Zeitoun & What is the What (Eggers)
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Hey Doug here. Teach 7th and 8th grade SS.
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Unbroken is such a great book.
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We're using tonight as we're combined with on last Monday of month. Glad you'll be with us.
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Hi folks! Vicky here, education editor at , Eng & history teacher
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Thanks for joining us tonight. Glad to have you with us!
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My favorite works of NF (I can't limit myself to one) are: anything by Loren Eiseley, and Paul Watzlawick's How Real Is Real?
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I have to say up front that one of my dream jobs is to co-teach a humanities course w/ an ELA teacher. :)
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Read the young adult version to my (bio) kids earlier this winter.
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Stephan - academic coordinator and lecturer in ELT based in Rio de Janeiro
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You are a prepared lady! I am impressed
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Favorite non-fiction? Currently Jacksonland by
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Thanks for joining us tonight. Welcome to
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Tom from Saco, ME. Teach 10th grade history. Favorite works of nonfiction are 's Too Big to Fail and Unbroken
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Carrie, thanks for joining in tonight.
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Joanne, always great to "see" you for Monday! Thanks for joining in.
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Yay! Another Unbroken fan. :)
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Thanks for joining in tonight, Bill. Tonight's the combined .
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Hi Scott, HS World History teacher from Los Angeles. Current fave NF is First They Killed My Father by L. Ung
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Hey ! I'm an aspiring middle school English teacher hoping to gain some insight on incorporating composition into global lit.
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Looks like I'm going to have to read Unbroken now, from all of the praise.
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Thanks for joining in tonight, Cheryl!
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I did it! Is as awesome as expected
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MARGO from NC. Former English teacher.
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Last week finished Ta Nehesi Coates Between the World and Me; that is a must read
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Ken from Western Oregon Univ. Prob fave non-fiction books are the LBJ series by Caro & Indigenous Peoples' History
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I also learn something. :)
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I'm hooked on Daniel James Brown: The Boys on the Boat.1894 Firestorm and One related to the Donner Party.
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Saw him speak at IU last fall. Powerful. Still need to read the book.
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Right now, it's about half of the curriculum, but I'd like it to more fully supplement the fiction when not the focus.
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Matt Williams, World History, Dublin Ohio. When possible, I like to start units with Gombrich's A Little History of the World.
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A1: I like articles get more indepth to topics we discuss in class. Articles and current events are especially useful sometimes
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Hey - I'm an Assistant Supt in NJ who learns a ton from convos with great . First time here...
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So much great nonfiction to discuss! I love The Power of Habit by
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Oooh! I want to read The Boys on the Boat!! I want to read everything. So many books, so little time.
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Thanks for joining us tonight
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A1 I try to read 2 full-length books (fiction & non-fiction) in class each semester in my World History class
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Glad to have you with us tonight
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Hi everyone! Chris from NJ, 9th and 10th US History teacher
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Glad to have you with us tonight, Dave! Welcome to
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A1 Since I teach humanities - NF plays a big role. It provides the content and sparks the discussion. .
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Thanks for the welcome. I'm new at this. Are there questions/ideas we're addressing?
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A1: Sources for arg wrtg & debate; context for literature (both fiction & nonfiction)
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A1 We like to use as much information text as possible. Personal stories are the best.
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Thanks for joining in tonight. Welcome to
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A1:I’m a fan of memoir to engage students in experiences of individuals
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Enrique's Journey favorite NF book.
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A1: Non-fict = content & style. I loathed history until college where I discovered non-fiction I writing that I loved
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A1: important that students make human connections throughout history and across the world - learn abt real world heroes&events!
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In Civics we read first hand accounts (internment camps), court case briefings, summary judgements, etc. I incorportate a lot.
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Glad to have you with us tonight, Vicky! Excited for your chat next month
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Looking forward to seeing your recs later.
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Thanks for joining in tonight, Tom. Unbroken is a hit with my 10th graders, too.
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A1: zero full-length texts in my class. Would be interested in incorporating parts or whole books into class
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Can't wait to hear which ones you use and for what topics.
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A1) Some of us have some PTSD to get thru regarding non-fiction :) Years of bad textbooks! Need to show kids how great NF can be!
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A1: Speeches/letters from MLK, Gandhi and Mandela. Great for compare and contrast.
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Not familiar with that one. Will have to look it up.
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Thanks for joining in tonight!
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A1b Marie Antoinette: The Journey; The Plot Against America; free choice on WWI; and The Things They Carried
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Good non-fict shows S's how to analyze & synthesize primary sources, to construct and argument: models!
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As I deal with a lot of teaching of English to speakers of other languages, nonfiction is crucial for us https://t.co/id5ozTDJ1L
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memoirs are good. Got any that would work for early MS? .
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don't forget about tonight's chat. It is an though not just
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Great writing makes such a difference.
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A1 I sometimes pair NF w/ fic. sometimes study speeches and TED talks, sometimes drive discussion w/ multi. Texts about a subject.
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A1: We do use a fair amount current event articles
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A1: Especially in Psychology courses, I would like nonfiction to provide engaging studies for h.s. students.
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Pre-service teacher from Bay Area joining 4 the 1st time 4 ! Currently student teaching in SF, 6th grade ELD for newcomer students
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A1: Non-fiction is everything, especially current events. Obsessed with trying to get students creating daily news reading habits
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We also read the news each week. For some reason, I forget to mention it - current event nonfiction
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A1: More and more nonfiction is being incorporated into the texts read. 10th grade now reads Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers.
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Love that idea! Think TED talks are a great way to bring topics & stories to life.
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can't retweet that enough!
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I teach a lot about the Holocaust: Night, Survival in Auschwitz, The Sunflower, All But My Life
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A1 NF comes mostly in the form of primary and secondary sources to engage Ss in "doing" history
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Awesome! I haven't read that but it seems that it would be very cross-curricular.
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Agreed! Speeches are great! Churchill is my fav. when teaching WW2 Blood, toil, tears, and sweat! .
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A1: I would love for literacy to be the core of my course. Reading and writing abt history is my goal. No more dates & facts! 👎🏾
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I love speeches to teach writing style - speeches are so stylized and often (but not always) a manageable length
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A1 Nonfiction is powerful. It can challenge Ss to see our world in a different light. Great discussion comes from great texts
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A1: I use stories like With the Old Breed by Sledge-personal perspectives that Stdts can empathize with https://t.co/G5W6f6bwV6
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A1) Not just Common Core that requires better analysis and appreciation of non-fiction, but life. Much of what we read is NF
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Love this! They can look up facts but more work to hone those reading & writing skills.
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Q2: What are the challenges & benefits of integrating nonfiction texts into your course(s)? https://t.co/z3iEswQDvM
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I love everything by . Yes, a lot of sociology and psych connections with his writing.
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Just read two of Larson's earlier books: Garden of Beasts & Devil in White City. Both were great.
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texts like Gladwell's and D Pink's Drive also teach S's productive habits of mind; dare I say growth mindset!
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Night is good for upper middle, Salvaged Pages. Also Warriors Don’t Cry for Civil Rights
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Currently doin a healthy living unit w/ my 6 grade ELD students. Studying health mag articles, nutrition fact labels, and recipes
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Thanks for joining us tonight, Chris!
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A2: Finding texts that are on gradelevel (6th) is a challenge. Even an article from BBC or CNN is usually above level.
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Yep! Going to post link to Google Doc where folks can share info but I'll try to curate as well.
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That's awesome. So much can be gained in terms of POV and historical context from both types of texts.
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I think his first book was Lethal Passage: the Diary of a Gun. Stellar and still relevant.
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Have you tried ? I haven't personally used but hear tons of great things about it.
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Thanks for joining us tonight, Mitch!
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I used The March for the first time this year. Its a graphic novel about the CR movement. Fantastic .
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Thanks for joining us tonight. Welcome to
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RT : offers current events like Newsela but much more. Check it out! https://t.co/dMuxAbcLn8
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Is it kind of like the Newsela, but audio instead of newsprint?
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Thanks for joining us tonight
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Check out "Top 20 Teens" book too. Best stuff I know for students!
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I LOVE March! Saw & co-author & illustrator last fall. AMAZING!
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Hi Lydia, we are using the hashtag today, and the last Monday of every month.
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A2: as an ELA t, the trap is trying to curate nonfiction texts without seeming artificial
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I know they won't read at home, so I do lecture vids for HW and make them read in class
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A2 differentiation challenge when focusing on specific theme. Counter 4 this is use various texts (i.e.pic books, graphic novel)
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Iron Curtain speech is on the list...but prob need to edit down for 8th grade
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A2 Time is always a factor, but that real world connection is worth it.
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Curation is so key! This may be going into the weeds, but what do folks like to use for curating?
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A1) I really love comparing and contrasting MLKJR and Malcolm X.
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A2) the challenge of NF? Seems like relevance and accessibility - finding books / articles that hit the sweet spot for kids.
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Sounds like a great lesson!
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I have been using to share collections w/Ts & Ss
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Q2: Challenge is simply my fear that students wouldn't actually read the text!
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A2: TIME!! How do I find time to incorporate a NF book? What do we do with it? Activities? Projects?
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I’ll have to check that one out!
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Q2: Benefit (i imagine) is that it would give students a much deeper understanding of topic
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It's relatively short 8 graders could handle it with some help. That's the thing about churchill - easy to understand
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A2 Balancing the level, quality, & relevancy of the text with their interest levels. I use fictional trade book hooks to start.
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A2: One benefit of non-fiction is for teaching the search for the truth and what truth is
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What strategies does everyone use to deal with this issue? https://t.co/Zb1lnEd0q7
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Q2: Challenge is simply my fear that students wouldn't actually read the text!
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A1 see sample of previous blog types here: calteach46@wordpress.com
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If students read NF material, they could find other related topics that interest them=more reading
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Jacqueline, NJ Social Studies teacher, joining the chat a bit late this evening.
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A2: Nonfiction reading is critical for developing critical thinking & reading strategies. Ss learn to able sythesize & analyze
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Warriors Don't Cry is beautiful--thanks for reminder on that
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A2) Ss generally accept non fiction as boring, but when they read and feel the passion of the author, that speaks volumes
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Using excerpts or jigsaws to engage them with each other. Lit circles could work too https://t.co/4WgARMXbi2
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What strategies does everyone use to deal with this issue? https://t.co/Zb1lnEd0q7
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Q2: Challenge is simply my fear that students wouldn't actually read the text!
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A2 Hist Ts are challenged by the standards coverage treadmill. CCSS said fewer, deeper. Haven't seen it.
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A2 - As a MS teacher - a lot of NF is over kids heads. Its either too long or too complicated. Any suggestions?
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Q2: 4 6th graders, being bored. Currently, they really like to read fiction more; like anime, graphic novels, young adult, etc.
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guided readings, analytical Qs w/ reading to get Ss to look at author bias, what is left out, legitimacy of sources
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A2: Challenge = finding excerpts from longer texts that are easy/engaging to consume for Ss 7-second attention spans.
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text needs to be made accessible. Baby steps. Break it down and help kids see the relevance. Easy 4 me to say, I know.
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I work on their procedural knowledge - talk about the subject without the text and get their reactions https://t.co/S8EjvMSI8R
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What strategies does everyone use to deal with this issue? https://t.co/Zb1lnEd0q7
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Q2: Challenge is simply my fear that students wouldn't actually read the text!
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A2 Modifying texts and shifting through sheer volume of text resources is difficult
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A2: Grapes of Wrath is a great non-fiction book to coincide with Great Depression.
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Using ELL materials are a good way to go to simplify things and keep the lang. at a level kids can access
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honesty, I follow sources etc,so I come across texts almost without trying
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A2 Maturity of content is challenge at middle school. Not too much. Not too little
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A3: My S’s are very intrstd in the election. Its hard to find non biased sources. Any1 have a good source for this for 6th gr?
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A3 NF texts can help understanding diverse perspectives, cross-cult awareness, interconnections, unanticipated consequences
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My 9th graders moaned about movie b/c black & white - got hooked very quickly. This was in mid-90s.
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A3: Hard part of global issues is developing S's empathy, can't understand PoV, motives, consequences w/o empathy
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One strategy to be sure Ss read is to give a short writing prompt-a simple, non-gotcha prompt then pair and share!
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I use it all the time. Great resource!
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Grapes of Wrath is fiction, but Studs Terkel's Hard Times is wonderful NF on the Great Depression.
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Yes!!! It is an awesome book, my students are amazed at the resilience of the people from the GD. https://t.co/SPWV3qNW0Z
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A2: Grapes of Wrath is a great non-fiction book to coincide with Great Depression.
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A3 I would like to dig deeper on Israel/Palestine perspectives...but very charged issue.
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A2: Nonfiction provides a window into different people's lives, historical events, and social issues. These texts expand Ss POV
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I'm in California. I teach & host a radio show on education. I'm loving the ideas I've seen so far.
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Q3: Current migration patterns, particularly bat refugees. Can b a sensitive issue; articles 4rm less biased sources help
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A2: NF text shows relevance to Ss
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A1: In our class, every unit we try to cover songs, poems, imp. events, txtbk, primary sources, docum. https://t.co/GHG7o7561N
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I just realized I wrote non-fiction instead of fiction. But it does a good job of visualizing the Great Depression.
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I'll try to go through archives & add to it but feel free to keep adding to it after the chat as you think of ideas.
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A3 I think the post 9/11 world is hard to teach w/out coming across as anti-Islamist.
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The Lemon Tree is a great book for this!
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Please feel free to share fiction you use as well as non-fiction you use when teaching global issues. https://t.co/XHKU2SCrR4
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A3: We teach global leadership at 10th grade and we are always asking, What does THAT mean? https://t.co/8v8CFswQcD
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A3: Religion can be tough global issue to teach but important; UN's website and some non-profit orgs can be helpful
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A1: integrating primary sources and other NF text shows Ss how reading is a life skill
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A3: Immigration, current election, Islamophobia/terrorism
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Thanks for joining in tonight
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YES! Using a chapter w/ my Ss this semester.
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A2) my 7th grade Social Studies teacher made a daily game of asking current events question. We'd read the paper daily 2 be ready
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A3 Terrorism. Everything is constantly changing. And POV important.
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I might record myself reading it aloud, so my reluctant readers don't have a way out. https://t.co/p9vbRUKF2g
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What strategies does everyone use to deal with this issue? https://t.co/Zb1lnEd0q7
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Q2: Challenge is simply my fear that students wouldn't actually read the text!
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A3: religion and terrorism are difficult to teach Bc so many Ts and parents are not educated except in their own beliefs
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Q4: What are your favorite NF texts/sources of texts to use related to conflict, including terrorism? https://t.co/z989sB5YvU
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has a great resource for religion, Stories of Identity: Religion, Migration, and Belonging in a Changing World
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A3: Without an economics background for Ss, it is difficult for Ss to understand global trade & finance.
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Empathy requires digging into origins of current situations: e.g. race & red-lining, medical bias, social constructs, etc.
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A3 The role of the US in the world. Being honest about huge military; lots of interference; etc.
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A3 Hard to find great NF showing wars from our enemy's POV. For Iraq Shadid's Night Draws Near; for Vietnam, Fire in the Lake.
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A4: Did a short unit on WWII using speeches from Hitler, Chamberlain, Churchill, etc this year and it worked out great.
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Thx! Looks compelling...but might be a bit daunting for 8th grade...
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we have a course on World Religions. Helps to take a comparative culture approach. focus on holy "literature".
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Just did an online course w/ them on Nanjing Massacre. Highly recommend their materials.
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It is one of the most important hashtags in education. Content Knowledge=comprehension, Inquiry=Learning and
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Could probably use excerpts.
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Maybe you could get different people to record the texts in a non-conventional manner - tone of voice, accent
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A3: zoomed out view of global interconnection and out-dated knowledge "third-world countries" Africa as big, diverse, growing
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A4 Joe Sacco’s graphic novels!! Books on child soldiers such as A Long Way Gone
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A3: I believe exposing Ss to various viewpoints through NF text is our responsibility
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and is the only path to civic engagement for positive change.
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Wow, two greats in the field of literacy! Thanks for sharing. Check out the archives tonight
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A4) The People's History (General) Long Walk to Freedom (Mandela /South Africa)...Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Native American)
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A3) Terrorism is always a tough one, my students often ask why. You can answer it, but it's complicated.
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Read Footsteps in Gaza (not sure if that's exactly right). Powerful.
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For anyone who covers The Holocaust runs the conference - free and best PD I've done
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This is where science fiction comes to play. Same motives and tales but neutral setting.
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I will def put it on the list. I am working with English partner to pick a new NF summer reading.
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Q4 YA version of I am Malala; Churchill's WW2 speech (tho it could be a little heavy - maybe divide sections 2 analyze/discuss)
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A4 Ron Kovic's Vietnam memoir, Born on the Fourth of July is riveting.
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Great text; S's are riveted by an age peer as the subject; also: Behind Beautiful Forevers by Boo
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A4: Frontline has some great episodes on ISIS to provide Ss w/ background info before reading a NF book.
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A4) Read Like A Historian - Great MS Social Studies program with good reads!!
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A4: I love Persepolis when looking at the conflict in the middle east. Great non-conventional NF. https://t.co/hQ9964jq7o
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A4: I love Persepolis when looking at the conflict in the middle east. Great non-conventional NF. https://t.co/Tuwk9qmKY3
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Yes! Have it (Footnotes in Gaza). Great book!
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multi-media approach to unpacking non-fict texts is really effective!
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Had fun creating reading lists as the unfolded on for classes I taught
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yes. Paired with The Things They Carry?
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Q4: NOT 4 my 6th graders, bt UN has published report abt Iraq inspections(what led 2 US-Iraq war, 2003).Extensive primary src doc
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Very cool! Some schools hesitate to teach religion but I think it's more important than ever to discuss! https://t.co/hpY1yLrMbz
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we have a course on World Religions. Helps to take a comparative culture approach. focus on holy "literature".
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A2: So much of CCSS is NF. Next yr, I'll teach revolution. Hoping to pair Les Mis film w/ Animal Farm. https://t.co/Sh98urBhmc
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Q2: What are the challenges & benefits of integrating nonfiction texts into your course(s)? https://t.co/z3iEswQDvM
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Thanks for that one! I didn't know about the one by Boo!
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I I love doing remixes and multimodal discussions of non fiction as a lens on text structure
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And Karl Marlentes' Matterhorn.
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great! Love using photos--need to do this more!
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A4 Haven't used but saw the movie. The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolen. Israeli - Palestine after 6 Days War.
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Excerpts from Long Walk to Freedom gave students the ability to understand the conflicts of SA
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yes!! Lots of Ts using with success in our district.
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Great list.Add Howard Fast, Freedom Road on Reconstruction & stories in Children of the Revolution on WWII
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By the way, I'm Evin from Seattle. I teach 9th grade LA | SS. Next year, I'll teach 10th grade too! Love this chat!
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Boo wrote about Mumbai; for boy soldiers also like Eggers' What is the What: fiction and non-fiction meet
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And can dispel notion that Mandela only used peaceful methods.
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Q2: often parents have a hard time understanding we are teaching about the historical, economic, social sides of religion
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Thanks for joining in tonight, Stephan. Have a good night.
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Yes, that can definitely be a source of friction and misunderstanding.
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is now trending in USA, ranking 40
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Do they object to teaching of the rise of Catholicism and the Church's control of Medieval Europe? Difference?
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that's deep! I didn't read until college. Kids like it?
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Q5: What are your favorite NF texts/sources of texts to use related to poverty, trade, & economic issues? https://t.co/9Jpzn9Gbrw
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A4: If ticket prices ever go down, I would like to take my AP govt Ss to see Hamilton (the musical).
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Yes! Love What is the What. Used to use excerpts of that w/ Ss
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Q4: is a solid source when it comes to conflict around the world. Also is great with older Ss
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Yep, especially the sections about drug use and whether or not Martha's a virgin
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A5: Havent used any in class but diaries, journals, letters, etc can be great for relating topics to students for perspective.
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A5) nickel and dimed a good one. Don't know too many others.
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A5: One of my favorite NF texts related to poverty is Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
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A5 For poverty: The Corner, Nickel & Dimed
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On refugees to U.S., try First they Killed my Father, Loung Ung. Cambodian Genocide survivor. A. Jolie making a movie about her.
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A5: I think Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed would be great to teach poverty and socioeconomics
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A5) I love this oldest complaint letter as it shows there has always been conflict regarding trade: https://t.co/C1NPJwpkRD
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A4 For teaching about the war on Terror, Adam Curtis' documentary The Power of Nightmares is must viewing https://t.co/f1wiXQ4Ixt
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Yes! I've used it before. It's a great texts with HS Ss.
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A5 Children of the Dust Bowl is a good book but I also like to use immigration 1st POV accounts from the archives
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I thought I was clever w/ Nickel and Dimed! Seems to be a popular response for Q5!
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This is a great one for Ss--plus easy to grab powerful excerpts from!
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Public opinion polls & infographics would be helpful for these topics & lead to good discussion. https://t.co/uywEz2YX0G
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Q5: What are your favorite NF texts/sources of texts to use related to poverty, trade, & economic issues? https://t.co/9Jpzn9Gbrw
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Absolutely! And great cross curricular work w/ math/statistics/science.
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Have to check out. Thanks for a great
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A5: immortal life of henrietta lacks: race, medicine, research, crossing cultural barriers... SO much in one text
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A5 2 dollar a day. Living on almost nothing in America.
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's Too Big to Fail would be great to teach both economic & political issues related to 2008 financial crisis
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A memoir like The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls could give perspective on poverty and growing up in poverty.
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Yes! That does get at so many issues. Could teach a whole elective just w/ that book.
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A5: Blood Done Sign my Name by Tim Tyson; autobiography, historical examination, BEAUTIFULLY written
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A5: we use avid weekly to find age appropriate editorials
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9th grade, 2 sections of Honors, 3 regular College Prep. Hate teaching AP. Too much content.
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Freakonomics would be a neat way to get students thinking about socioeconomic issues in a different way
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A5 ELA teacher & I are in a PBL w/ Ss - Pick a plight & show the interconnectedness of history across 3 groups. Ss pick own text
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A6) Fiction tie in that's U.S.-centric could be A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Have to give that a shout out as it's one of my faves.
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Haven't heard of that. Will check it out. Thanks for putting it out here.
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A5: Also just bought "coffee table book on geopolitics" full of info + maps related to "connectography"
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For US love to use Jungle, Cross of Gold, Brother Can You Spare a Dime
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LOVE THIS! Yes, I'm shouting b/c that sounds so darn awesome!!!
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A5 High school SS very much like reading Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow
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Very welcome. I thought it was humorous and so easy to connect with. :)
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Yes! Have seen that and thought it would be great springboard for conversation w/ students.
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So many great texts and resources being shared! Wow, this has been an amazing . I will have so much to look up tonight!
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Q6: What are your favorite NF texts/sources of texts to use related to marginalized groups? https://t.co/WyNpcHr7kZ
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A6 For YA books, read Julius Lester's books, and Virginia Hamilton's Paul Robeson: The Life and Times of a Free Black Man.
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I agree. My brain is about to explode. :)
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No fun. Too stressful for struggling Ss. It has become an arms race in college prep schools
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Appreciate all the resources tonight I have a lot to share with my teachers
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Podcasts good for multi-media texts too!
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A6 Graphic Novels such as March books. Terrible Things a great pic book to teach Holocaust & issues of being bystander
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Yes! And 's paid subscription has transcripts Ss can follow as they listen.
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The archives will be up later tonight. I know this will be one archive that I will be reread a few times through!
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A6: "Funny in Farsi" great memoir students love. "Train to Pakistan" good historical novel about marginalized groups there.
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I have to go & take daughter to ballet. Thanks for all the resources !!!
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A6: The SCOTUS ruling on Obergefell v. Hodges is a great way to discuss same-sex marriage as a civil rights issue.
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Will have to give it a shot next year!
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Could be a way to tie in with past (treatment of Roma under Nazis) & present (refugee camps). https://t.co/xXZ9lfNP2A
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. A6) Roma poisoned in Kosovar human camp over a decade ago may get compensation:
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A6 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is fiction but it was my favorite book that I used this year. LOVE IT!!!
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I've heard so many good things about that book. Need to read it.
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Have you read Little Big Man by Thomas Berger?
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Great resource for speeches: American Rhetoric
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A6) So much out there about refugees right now. Could be great tie in w/ refugees in past, diff regions, etc.
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A6 My Ss loved The Harlem Hellfighters graphic novel from Max Brooks. Great WWI non-ficiton.
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Awesome! Thanks for sharing.
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YES. Graphic novels have so much to offer. Planning a trip to Israel and making my way thru 3 Graphic novels now.
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I should note has transcripts for all videos ;-) Helpful for ELL! https://t.co/m7fr3XloyO
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Yes! And 's paid subscription has transcripts Ss can follow as they listen.
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A6 Farewell to Manzanar - japanese american internment camps, which are so rarely covered in our history, too.
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And so many NF graphic "novels" available. There are always new ones at our library.
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That is very good to know! Thanks, Vicky!
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This is a great suggestion--I have to use this!
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. Yes! Also groups like giving voice to this in news outlets, for instance
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Absolutely! That is a powerful book. Think I read it as an undergrad.
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Marvelous! It was a terrific film too.
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How do you get kids interested in non-Western literature? I even have a tough time with it.
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Q7: What are your favorite NF texts/sources of texts to use related to environmental issues? https://t.co/ENq2UphVwc
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A6: I just started reading Laughing at My Nightmare by Shane Burcaw. Great POV from a person with muscular atrophy
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Well, I try to be good about non-self promotion but figured I'd be okay in this case ;-)
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My suggestion would be something short that they can connect w/, esp related to teens.
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Lots on refugee/immigration experience. Help students understand plight of Syrians--read Loung Ung, What is the What, etc.
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Yes! I love that one! I use it with the Korematsu v. US court case. Had a S this year whose Gpa was in a camp.
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Through art and music... all ways to tell a people's story. Edwidge Danticat lit about Haiti and US is GR8T
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Another great Teen NF read about marginalized individuals is Positive: A Memoir by Paige Rawl It is a powerful read.
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I try to teach some of the awesome history of Songhai, Benin & Ghana kingdoms THEN delve into literature! https://t.co/077RSj6tIR
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How do you get kids interested in non-Western literature? I even have a tough time with it.
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Christian Science Monitor piece about water scarcity and how people around world deal with it: https://t.co/WSOWXmGjx7
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A Wreath for Emmett Til - great for ELA crossover - SONNETS!!!
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Does anyone teach Modern World History (from Renaissance to now) thematically? We want to - no clue how.
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Would this help 9th graders w/empathy? We have a mean girl group bullying others online via SM.
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The Emmett Till murder really pulls Ss in. They can identify w/ him on age at least & likely more.
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A7 The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert; Garbology by Edward Humes; An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore.
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What lit do you use for West Africa ?
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A7: Try for a good sources related to environmental issues!
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I think so. I've read it & had a few Ss read it as an independent novel & really had great conversation about it.
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heading out to finish finals work - thank you everyone for the myriad of resources! wish i had done this sooner!
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Thanks for the experience, Chris. Signing off.
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when ticket prices go down & the show is not sold out, let's make it happen!
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sharing and photos - strong environmental discussion springboard
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A6) Recently shared an article on passenger ship St. Louis during WWII. Ss were shocked and drew connections w/Syrian refugees
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A7 are nice starting points to build interest. Then scaffold up to the more complex texts on the same issues.
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Absolutely! Nat Geo has awesome photography & stories. Love them.
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So many opportunities to make connections w/ past through the refugee situation.
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I'd check out To This Day: For the Bullied by Shane Koyczan, too!
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how about having Ss bring in texts from their own cultures & examining archetypal features in them?
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Great idea! My daughter gets Time for Kids & they have some really compelling stories.
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they are similarly shocked if you discuss Oswego in the US
