Book Title: Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters
Author(s) and Artist(s)--if applicable: Andrea Davis Pinkney and Stephan Alcorn
Publisher: Gulliver Books
Copyright Date: 2000
Selection Choice: Biographies/ Memoires
Brief Annotation: This books includes stories about black women who struggled but overcame racism and slavery. It tells of their experiences and their personal achievements as they fought, and helped other fight, for their freedom and their rights as women and as human beings.
Your Rating: 5/5 This book was inspirational and moving. I learned about women I had never read about before and learned of their hard work and determination to gain freedom. This book gives hope to anyone who struggles against society, which makes it a motivational read.
Readers who will like this book: Upper elementary readers, 4th, 5th or 6th grade. This book would fit well into a social studies unit of the Civil Rights Movement and slavery.
Question to ask about this book before reading: What do you know about black women freedom fighters?
Question to ask about this book during reading: What are some similar characteristics these women posses? Why are these characteristics important for what they want to accomplish?
Question to ask about this book after reading: What do you now know about black women freedom fighters? Is there anyone who stands out more to you after reading the biographies of these women? Why?
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1. Interest Level (age): 8-10
2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade): 3-5
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3. List awards Carter G. Woodson Award
This is a book I didn't know about but I'm glad to add it to my background knowledge. I'll also put it on my list of must-reads because the topic is unusual, but fascinating. It sounds like the kind of book you could use throughout a year of social studies, layering stories of women freedom fighters onto the history that's most included in our textbooks.
ReplyDeleteYour questions before, during and after are all nicely related--I don't know if that was your intention, but you've set up a kind of K-W-L in the way you've structured the questions. Think about a graphic organizer you could use to support students' thinking before they read, as they read, and when they finish so they have ideas to answer your questions at every stage of reading.