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Participate in the Exquisite Prompt writing challenge for grades K-12!

Courage in My Life (Sixth Grade)

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The 2009 supplement to the sixth-grade curriculum guide is now available for download.

Frequently Asked Questions about Leukemia

Brief History of the Holocaust for Children

Read.gov's Exquisite Corpse Adventure year-long serial story, written by a group of children's literature authors

PBS History for Kids:
American Memory Timeline: the Great Depression to World War II

The History of Jim Crow

Mexican-Americans: History and Culture

Japan-Web: History and Culture for Kids

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Terabithia.com, Katherine Patterson's website
Jerry Spinelli's website
Lois Lowry's website
Gary Soto's website
Biography of Mildred D. Taylor
Biography of Yoko Kawashima Watkins


The Courage of My Convictions (Ninth Grade)

Writing Prompts for Ninth-Grade Students

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Photographs of the Ida B. Wells Housing Projects
Ghetto Life 101: includes audio for LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman's original broadcast

Out of the Ghetto - a BBC Broadcasts update with LeAlan Jones from October 2008, 15 years after the original Ghetto Life documentary

Ghetto Life Grows Up, an interview with LeAlan Jones on his 30th birthday about the state of violence in Chicago's South Side in 2009.

The August Wilson Center for African American Culture: includes biographical sketch, timeline and a re-cap of the Pittsburg Cycle of plays (which includes Fences).

Obituary for August Wilson, New York Times

Troy Maxson: Heart, Heartbreak as Big as the World by Allison Keyes, All Things Considered. Originally aired on NPR on May 12, 2008

History and background information for the Negro League Baseball

Photographs and information about The Hill District, Pittsburg

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