(OPTIONAL) Students can opt out of doing the Big Project and one of the Mini-Projects by reading an "Alternate Book" picked from Dr. Hartnell's approved list, which is found below. Students must complete the coordinating book review (which can be found by CLICKING HERE) in order to receive credit.
Students should type their book review in a Google/Word Doc and send it to Dr. Hartnell's school e-mail ([email protected]).
This "Alternate Book" counts for 125 points. An additional 25 points comes from the one Mini-Project that students will still need to complete.
Students should type their book review in a Google/Word Doc and send it to Dr. Hartnell's school e-mail ([email protected]).
This "Alternate Book" counts for 125 points. An additional 25 points comes from the one Mini-Project that students will still need to complete.
APPROVED BOOK LIST
(summaries adapted from Amazon)
"The Autobiography of Malcolm X" (1965, Malcolm X, 466 pgs.)
From a prison cell to Mecca, the man who once called himself "the angriest black man in America" relates how his conversion to Islam helped him recognize the brotherhood of all mankind.
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From a prison cell to Mecca, the man who once called himself "the angriest black man in America" relates how his conversion to Islam helped him recognize the brotherhood of all mankind.
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"Born on the Fourth of July" (1976, Ron Kovic, 224 pgs.)
From patriotic soldier to paraplegic to America's most outspoken anti-war advocate, the author tells of his experience during the Vietnam War.
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From patriotic soldier to paraplegic to America's most outspoken anti-war advocate, the author tells of his experience during the Vietnam War.
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"End of Days: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy" (2013, James L. Swanson, 416 pgs.)
Combining extensive research with unparalleled storytelling abilities, the author provides a minute-by-minute account of the day President JFK was shot.
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Combining extensive research with unparalleled storytelling abilities, the author provides a minute-by-minute account of the day President JFK was shot.
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"Fallen Angels" (1983, Walter Dean Myers, 320 pgs.)
A coming-of-age tale that follows Perry, a Harlem teenager, in the trenches of the Vietnam War in the late 1960s. Sent to the front lines, Perry experiences the real horror of war.
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A coming-of-age tale that follows Perry, a Harlem teenager, in the trenches of the Vietnam War in the late 1960s. Sent to the front lines, Perry experiences the real horror of war.
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"The Fog Machine" (2014, Susan Follett, 406 pgs.)
Explores what enables and disables change while set against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement from 1954-1964 and told from three very different perspectives.
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Explores what enables and disables change while set against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement from 1954-1964 and told from three very different perspectives.
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"Freshwater Road" (2005, Denise Nicolas, 432 pgs.)
When college student Celeste Tyree travels to Mississippi to volunteer during the Freedom Summer of 1964, she’s assigned to register voters in a town known for lynchings.
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When college student Celeste Tyree travels to Mississippi to volunteer during the Freedom Summer of 1964, she’s assigned to register voters in a town known for lynchings.
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"My Mother the Cheerleader" (2007, Robert Sharenow, 304 pgs.)
What do you do if a group of local white women gather every morning to heckle a six-year-old black girl trying to go to school? What do you do if one of those women is your mother?
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What do you do if a group of local white women gather every morning to heckle a six-year-old black girl trying to go to school? What do you do if one of those women is your mother?
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"Raye of Light" (2014, Tom Shanahan, 318 pgs.)
Traces the story of Michigan State University's first black starting QB, Jimmy Raye, and his quest to become the first Southern black QB to win a National Championship in 1966.
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Traces the story of Michigan State University's first black starting QB, Jimmy Raye, and his quest to become the first Southern black QB to win a National Championship in 1966.
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"We Were Soldiers Once... And Young" (1991, Harold G. Moore & Joseph L. Galloway, 480 pgs.)
Tells of the heroics of 450 U.S. soldiers, surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese in the Ia Drang Valley, and their attempts to escape “The Valley of Death”.
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Tells of the heroics of 450 U.S. soldiers, surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese in the Ia Drang Valley, and their attempts to escape “The Valley of Death”.
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"11/22/63: A Novel" (2011, Steven King, 849 pgs.)
By stepping through a portal in a local diner’s storeroom, Jake finds himself in the era of Ike and Elvis, of big cars, sock hops, and cigarettes... with one mission on his mind: to prevent JFK’s assassination.
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By stepping through a portal in a local diner’s storeroom, Jake finds himself in the era of Ike and Elvis, of big cars, sock hops, and cigarettes... with one mission on his mind: to prevent JFK’s assassination.
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