Ten-year-old Danny, his mother, and his sister, move to a Montana cattle ranch after his father dies in the Iraq War, and finds himself in a Denver school with an Iraqi classmate.
This volume, offering sixteen excerpted documents, tells various stories in the words of the people who fought prejudice, who acted out prejudices, and who were the victims of prejudice.
This volume of a two-volume almanac explores the many different types of prejudice, including their history, the causes of these prejudices in people and societies, and their consequences.
how a teacher and 150 teens used writing to change themselves and the world around them
Gruwell, Erin
1999
Tells the story of how young English teacher Erin Gruwell confronted the problem of racial and ethnic intolerance in her classroom, and features excerpts from the diaries of her students, now known as The Freedom Writers.
In Brooklyn, New York, in 1947, a boy learns about discrimination and tolerance as he and his deaf father share their enthusiasm over baseball and the Dodgers' first baseman, Jackie Robinson.