What They'll Learn
This course features a diverse range of powerful anchor texts. Key literary works include:
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (Extended Study)
Written in Bone by Sally M. Walke
These are supplemented by contemporary poetry and significant informational texts regarding the Holocaust and the Civil Rights Movement, providing students with a wide array of historical and global perspectives.