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.