Help me give my students diverse titles to add to our novel studies of "What are the Stories that Shape our Community?" and "What are the Stories of Those who Leave their Home for New Opportunities?"
The students in my sixth-grade Humanities classes represent a variety of learning needs, styles, and strengths. Our school is a large suburban school ten miles north of Indianapolis. It is comprised of fifth through eighth grades.
Sixth-grade Humanities is a three-period block of time, in which students explore reading, writing, and social studies.
We approach the study of Humanities in a interconnected thematic exploration using project-based learning, student direction, and collaboration.
My language arts instruction is structured around a year-long plan of shared reading experiences, literature circles based on thematic or historical study, and independently chosen novels during which students apply what they have learned to books they have chosen. My students are active participants in the choices of materials we use, from the novels they read to the TED Talks we watch to the projects they research. Students have learned how to research, present, and recommend the materials and methods we use throughout the Humanities block.
My Project
Throughout our year, students examine the stories that we all can, and should, tell. Students examine their own story of where they came from and who they are, the stories of the people in their lives, and the stories of people who live through history. These titles will help support two of our novel studies that focus on the stories of the diversity of people in our community and the stories of those who leave their home for new opportunities for themselves and their families.
Books are windows and mirrors that help students open their eyes to the similarities and differences that connect us all.
These titles will help expand the students' knowledge and understanding of the diversity of stories around the world and throughout time, and students will understand how these people's experiences shape their own lives in 2019.
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