34 BCALA NEWS Volume 41, Issue 3

Summer 2014

Poetry:

Johnson, James Weldon. ‘‘Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Cullen, Countee. ‘‘Yet Do I Marvel.” Walker, Alice. ‘‘Women.”

Informational Text: English Language Arts King, Jr., Martin Luther. ‘‘Letter From Birmingham Jail.” King, Jr., Martin Luther. ‘‘I Have a Dream: Address Delivered at the March on Washington, D.C., for Civil Rights on August 28, 1963.”

Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Informational Text: History/Social Studies Haskins, Jim. Black, Blue and Gray: African Americans in the Civil War

Grade 11 Stories:

Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God Morrison, Toni. The Bluest Eye

Drama:

Hansberry, Lorraine. A Raisin in the Sun Poetry:

Dove, Rita. ‘‘Demeter’s Prayer to Hades.”

Informational Text: English Language Arts Wright, Richard. Black Boy

Informational Text: History/Social Studies

Douglass, Frederick. ‘‘What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?: An Address Delivered in Rochester, New York, on 5 July 1852.”

Informational Text: Science, Mathematics, and Technical Subjects Gladwell, Malcolm. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference Tyson, Neil deGrasse, ‘‘Gravity in Reverse: The Tale of Albert Einstein’s ‘Greatest Blunder.’”

Grade 12 did not have a list of text exemplars, and some grades/areas did not have representative African American literature and nonfiction listed. These gaps provide an excellent opportunity for school and public librarians to collaborate and develop a guide/suggested list of literature and nonfiction that meets the criteria to be included in the missing areas. For example, information books written by the McKissacks could be listed in several informational text areas. Poetry by Paul Laurence Dunbar could be included. Drama could include plays by August Wilson. These are just a few examples of African American literature and nonfiction that can be used to help students master skills and learn content.

Furthermore, the list could also serve as a guide for sharing resources. Some, if not most, school libraries have limited or zero budgets to purchase new or classic fiction and nonfiction. Public libraries may also have limited budgets. Together the school and public librarians can assess their resources and develop and implement a plan to share them. Together school and public librarians can work together for a successful 2014-2015 school

year!