I had information on resources for the World War II project ready to type a couple of days ago, but could never get to a computer. Some of these have been referenced earlier. I haven't seen some of these, but have read their reviews on amazon and those really make me want to come team teach with someone with this unit. Some of my favorite authors are included here as well. So here goes: The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco, Always Remember Me: How One Family Survived World War II by Marisabina Russo, Let the Celebrations Begin! by Julie Vivas, I Will Come Back for You: a Family in Hiding During World War II by Marisabino Russo, Lost Childhood: My Life in a Japanese Prison Camp During World War II by Annelex Hofstra Layson, The Harmonica by Tony Johnston, Terrible Things -an Allegory of the Holocaust (Remember Edmund Burke's quote, "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing?" by Eve Bunting, Star of Fear, Star of Hope by Jo Hoestlandt, The Cats in Krasinski Square by Karen Hesse, Benno and the Night of Broken Glass by Meg Wiviott, Six Million Paper Clips: the Making of a Children's Holocaust Memorial by Peter W. Schroeder and Dagmar Schroeder-Hildebrand, I Never Saw Another Butterfly by Hana Volavkova, Rose Blanche by Christoph Gallaz, Erika's Story by Ruth VanderZee, Willy and Max: A Holocaust Story by Amy Littlesugar, Four Perfect Pebbles by Lisa Perl, No Pretty Pictures: a Child of War by Anita Lobel, The Bracelet by Yoshiko Uchida.
There are some amazing books here. Many are realistic fiction, but some are nonfiction representing the best of nonfiction. When I taught first grade and we discussed the Civil War, my children always had a few days at the beginning where they were just astonished and numbed that there was a time in our history where men owned men. I can imagine how hard this topic is to believe for fourth graders, but I truly think it is appropriate (an introduction to the halocaust, I mean) here. I didn't attempt to provide a balance here, but that's probably important. Few of these are Pacific rather than European. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
