RILINK Schools: Park View Middle School: Ms. Goodwin/Mr. Bochner- Human Rights

Holocaust

Beyond Courage by Doreen Rappaport
In a stirring chronicle, Doreen Rappaport brings to light the courage of countless Jews who organized to sabotage the Nazis and help other Jews during the Holocaust.
The Holocaust by Abraham Resnick
ISBN: 9780595002818
A Holocaust is a disaster that results in the large-scale destruction of life. Although the term has been used to describe many catastrophes over the centuries, today it has a more specific meaning.

LGBTQ Rights

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Women's Rights

Women's Suffrage by Colleen Adams
In the late eighteenth century, while Americans fought for their freedom from Great Britain and the Constitution was written declaring the freedoms and rights of its citizens, women were not allowed to vote, own property, get a divorce, serve on juries, or speak in public. In 1776, Abigail Adams voiced strong opinions about sharing a voice in electing those who run the government, and this was the start of the women's rights movement in America.
The Right to Vote by Carole L. Corbin
A history of how the right to vote was extended gradually during our history and of the struggles this involved.

Japanese Internement Camps

I Am an American by Jerry Stanley
Young Shi Nomura was among the 120,000 American citizens who lost everything when he was sent by the U.S. government to Manzanar, an interment camp in the California desert, simply because he was of Japanese ancestry.
Children of Topaz by Michael O. Tunnell; George W. Chilcoat
The Story of a Japanese-American Internment Camp: Based on a Classroom Diary.During World War II, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. Hardworking and patriotic, Japanese Americans were as stunned by the attack as the rest of the country. Still, the U.S. government questioned their loyalty, and within hours of the invasion, FBI agents searched their homes.
Imprisoned by Martin W. Sandler
While Americans fought for freedom and democracy abroad, fear and suspicion towards Japanese Americans swept the country after Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. Culling information from extensive, previously unpublished interviews and oral histories with Japanese American survivors of internment camps, Martin W. Sandler gives an in-depth account of their lives before, during their imprisonment, and after their release.

Standards

Common Core Standards Addressed:

RI.8.2 Determine the central idea of (an informational) text, include its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary

W.8.7- Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.

WHST.6-8.6: Use technology to produce and present writing

W.8.2- Write informative texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information

RH.6-8.7 Integration of knowledge and ideas.

Native American Rights

African American Rights

The Civil Rights Movement by Charles Patterson
Chronicles the history of the civil rights movement in the twentieth century, with emphasis on the key events between 1954 and 1972.
Freedom Walkers by Russell Freedman
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus and give up her seat to a white man. This refusal to give up her dignity sparked the Montgomery bus boycott, a yearlong struggle, and a major victory in the civil rights movement.
Police Brutality by Kelly C. Anderson
A discussion of the reasons for police behavior, the stress & danger of the job & the possible misuse of power.