Mildred D. Taylor
Scholastic Inc., 1976 - Education - 276 pages
This is an extraordinarily moving novel -- one you will not easily forget. Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, it is the story of one family's struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence. It is a story of physical survival, but more important, it is a story of the survival of the human spirit. And, too, it is Cassie's story -- Cassie Logan, an independent girl raised by a family for whom independence is primary, a family determined not to relinquish their humanity simply because they are Black. Cassie has grown up protected, grown up strong, and so far grown up unaware that any white person could force her to be untrue to herself, could consider her inferior and treat her accordingly. It took the events of one turbulent year -- the year of the night riders and the burnings, the year a white girl humiliated Cassie in public simply because she was Black -- to show Cassie why the land meant so much, why having a place of their own where they answered to no one permitted the Logans the luxuries of pride and courage their sharecropper neighbors couldn't afford and their white neighbors couldn't allow. Richly characterized, powerfully told, Mildred Taylor's novel is unforgettable. The Logans' story is at times warm and humorous, at times terrifying. It is a story of courage and love and pride, the story of one family's passionate determination not to be beaten down. - Back cover.
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Contents
BEFORE READING THE BOOK | 3 |
About the Author | 4 |
Understanding the Setting | 5 |
EXPLORING THE BOOK | 6 |
Language Arts Social Studies Math | 7 |
Summary and Discussion Questions | 8 |
Science Writing Social Studies | 9 |
Summary and Discussion Questions | 10 |
Language Arts Literature Social Studies Music | 11 |
SUMMARIZING THE BOOK | 12 |
Evaluation Ideas | 13 |
STUDENT REPRODUCIBLES | 14 |
Assessing Advice | 15 |
Literature Circle Cards | 16 |
Copyright | |
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ACTIVITIES LANGUAGE ARTS African American anger Answers for Worksheets apologize to Lillian Ask students Assessing Advice Avery Barnett Berry Big Ma black children BOOK Summary boycott the Wallace bus driver car to raise Cassie apologize Cassie Logan Cassie's collages COMPREHENSION AND RECALL cotton plant CROSS-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES LANGUAGE Discussion Questions EXPLORING THE BOOK Faith School feel Granger Hear My Cry HIGHER LEVEL THINKING Jamison Jeremy John Henry land landowner LEVEL THINKING SKILLS Lillian Jean LITERARY ELEMENTS Literature Circle Cards Logan children Mama and Papa Mildred Mildred D Miss Crocker Mississippi mood Morrison Neighbor night riders persuade Uncle Hammer QUESTIONS TO TALK Remind students Roll of Thunder sharecroppers Simms SOCIAL STUDIES Song Stacey and T.J. Stacey gives Stacey's story storytelling SUMMARIZING THE BOOK Summary and Discussion T.J. cheats T.J.'s fate take T.J. TALK ABOUT COMPREHENSION Taylor threaten the Logans titles Toledo Vicksburg violence VOCABULARY Wallace store wants words write
About the author(1976)
Mildred D. Taylor was born in Jackson, Mississippi on September 13, 1943 and grew up in Toledo, Ohio. She received a Bachelor's degree in Education from the University of Toledo in 1965 and then spent two years in the Peace Corp teaching English and History in Ethiopia. She received a Master's degree in Journalism from the University of Colorado. During this time, she joined the Black Student Alliance and assisted in creating the black studies program at the university. After graduation and before becoming a full-time author, she worked for the Black Education Program as a study skills director. Using her personal experiences and family stories she heard while growing up, Taylor has created several historical fiction books that offer realistic portraits of African-American families in the mid-1900s. Her novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry won the Newbery Award in 1977 and was made into a television movie in 1978. The Well: David's Story received the 1997 Jason Award. She has also received the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Jane Addams Book Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, and the Christopher Award multiple times. She currently lives in Colorado.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Billie M. Levy Collection of Illustrated Children's books Jane Addams Peace Award Literature Guides Scholastic Literature Guides |
| Author | Mildred D. Taylor |
| Illustrated by | Kadir Nelson, Jerry Pinkney |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Scholastic Inc., 1976 |
| ISBN | 0590389270, 9780590389273 |
| Length | 276 pages |
| Subjects | Education Teaching Subjects Education / Classroom Management |
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