We’ve compiled and curated a list of well-regarded books useful as a tool for teaching students to draw direct connections to real world issues and encouraging them to become active global citizens.
Three Wishes: Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak
Deborah Ellis
Grades 7-12
The Giver
Lois Lowry
Grades 7 and up
Why We Can’t Wait
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Grades 9 and up
Nickel and Dimed
Barbara Ehrenreich
Grades 11 and up
The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963
Christopher Paul Curtis
Grades 6-8
Between Shades of Gray
Ruta Sepetys
Grades 11 and Up
Arab Spring Dreams
Edited by Nassar Wadday and Sohrab Ahmari
Grades 11 and Up
Amazing Grace
Jonathan Kozol
Grades 11 and Up
Ninth Ward
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Grades 4-8
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
Grades 7 and up
Free? Stories About
Human Rights
Amnesty International
Grades 7 and up
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
Grades 9 and Up
A Long Walk to Water
Linda Sue Park
Grades 5-8
Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi
Grades 9 and Up
Monster
Walter Dean Myers
Grades 7 and Up
The Essential Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Grades 9 and Up
The above is just a small sampling of the new paperback titles that we’ve curated on our dedicated Social Justice Pinterest board. Check it out for more ideas for titles to integrate into your curriculum.
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