Book Talk  Write down the learning target while the presenter gets ready.  As they present, write down the title, author, and brief summary.  Add it to your night-stand booklist if you want to read it.

The Little Rock Nine (1957)  Somebody wanted –  But –  So –  Then –

Desegregation After WWII, TV replaced radio as the main means for communication. During the Civil Rights Era TV and photojournalism informed millions of Americans about the Civil Rights movement and the struggle for equality. These images live on today. Authors of historical fiction typically look to photographs and film for information and inspiration.

The Task: You are a young adult author. Your agent has just contacted you to write the exposition (setting, character, and maybe hint at the conflict) to a new historical fiction novel for teens that is set during school desegregation.

Civil Rights Photos As a young adult author researching the Civil Rights Era, record observations about each image you might use as the basis a story. Remember to record sensory details about sight, touch, taste, feel, or sound. Turn and Talk: What were they thinking or feeling? What might happen next?

I think she likes me, but how can I tell? What will I do if she hates me? (Morrison 23)

Fort Myer, Virginia, Sept African American and white children are together on the first day of integration in their school. (Morrison 74)

Little Rock, Arkansas. An angry crowd follows Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock Nine, as she tries to go to school. (Morrison 76)

Baltimore 1954 Charles Thomson was the only black student in public school No. 27

Little Rock, Arkansas, Sept They told me and my sister to get off the sidewalk. I made them do it instead. (Morrison 41)

I see in her face just a girl. She sees in my face another girl. Maybe not friends, but simply girls together. (Morrison 42) Virginia 1958

With your elbow partner… 1. Select a photo either from the PowerPoint print outs or the articles. 2. Determine who was the subject (main character) in the photo. 3. Discuss---what was the person thinking or feeling? What might they have experienced?