Coming to America

Eight grade Language Arts teachers teach a unit on immigration.  They have a list of novels that students may choose from on which the unit activities are based.  Below is that list of novels and links to help teach, introduce, or learn more about those novels.

Novels

Auch, Mary Jane. (2002). Ashes of Roses. Random House.

http://books.google.com/books/about/Ashes_of_Roses.html?id=_JszUdiZRIAC

http://www.auchbooks.com/ashes-of-roses/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeTuxPko6rU “Another Home” from Album Ashes & Roses

Budhos, Marina. (2006). Ask Me No Questions. Ginee Seo Books.

http://books.google.com/books/about/Ask_Me_No_Questions.html?id=j1MA6_7o4fwC

Buss, Fran Leeper. (1991). Journey of the Sparrows. Yearling.

http://books.google.com/books/about/Journey_of_the_Sparrows.html?id=QFnQin4cA2kC

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=journey--sparrows-test

http://quizlet.com/3070166/journey-of-the-sparrows-flash-cards/

Danticat, Edwidge. (2002). Behind the Mountains. Scholastic.

http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/h2_behindthemountains.pdf

http://books.google.com/books/about/Behind_the_Mountains.html?id=60yxawBzc64C

http://www.lindakreft.com/Americas/pdf/voices_behind.pdf

http://www.lindakreft.com/Americas/pdf/voices_behind.pdf

Fleischman, Paul. (1997). Seedfolks. HarperCollins.

http://books.google.com/books/about/Seedfolks.html?id=X44Vl8hGRpcC

http://www.shmoop.com/seedfolks/

http://quizlet.com/11105067/seedfolks-character-list-flash-cards/

https://www.teachervision.com/tv/printables/harpercollins/seedfolks_rg.pdf

http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=21754

Giff, Patricia Reilly. (2005) Maggie’s Door. Yearling.

http://books.google.com/books/about/Maggie_s_Door.html?id=KTkwYDNdGB0C

http://www.questgarden.com/02/45/2/050922122022/index.htm

http://www.socstrpr.org/files/Vol%203/Issue%202%20-%20Summer,%202008/Notable%20Books/3.2.12.pdf

Hidier, Tanuja Desai. (2003). Born Confused. Scholastic.

http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=9361&a=1

http://english.clas.asu.edu/wq-born-confused+

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/766319.Born_Confused

Jiménez, Francisco. (1997) The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child. Houghton

http://www.pcpa.org/circuitstudyguide.html

http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Circuit.html?id=znS_6z_lxUcC

http://www.learner.org/workshops/tml/workshop8/authors2b.html

Soto, Gary. (2005). Help Wanted. Harcourt.

http://books.google.com/books/about/Help_Wanted.html?id=OYQQGQF4_xIC

http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=652

http://www.teachingbooks.net/book_reading.cgi?id=647&a=1

Testa, Maria. (2005). Something about America. Candlewick.

http://www.candlewick.com/book_files/0763634158.bdg.1.pdf

http://www.authorsupport.comoj.com/saa_sg_1.pdf

http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=255

Yep, Laurence. (1995). Thief of Hearts. HarperCollins.

http://books.google.com/books/about/Thief_of_Hearts.html?id=4tajQgAACAAJ

https://teachmulticulturallit.wikispaces.com/Thief+of+Hearts

http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=1178&a=1