Text Options for the Literature Circles Assignment:
Note: Students will have their choice each quarter from this list. Some of these books contain mature themes or language. It is up to the student to choose a text that is consistent with his/her personal standards.
Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter
Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Texts used in this course:
This course may draw on excerpts from the following texts...
Acting Out Culture by James S. Miller
A Different Mirror by Ronald Takaki
A Race is a Nice Thing to Have by Janet E. Helms
A World of Ideas by Lee A. Jacobus
Borderlands: La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldua
Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario
Hidden America by Jeanne Marie Laskas
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Is Everyone Really Equal? by Ozlem Sensoy and Robin DiAngelo
Language Awareness edited by Paul Eschholz, Alfred Roza & Virginia Clark
Little Princes by Conor Grennan
Masterminds & Wingmen by Rosalind Wiseman
Other People's Children by Lisa Delpit
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Power/Knowledge by Michel Foucault
Prejudice edited by Daphne Muse
Queen Bees and Wannabees by Rosalind Wiseman
Race, Class, and Gender in the United States edited by Paula S. Rothenberg
Reading Pop Culture edited by Jeff Ousborne
Rereading America edited by Gary Colombo, Robert Cullen & Bonne Lisle
That is the Question: Answers from the Humanities edited by Paul Allen, Paul Almonte, Helen Cox & Ron Christiansen
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka
Why Gender Matters by Dr. Leonard Sax
Additionally, current events articles may also be periodically used within the course.
Note: Students will have their choice each quarter from this list. Some of these books contain mature themes or language. It is up to the student to choose a text that is consistent with his/her personal standards.
Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter
Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Texts used in this course:
This course may draw on excerpts from the following texts...
Acting Out Culture by James S. Miller
A Different Mirror by Ronald Takaki
A Race is a Nice Thing to Have by Janet E. Helms
A World of Ideas by Lee A. Jacobus
Borderlands: La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldua
Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario
Hidden America by Jeanne Marie Laskas
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Is Everyone Really Equal? by Ozlem Sensoy and Robin DiAngelo
Language Awareness edited by Paul Eschholz, Alfred Roza & Virginia Clark
Little Princes by Conor Grennan
Masterminds & Wingmen by Rosalind Wiseman
Other People's Children by Lisa Delpit
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Power/Knowledge by Michel Foucault
Prejudice edited by Daphne Muse
Queen Bees and Wannabees by Rosalind Wiseman
Race, Class, and Gender in the United States edited by Paula S. Rothenberg
Reading Pop Culture edited by Jeff Ousborne
Rereading America edited by Gary Colombo, Robert Cullen & Bonne Lisle
That is the Question: Answers from the Humanities edited by Paul Allen, Paul Almonte, Helen Cox & Ron Christiansen
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka
Why Gender Matters by Dr. Leonard Sax
Additionally, current events articles may also be periodically used within the course.