Unit Materials for 7th Grade English

Article: “The Science of Belonging and Connection”

Article: “The Science Behind our Need to Belong”

Book: American Like Me by America Ferrera

Book: Fresh Ink: An Anthology (Ember)

Essay: “Hello, My Name Is ______” by Jason Kim   —  1000-1100L

Podcast: “This American Life 803: Greetings, People of Earth | Act Four, Jorts and All” by Diane Wu

Poem: “Identity” by Julio Noboa Polanco

Poem: “Hanging Fire” by Audre Lorde

Poem: “Teenagers” by Pat Mora

Poem: “I, Too” by Langston Hughes

Poem: “Where You From?” by Gina Valdés

Short Story: “First Day Fly” by Jason Reynolds

Short Story: “Popularity” by Adam Bagdasarian

Transcript: “Greetings, People of Earth | Act Four, Jorts and All Transcript”

Website: Northern Plains History and Cultures: How do Native People and Nations Experience Belonging? by the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian

Book: Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy by Albert Marrin (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2011)   —  1000L

Book: Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2011)   —  790L

Article: “We Work Non-Stop” by Michael Sainato

Article: “LA's Garment Workers Face Horrific Workplace Conditions” by Julia Wick

Speech: “We Have Found You Wanting (G7, U2, L22)” by Rose Schneiderman

Play: A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (Vintage, 2004)   —  1100-1200L

Article: “A Better Life: Creating the American Dream” by Kate Ellis and Ellen Guettler (American Public Media, 2009)

Article: “How a New Deal Housing Program Enforced Segregation” by Becky Little

Article: “How Lorraine Hansberry Turned her Family's Story Into a A Raisin in the Sun” by Robert Loerzel

Article: “The Great Migration” by History.com editors

Book: The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson (First Vintage Books Edition, 2011)

Movie: A Raisin in the Sun

Podcast: “The Scarlet E, Part II: 40 Acres” by Brooke Gladstone (WNYC Studios)

Poem: “Harlem” by Langston Hughes (the Poetry Foundation)

Video: “Great Migration” by Yohuru Williams (History.com)

Book: The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (Second Vintage Contemporaries Edition, 2009)   —  870L

Article: “Two Men and Two Paths” by Nicholas Kristof (The New York Times)

Article: “Gender Norms and Stereotypes” by Fishtank Staff

Article: “Young Latinos: Born in the U.S.A., carving their own identity” by Suzanne Gamboa, Sandra Lilley, and Sarah Cahlan

Article: “This is what happens when gender roles are forced on kids” by Emanuella Grinberg and Victoria Larned

Essay: “Dear Woke Brown Girl” by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez

Poem: “There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe” by Mother Goose (AmericanLiterature.com)

Poem: “Abuelito Who” by Sandra Cisneros

Book: American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (Square Fish, 2008)   —  GN530L

Article: “Where Bias Begins: The Truth About Stereotypes” by Annie Murphy Paul (Psychology Today)

Video: “Prejudice and Discrimination: Crash Course Psychology #39” by CrashCourse (YouTube)

Article: “How to read a comic book: appreciating the story behind the art” by Alex Abad-Santos (Vox)

Comic: What is a Graphic Novel? by Jessica Abel (Drawing Words and Writing Pictures)

Article: “That's Not Who I Am: Calling Out and Challenging Stereotypes of Asian Americans” by Whitney Pow (Everyday Feminism)

Article: “This Chinese-American Cartoonist Forces Us to Face Racist Stereotypes” by Joshua Barajas (PBS)

Assessment Text: “Level Up Graphic Novel (Excerpt)” by Gene Luen Yang (Tor.com)