Student Resources
Short Stories/Poems
Compliments
, Tafolla, Carmen
Daughter
, Caldwell, Erskine
Describe Somebody,
Woodson, Jacqueline
El Hoyo
, Suarez, Mario
Fellowship,
Kafka, Franz
God Bless America
, Killens, John O.
On Being Crazy,
DuBois, W. E .B. ,
People Love Their Freaks
, Galloway, Terry
Philosophical Truths
, Torres, Luis A.
Puertoricanness
, Levins Morales, Aurora
Smile
, Raboteau, Emily
So I Ain’t No Good Girl,
Flake, Sharon G.
Sweet Angel Chile
, Williams, Sherley as cited in Invented Lives
The Path,
Dunbar, Paul Laurence
The Two Offers
, Harper, Frances
The Ugly One,
Flake, Sharon G.
The Wish To Be A Red Indian,
Kafka, Franz
To Be Continued
, Rushin, Kate
Wanted A Thug
, Flake, Sharon G.
Picture Books
Carney-Nunes, Charisse. 2006. Nappy. Washington, DC. Nunes Productions, LLC.
Henkes, Kevin. 1991. Chrysanthemum. New York: Greenwillow Books.
Herron, Carolivia. Nappy Hair.
Moss, Thylias. 1993. I Want To Be. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.
Novels
Cisneros, Sandra. 1984. The House on Mango Street. New York: Vintage Books.
Morrison, Toni. 1978. The Bluest Eye. New York: Vintage International.
Poetry Collections
Giovanni, Nikki. 2008. Hip Hop Speaks To Children. Naperville: Sourcebooks.
Teacher Resources
Films:
Lucky,
is a 100-minute film featuring Lucky, a 10-year-old South African orphan who
leaves his Zulu village after the death of his mother to make his own life in the
city only to find no one will help him, except an Indian woman called Padma who
initially treats him like a stray animal (Dlamini 2011). There are some great 3-10
minute short scenes depicting how Lucky defines himself and how other adult males
define manhood. Such scenes could graphically be used to illustrate aspects of
identity.
B for Boy,
a contemporary drama set in Nigeria, about one woman's desperate need for a
male child. It explores the discrimination of women in the names of culture and
religion. (Uche Nwadili 2013) There are some great 3-10 minute short scenes
depicting the relationship of women, gender inequity, issues of lineage as it relates to
the value of a male child.
Music Videos:
ArieVEVo, India. 2009. "India.Arie_I Am No My Hair (Live@VH1.com)." youtube.
June 16. Accessed June 28, 2016. http://www.youtub.com/watch?v+OZH6IKxA_q0.
BeyonceVEVO. 2009. "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)." youtube video, October 9.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0olJFaTY-8.
Lecrae. 2015. "Lecrae-Welcome to America (@lecrae@reachrecords)." youtube. April 9.
Accessed June 2016, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvyEPNIR-yk.
LudacrisVEVO. 2010. "Ludacris-Runaway Love ft. Mary J. Blige." youtube. January 14.
Accessed June 28, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISvMS6s41vY.
QueenLatifahVEVO. “
U.N.I.T.Y.
” youtube music Video 1993 Motown
Records, Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. October 7, 2009.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8cHxydDb7o.
Rexba, G-Eazy and Bebe. n.d.
Me, Myself and I
.
http://genius.com/G-eazy-me-myself- and-i-lyrics.
Educational Resources/Videos:
ELA Connecticut Core Standards 6-12 Literature. Summer. Accessed March 2016.
ctcorestandards.org. PCGEducation. 2013.
Flocabulary. n.d. Five Elements Of A Story. Accessed September 18, 2015.
https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/fivethings/video/.
Herron, Carolivia. n.d. "AdmireComedyLecture." youtube. Accessed June 2016.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKKVHFg1pds.
Online Gallery
MoMALearning. n.d. Investigating Identities. Accessed May 12, 2016.
http://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/themes/investigating-identity/intersecting-identities.
Picture Books
Carney-Nunes, Charisse. 2006. Nappy. Washington, DC. Nunes Productions, LLC.
Henkes, Kevin. 1991. Chrysanthemum. New York: Greenwillow Books.
Herron, Carolivia. Nappy Hair.
Moss, Thylias. 1993. I Want To Be. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.
Novels
Cisneros, Sandra. 1984. The House on Mango Street. New York: Vintage Books.
Morrison, Toni. 1978. The Bluest Eye. New York: Vintage International.
Autobiographies/Memoirs
Angelou, Maya. 1969. I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. New York: Ballantine Books.
Coates, Ta-Nehisi. 2015. Between The World and Me. New York: Spiegel & Prau, an
imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC.
McCourt, Frank. 1996. Angela’s Ashes. New York: Touchstone.
Anthologies:
75 Short Masterpieces, Stories From The Worlds Literature edited Roger B. Goodman.
1961 New York: Bantum Books.
American Negro Short Stories, edited John Henrik Clarke. 1966. New York: Hill &
Wang.
Hip Hop Speaks To Children: A Celebration of Poetry. Giovanni, Nikki. 2008. Naperville: Sourcebooks.
Invented Lives editor Mary Helen Washington. 1988. Anchor.
Locomotion. Woodson, Jacqueline. 2003. Describe Somebody. New York: Penguin
Books.
My Soul Has Grown Deep, Classics of Early African American Literature, editor John
Edgar Wideman. 2001. Philadelphia: Running Press Book Publishers.
Short Stories About Girls and The Boys In Their Lives. Flake, Sharon G. 2004. New
York: Hyperion Books For Children.
Staring Back, The Disability Experience From The Inside Out, edited
Kenny Fries. 1997. New York: Penguin Group.
The Best American Mystery Stories 2006, edited Scott Turow. 2006. Smile. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin Company.
The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka, edited Nahum N. Glatzer. 1983. New York:
Schocken Books Inc.
The Norton Anthology African American Literature edited Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 1997.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature, editor Ilan Stavans. 2011. New York: W. W.
Norton & Company.
This Bridge Called My Back, Writings By Radical Women Of Color, 4th edition, edited
Cherrie Morga & Gloria Anzaldua. 2015. New York: State University of New York,
Albany.
Audiobooks/On-line books
Dickens, Charles. 1861. "Great Expectations, Chapter 14." Lit2Go Edition. Accessed July
17, 2016. http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/140/great-expectations/2558/chapter-14/.
Carney-Nunes, Charisse. Nappy. Radio, Naturalite. 2010. "Excerpt of "Top 10 Songs &
Poems Inspired by the Love of Natural Hair" Show Pt. 2." Compiled by Naturalite
Radio. February 24. Accessed May 15, 2016.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYWWnbHCxgw.