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The Standing Rock Sioux Challenge the Dakota Access Pipeline: Guide for Families (en Español)

Use this Discussion Guide before, during, and after reading with your child.

The Standing Rock Sioux Challenge the Dakota Access Pipeline: Guide for Families (አማርኛ)

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Untwine

Written by Edwidge Danticat

Giselle Boyer and her identical twin, Isabelle, are as close as sisters can be, even as their family...

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Girls Made of Snow and Glass

Written by Melissa Bashardoust

Sixteen-year-old Mina is motherless, her magician father is vicious, and her silent heart has never...

7th - 12th

The Standing Rock Sioux Challenge the Dakota Access Pipeline: Discussion Guide

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The Standing Rock Sioux Challenge the Dakota Access Pipeline: Frayer Model

Use this graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge.

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The Standing Rock Sioux Challenge the Dakota Access Pipeline (Taking a Stand)

Written by Clara MacCarald

Explores the history, events, and aftermath of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribes protest of the Dakota...

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The Great Gatsby

Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career...

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Be a Changemaker: How to Start Something That Matters

Written by Laurie Ann Thompson

Do you wish you could make a difference in your community or even the world? Are you one of the...

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What Linnaeus Saw

Written by Karen Magnuson Beil

In What Linnaeus Saw, Karen Magnuson Beil chronicles Linnaeus’s life and career in readable...

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Rising Water: The Story of the Thai Cave Rescue

Written by Marc Aronson

On June 23rd, 2018, twelve members of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach were exploring the...

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Magellan

On September 6, 1522, a horribly battered ship manned by eighteen malnourished, scurvy-ridden...

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Sports Illustrated Kids STATS!: The Greatest Number in Sports

Count up the most fascinating numbers behind sports' greatest moments in STATS! The Biggest Numbers...

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Wolfpack (Young Readers Edition)

In this young readers adaptation of her #1 New York Times bestselling book, two-time Olympic gold...

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Outcasts United

Written by Warren St. John

A moving account of how a soccer team made up of diverse refugees inspired an entire community here...

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This Is Your Time

Written by Ruby Bridges
Written as a letter from civil rights activist and icon Ruby Bridges to the reader, This Is Your...
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Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Journey to Justice

Written by Debbie Levy

Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a modern feminist icon—a leader in the fight for equal...

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A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919

Written by Claire Hartfield
On a hot day in July 1919, five black youths went swimming in Lake Michigan, unintentionally...
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10 True Tales: Young Civil Rights Heroes

Written by Allan Zullo
This book is a collection of 10 vignettes about the civil rights era. The focus of these stories is...
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The Time Machine

Written by H. G. Wells
This H.G Wells masterpiece tells the story of a scientist who time-travels to the year 802701, and...
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Barack Obama

Written by Beatrice Gormley
The fascinating life and early struggles of Barack Obama, who has consistently broken barriers for...
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Theory, Practice and Destructive Properties: Liar, Liar

Written by Gary Paulsen
Eighth-grader Kevin is a gifted liar whose tales begin to get him in ever-increasing trouble with...
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The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives: Criss Cross

Answer clues based on the content and vocabulary words from The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two...

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives: Word Search (Hard)

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