Mrs. Rearick's Picks:
5th Grade Curriculum Support

Module 1: Stories of Human Rights

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Fighting for yes! : the story of disability rights activist Judith Heumann

Oh, the things we're for!

Hear my voice : the testimonies of children detained at the southern border of the United States

Love is loud : how Diane Nash led the Civil Rights Movement

Ida B. Wells, voice of truth : educator, feminist, and anti-lynching civil rights leader

Turning 15 on the road to freedom : my story of the 1965 Selma voting rights march

What is the Civil Rights Movement?

What is the Women's Rights Movement

American Indian Rights Movement

Child of the Civil Rights Movement

A lady has the floor : Belva Lockwood speaks out for women's rights

Lillian's right to vote : a celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

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Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer

Selavi: A Haitian Story of Hope

Betty Before X

Memphis, Martin, and the Moutaintop

Walking with Miss Millie

We are the Change

Module 2: Biodiversity in the Rainforest

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The Rainforest Grew All Around

Anteaters, bats, & boas : the Amazon rainforest from the forest floor to the treetops

Surviving the rainforest

The woolly monkey mysteries : the quest to save a rainforest species

The Amazon Rainforest

In the rainforest

The Rainforest Grew All Around

The leaf detective : how Margaret Lowman uncovered secrets in the rainforest

Protecting the Amazon rainforest

Zonia's rain forest = Antamishite Zonia (Bilingual)

Can You Save a Tropical Rain Forest?

Into the forest : wander through our woodland world

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Tree of Wonder

The Most Beautiful Roof in the World

The Leaf Detective

Amazon Adventure

Rainforests

The Lost Rainforest: A Novel

Module 3: Athlete Leaders of Social Change

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All the Way to the Top

Athletes for social justice : Colin Kaepernick, Lebron James, and more

I am not a label : 34 disabled artists, thinkers, athletes and activists from past and present

Barbed Wire Baseball

The Hero Two Doors Down

Promises to keep : how Jackie Robinson changed America

Always, Jackie : the true story of a boy and his baseball hero

Colin Kaepernick

Jim Thorpe Original All-American

Jim Thorpe's Bright Path

Mia Hamm Striking Gold

Auma's Long Run

Game changer : John Mclendon and the secret game

Zion Unmatched

Jessie Owens: Fastest Man Alive

Who Was Jessie Owens

Not playing by the rules : 21 female athletes who changed sports

A sporting chance : how Paralympics founder Ludwig Guttmann saved lives with sports

Women in sports : 50 fearless athletes who played to win

Fastest woman on Earth : the story of Tatyana McFadden

Rising above : inspiring women in sports

Splash! : Ethelda Bleibtrey makes waves of change

Touch the sky : Alice Coachman, Olympic high jumper

Trailblazing women in gymnastics

We got game! : 35 female athletes who changed the world

Abby Wambach

Annika Sorenstam

More than just a game : the Black origins of basketball

Silent star : the story of deaf major leaguer William Hoy

The William Hoy story : how a deaf baseball player changed the game

Yes she can! : women's sports pioneers

Yusra swims

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All the Way to the Top

Enough! 20 Protesters Who Changed America

The Hero Two Doors Down

Barbed Wire Baseball

The Floating Field

Colin Kaepernick: Change the Game

Module 4: The Impact of Natural Disasters

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100 most destructive natural disasters

Earth shattering events : volcanoes, earthquakes, cyclones, tsunamis and other natural disasters

I Survived True Stories: Five epic disasters

US geography through infographics

I survived true stories : nature attacks!

Two Degrees

Hurricane

Ranger in Time Hurricane Katrina rescue

I Survived: Hurricane Katrina, 2005

The Superstorm: Hurricane Sandy

Two Bobbies : a true story of Hurricane Katrina, friendship, and survival

I Survived: Galveston Hurricane 1900

Hooper finds a family : a Hurricane Katrina dog's survival tale

Built below sea level : New Orleans

Eight dolphins of Katrina : a true tale of survival

Hurricanes

Hurricanes have eyes but can't see : and other amazing facts about wild weather

A Bird Will Soar

Wild weather : storms, meteorology, and climate

All the Impossible Things

Mad Scientist Academy: The Weather Disaster

Ranger in Time: Escape from the great earthquake

I Survived: San Francisco Earthquake, 1905

Eight days : a story of Haiti

Into the firestorm : a novel of San Francisco, 1906

Serafina's promise : a novel in verse

Fault lines : understanding the power of earthquakes

Beyond Me

Earthquakes: Witness to Disaster

Rising seas : flooding, climate change and our new world

Climate action : what happened and what we can do

Nowhere Better Than Here

A kid's guide to saving the planet : it's not hopeless and we're not helpless

Sea bear : a journey for survival

Greta Thunberg

Breaking the mold : changing the face of climate science

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