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Loading... Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1976)by Mildred D. Taylor
  
Favorite Childhood Books (667) » 28 more Favorite Series (133) One Book, Many Authors (122) Historical Fiction (354) Female Author (480) Books Read in 2015 (2,178) Banned Books Week 2014 (137) Elevenses (244) Ambleside Books (191) Swinging Seventies (17) Formative books (2) Sonlight Books (237) Book Talks 9/13/17 (18) CCE 1000 Good Books List (237) A Girl's Life (109) Race Relations (21) This book would work well in a history lesson. Students can read this book and gather background information on the time period and setting of that time in history. As a part of an ongoing lesson students can learn about research projects by choosing a famous African American figure and write a research project. Students can also come together to brainstorm how life would be like today if discrimination was still occurring and we can come together as a class to make each of our fellow peers feel welcome and accepted. I would also use the poem written in chapter 11 to evaluate the elements of a poem and what it would take to make their own poems.  lauren12345 | Apr 7, 2019 |  This book was a landmark book about racism and the daily life of Cassie and her African American family. Through this book, readers learn about the injustices that surrounded the families during the depression, but also the commonalities of all humans--love, friendship, the importance of family, and right and wrong. (  ) bwheatley | Feb 19, 2019 | Cassie and her family live on their family land in Mississippi during the Great Depression. Cassie has many experiences where she learns of the hardships of racism and social injustice. When their family's land is at risk of being lost and their well-being is dependent upon keeping their land, Cassie begins to see the importance of the family's independence, pride, and integrity. (  ) Brianna.Andrea | Feb 18, 2019 | This is a very interesting book that is set in the early 1930's. It is about an African American family that lives in the south and they own property. The mother is a teacher at an all African American school. They face racism from white Americans and see the struggles they have to deal with trying to live their life. ( ) towsonspark23 | Dec 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: REQUIRED Cassie Logan is nine years old. She lives in Alabama with her mother and her brothers. It's her time to learn about racism in the deep south through a handful of hurtful experiences. Uncle Hammer is there to show her that it doesn't need to be the way it is and that she is not less than a white girl. Through Cassie, we see racism through a innocent lens and watch her grow up. This book is phenomenal. It reminded me of Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird in that we see very adult situations while figuring them out thorough a child's eyes. The way that Mildred Taylor was able to demonstrate such a hard topic through such a lens is amazing. ( ) haileyblatter | Nov 17, 2018 |
Roll of thunder hear my cry This book is about a family that lived in Mississippi. They owned a lot of land. There were the Wallace’s who were mean white people. There family was big. Papa sent Mr. Morrison to watch all of his family. There was a guy named T.J who took the wrong side of the road. And was blamed for stealing a gun. Papa went down to the land and set a fire so that T.J would not get hurt anymore. In the end, everything turned out great and it did not have to end in violence. We read this book in my 7th grade LA class. I enjoyed reading it. My favorite part was when Papa set a distraction to make them stop hitting T.J... I loved this book. Everybody should read this. The only part I did not like was when they cursed at the African Americans. I encourage all readers to read this book. Is contained inHas as a student's study guideHas as a teacher's guide
Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0142401129, Paperback)In all Mildred D. Taylor's unforgettable novels she recounts "not only the joy of growing up in a large and supportive family, but my own feelings of being faced with segregation and bigotry." Her Newbery Medal-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry tells the story of one African American family, fighting to stay together and strong in the face of brutal racist attacks, illness, poverty, and betrayal in the Deep South of the 1930s. Nine-year-old Cassie Logan, growing up protected by her loving family, has never had reason to suspect that any white person could consider her inferior or wish her harm. But during the course of one devastating year when her community begins to be ripped apart by angry night riders threatening African Americans, she and her three brothers come to understand why the land they own means so much to their Papa. "Look out there, Cassie girl. All that belongs to you. You ain't never had to live on nobody's place but your own and long as I live and the family survives, you'll never have to. That's important. You may not understand that now but one day you will. Then you'll see."Twenty-five years after it was first published, this special anniversary edition of the classic strikes as deep and powerful a note as ever. Taylor's vivid portrayal of ugly racism and the poignancy of Cassie's bewilderment and gradual toughening against social injustice and the men and women who perpetuate it, will remain with readers forever. Two award-winning sequels, Let the Circle Be Unbroken and The Road to Memphis, and a long-awaited prequel, The Land, continue the profoundly moving tale of the Logan family. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter (retrieved from Amazon Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:13:16 -0400) The story of one African American family fighting to stay together and strong in the face of brutal racist attacks, illness, poverty, and betrayal in the Deep South of the 1930s. |
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