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Speak to Us of Work: Bronx Oral Histories
$13.95by Millennium Art Academy Students 2005-2006
In this intergenerational oral history collection, seniors in the Bronx share their inspiring life stories, including memories of the Civil Rights movement and the Great Depression.
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Yesterday's Issues, Today's Perspectives, Tomorrow's Lessons
$14.95by Tenth Grade Students at the Academy for Young Writers 2007-08
A collection of oral history narratives that reexamine key historical events of the 20th and 21st centuries.
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A "Sine" of the Times: Designing with Trigonometric Graphs
$22.95by NYC Lab Students 2007-08
Students translate mathematical equations into works of art and reflect on their identity as mathematicians.
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Reading Between the Lines: Inside the Minds of Young Writers
$13.95by Ninth Grade Students at the Academy for Young Writers 2007-08
Students reflect on the concept of "learning" through poems and profile-writing.
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Killing the Sky: Oral Histories from Horizon Academy, Rikers Island: Volume 2
$14.95by Horizon Academy Students 2005-06
Student-inmates of Rikers Island's high school, Horizon Academy, use the methodology of oral history to capture and reflect upon their life stories of personal struggle.
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Inter-View: Using Artifacts to Explore Our Mentors and Ourselves
$11.95by Ninth Grade Students at the Math and Science Academy 2008-09
Treasured artifacts serve as a lens for the collecting and telling of personal histories.
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I Know I'm Not Me
$14.95by Students at the Harvey Milk High School in partnership with the MothSHOP Community Program 2008-09
LGBTQ students at NYC's Harvey Milk High School transform lyrical spoken-word pieces into compelling narratives about gender identity.
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For Every Voice, A Different Truth: An Advisory Handbook by Tenth Grade Students at the Institute for Media and Writing at the Bayard Rustin Educational Complex
$14.95by Tenth Grade Students at the Institute for Media and Writing 2006-07
An advisory handbook written by high school students for students, exploring issues ranging from discrimination, drugs, and peer pressure to relationships and choosing the right college.
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Curriculum Guide: This is Where I Need to Be: Oral Histories of Muslim Youth in NYC
$7.5by Sandhya Nankani
Companion lesson plans, reproducible, resources and more for a collection of oral histories by and about Muslim youth in post 9/11 New York City.
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Coring the Apple: The Best of New York
$11.95by Eighth Grade Students at NYC Lab School 2001-02
A Zagats-inspired guide to the "Best-Of" New York City, by eighth grade cultural critics.
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From the Inside Out: Letters to Young Men and Other Writings
$20.0by Students of creative writing class at MCF-Stillwater
This anthology of creative writing, introduced with a foreword by the poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, is a collection by incarcerated writers, many of whom are serving life sentences.
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Arriving Where We Started: Lab Almanac
$15.95by Eighth Grade Students at NYC Lab School 2007-08
A seasonal survival guide for teenagers in urban environments, written by 8th grade students for students.
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Smoke Signals: Oral Histories From Long Creek
$11.95by Long Creek Youth Development Center Students 2006-07
A compelling collection of oral histories of residents at the Long Creek Youth Detention Center in South Portland, Maine.
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Turning the (Periodic) Table: Chemistry Regents Review Raps
$15.95by NYC Lab School Students 2007-08
Test prep takes on new meaning in this collection of rap songs (with CD) created by 10th grade students preparing for the Chemistry Regents exams.
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This is Where I Need to Be: Oral Histories of Muslim Youth in NYC
$12.95by Student Oral Historians from the Muslim Youth Project 2008
A groundbreaking collection of oral history narratives from the lives of post 9/11 Muslim youth in New York City.
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Take a Position, Create A Vision: Persuasive Speeches and Campaign Posters
$27.0by Eleventh Grade Students at Brooklyn Community Arts & Media High School, 2008-09
Political posters and persuasive speeches inspired by the 2008 presidential election campaign.
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Nubes a Mi Alrededor: Oral Histories from Horizon Academy Rikers Island
$14.95by Horizon Academy Students 2007-08
In this bilingual sister publication to the Killing the Sky Rikers Island series, seven inmate students share their oral histories in their native Spanish and their second language, English.
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Project Notes: Conducting Oral History in the Secondary Classroom
$12.95by Kerry McKibbin
A curriculum guide to help teachers create a classroom-based oral history curriculum and publishing program.
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Confessions of an Ex-Freshman: A Survival Guide for Freshmen by Sophomores Who Made It Through
$14.95by Tenth Grade Students at the Institute for Media and Writing 2008-09
Tips on surviving high school, from sophomores to future freshmen.
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What People Are Saying About Our Books
Felicia Pride, author Learn MoreThis collection of essays will make you cry, laugh, reminisce, and mourn, but most importantly, it will remind you that when we share our stories, we tighten the threads of both commonality and humanity.
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What People Are Saying About Our Books
Roger Bonair-Agard, co-founder of the LouderArts Project Learn MoreThe youth teach and remind us with their words that they will forge their own voices. We'd better facilitate them or be consumed in their wondrous fire.
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What People Are Saying About Our Books
Rita Williams Garcia, young adult author Learn MoreThese talented, ironic voices explode and set the pages on fire. Their emerging voices of truth, pain, and triumph are to be heard, cheered, but not denied. hear them.
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What People Are Saying About Our Books
Kathleen Cushman, author Learn MoreThese high school students contribute crucial expertise to the policymaking and practitioner communities. We ignore their voices at our own peril.
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What People Are Saying About Our Books
Junot Diaz, Pulitzer Prize winning author Learn MoreWonderful, heartbreaking, hilarious, beautiful and so very alive. This is a treasure box of what is best in us.
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What People Are Saying About Our Books
Nick Hornby, best-selling author Learn MoreThese essays are real, moving, true.
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What People Are Saying About Our Books
Pedro Noguera, New York University, Steinhardt School of Education Learn MoreThose who seek to help young people avoid a life of frustrated dreams and unfulfilled potential will find wisdom in these words.
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What People Are Saying About Our Books
Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, spoken word artist Learn MoreReading these raw and unapologetic poems, I experienced the unflinching call to action by the youth to overcome the brutality and senselessness of community violence.
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What People Are Saying About Our Books
Letitia James, Councilwoman, Brooklyn District 35 Learn MoreThese student commentaries are both instructive and profound.
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What People Are Saying About Our Books
Anthony DePalma, New York Times reporter Learn MoreIf you want to feel optimistic about a future in which young people turn sensitive eyes to some of the toughest issues facing our society, read this book.
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What People Are Saying About Our Books
Gerry House, President and CEO of the Institute for Student Achievement Learn MoreThe heart and soul that went into this book are apparent from the very first page... In Causing Effect, it's obvious that these students have been changed.
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What People Are Saying About Our Books
Jacqueline Ancess, Co-director, National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools, & Teaching Learn MoreSuch rigorous and authentic work is rare.
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What People Are Saying About Our Books
Francine Prose, President of PEN American Center Learn MoreThese beautifully written, compelling narratives tell us what it's like to be a young person in the difficult world we live in. We need to pay attention.
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