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An easy .. read in one day kinda book! The last half of the book I couldn‘t read fast enough to see how it ended! Interesting book for sure!

Finished between parent visits at Parent/Teacher conferences. Trying to take care of some more books that fit the reading challenges I signed up for. This counts for “Red, White, or Blue Type cover” in #Booked2020 #Summer and for “Less than 150 pages” in #BBRC #YeahBaby

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I read this for year 11 English a long time ago. I really enjoyed this book. It shows exactly how extreme views can be taken on by a group and is so relevant to today. I would suggest people read it and take the message to heart.

I‘ve heard about this book and the actual “experiment” for years. I‘m starting a Holocaust unit with my 8th graders later this week, so thought I‘d give this a go. Terrifying how easy it is to just go along. The story itself is interesting but the writing is a little weak.

I‘ve heard of, but never seen, the film that accompanies this. I think there is a German and American version. I don‘t think I realized that this story is based upon an actual event that took place at a Palo Alto high school in 1969. The length of the book would make it perfect for a class assignment while studying WW2. Every year, I‘m asked how the Germans could have followed Hitler. Most students believe they wouldn‘t have been so eager. 👇👇👇

This book was written in ‘81, and this passage is referencing an old school film projector. However, I had to laugh, because I am 100% guilty of hoping one of my students can figure out my technology issues! I guess some things never change. 😊
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7th Grade ELA Classroom Sets:
Rick Riordan‘s Percy Jackson‘s Greek Gods
S.E. Hinton‘s The Outsiders
Daniel Keyes‘s Flowers for Algernon
Todd Strasser‘s The Wave
Art Spiegelman‘s Maus

I really loved the subject matter of this book, having seen the ABC special years ago. Unfortunately this short novel is not very well written and while the tension builds, we have to wade through some pretty mundane descriptions and interior character thought- maybe a product of it‘s time.

Super creepy story of a high school history teacher's experiment meant to demonstrate to his students how the Nazis came to power in Germany. #booktober #booksetinaschool

Picked up 2 of my son's books for this year's English & History class...they both look good, although the history book is mighty thick!