Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile

Welcome to Litsy!

Litsy is a place to share and discover your favorite books with your favorite people.

Litsy is available on the web, for iOS and Android.

It’s fun.  It’s simple.  It’s all about the book. Sign up and get a little Litsy.

To respect member's privacy and keep things awesome, most of Litsy is hidden from Google. We let humans see and share pages, but not machines. Find out more.
This page is: Hidden

Trending Hashtags

See More
#HauntedShelf
64 users recently
#bookspinbingo
77 users recently
#bookspin
87 users recently
#DaysDevotedTo
28 users recently
#spookoween
28 users recently
#doublespin
52 users recently

Trending Books

See More
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
64 users recently
Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued
Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued
Peter Sis
8 users recently
Now & Ben
Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin
Gene Barretta
9 users recently
Secrets of the Sea
Secrets of the Sea: The Story of Jeanne Power, Revolutionary Marine Scientist
Evan Griffith
7 users recently
Wonder
Wonder
R. J. Palacio
9 users recently
About | Help / FAQs | Privacy | Terms | Press | Resources
Steamboat School
Steamboat School | Deborah Hopkinson
2 posts | 6 read | 1 to read
Missouri, 1847 When James first started school, his sister practically had to drag him there. The classroom was dark and dreary, and James knew everything outside was more exciting than anything he'd find inside. But his teacher taught him otherwise. "We make our own light here," Reverend Meachum told James. And through hard work and learning, they did, until their school was shut down by a new law forbidding African American education in Missouri. Determined to continue teaching his students, Reverend John Berry Meachum decided to build a new school-a floating school in the Mississippi River, just outside the boundary of the unjust law. Based on true events, Ron Husband's uplifting illustrations bring to life Deborah Hopkinson's tale of a resourceful, determined teacher; his bright, inquisitive students; and their refusal to accept discrimination based on the color of their skin.
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
Pick icon
100%
review
Librarybelle
Librarybelle
Steamboat School | Deborah Hopkinson
post image
Pickpick

Inspired by the true story of Reverend John Berry Meachum, this #picturebook follows James and other children as they attend Rev. Meachum‘s school in 1840s Missouri. When a law is enacted forbidding education of enslaved and freed persons, the Reverend and the children have to figure out how to keep learning.

An amazing book! Wonderful illustrations and a great narrative that introduces children to a tumultuous time in US history. #BBRC #LetterS

tagged users iconLibrarianRyan
LibrarianRyan stacked! 1y
61 likes2 stack adds1 comment
review
Cruzdia1
Cruzdia1
Steamboat School | Deborah Hopkinson
post image
Pickpick

This book is both a HF and a BF, as well as a Jane Addams award winner. This book can be used in the classroom as a RA, S, IR, SR or CR. #UCFLAE3414
Steamboat School is inspired by the life of Reverend John Berry Meachum who fought tirelessly for the rights of African Americans. This book tells the story of how he managed to teach a group of children despite the odds against them! This book is a must have for any classroom library!

Cruzdia1 A UDL strategy that pairs well with this book is 9.1: promote expectations and beliefs that optimize motivation. This is a great strategy to use with this book because it can be related to how the children in the book drew were motivated to learn because of their lack of resources and truly desired to learn despite obstacles that they faced. 7y
Cruzdia1 An ESOL strategy that pairs well with this book is 28: Provide biographies of significant men and women. This is a great strategy to use since this book is influenced by the life of Reverend John Meachum and it would allow you to bring in texts about him and other influential people during this time in addition to this book. 7y
Cruzdia1 The teaching resource that I attached for this book is a biographical online page detailing different aspects of Reverend John Meachum. http://www.blackpast.org/aah/meachum-john-berry-1789-1854 This will be useful to incorporate into your lesson when exploring this book. 7y
JennaMichelleCohn To expand on the ESOL strategy, this could be made into an entire unit with important figures being the main focus of each day. 5y
2 likes4 comments