Second Chance: Freedom Writers Screening

If you missed our screening of Freedom Writers at NCTE in November 2006, you now have another chance to see this great movie free of charge.

Between January 26 and February 1, AMC Theaters will be celebrating teachers and spreading the Freedom Writers' message by allowing teachers nationwide to see Freedom Writers for free!

Please see AMC's press release below for more information and be sure to let other teachers know.

For further details on the free AMC screening, click here.

For more information on Freedom Writers Diary, the book the movie is based on, and other books by Erin Gruwell, click here.

A Mind With Wings Wins NCSS Award

A Mind With Wings: The Story Of Henry David Thoreau by Gerald Hausman and Loretta Hausman has been selected as a Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People 2007, a cooperative project of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and the Childrens Book Council.

Books selected for this annual award are written primarily for children in grades K-8. The selection committee looks for books that emphasize human relations, represent a diversity of groups and are sensitive to a broad range of cultural experiences, present an original theme or a fresh slant on a traditional topic, are easily readable and of high literary quality, and have a pleasing format and, when appropriate, illustrations that enrich the text.