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Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Patillo Beals

8th graders:  Here are some links you'll find interesting as you read this novel.

http://www.teacher.scholastic.com/barrier/hwyf/mpbstory/index.htm  A great site with lots of information about the time period, the author, & the book, and even a way for you to publish your thoughts & reactions

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4799  An interview with Ms. Beals

http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=725  A biography entry on an 'Arkansas history' site

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj4xtLSfYIw  A YouTube video featuring Ms. Beals speaking at the 50th anniversary (Sept. 2007) of her integration of Central High

http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/early-civilrights/brown.html  or http://brownvboard.org/summary/   or http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112391/brown_v__board_of_education.htm  Summaries of the Brown vs. Board of Education decision that eventually allowed Melba Patillo to attend Central High

http://www.lib.umich.edu/exhibits/brownarchive/  Tons of links on this site- use it to explore both Brown V. Bd of Ed. and the integration of Central

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/brown-v-board/  Archived records of actual documents relating to the Brown decision

http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/122/hill/marshall.htm Biography of Thurgood Marshall

Ties that Bind, Ties that Break by Lensy Namioka

Chinese foot binding

 http://www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us/History/China/04/hutchins/hutchins.htm

 http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/03/23/2003247430

 http://www.sfmuseum.org/chin/foot.html

 http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/china/clothing/index.htm 

 http://www.mingeiworldarts.com/shoes.htm 

 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/02/world/asia/02wang.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

 http://www.dismalaesthetics.com/boundfeet.html

 Chinese marriage traditions

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/social_customs/marriage/

 Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan

http://www.pardesiservices.com/tradition/arrangedmarg.asp

http://www.kamat.com/indica/culture/sub-cultures/arranged_marriage.htm

http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/2002/fyi/news/06/18/arranged.marriage/

The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/31/world/asia/31afghan.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss An end of October article about a suicide bombing, thought to be Taliban, in Kabul.

 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/world/asia/19afghan.html?_r=1&fta=y&oref=slogin  A September article detailing food shortages in Afghanistan.

 http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/t/taliban/index.html?inline=nyt-org  A recent New York times article explaining the history of the Taliban- a bit complex in vocabulary.

 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/09/AR2006110901058.html  An explanation for the following video project, a history of women who are battling back now that the Taliban are less of a factor in Afghanistan : http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/interactives/afghanistanwomen/index.html  Some of the women are difficult to understand because of their accents, so you’ll need to listen carefully, and sometimes replay their videos.

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1784864.stm  A 2002 BBC article about children begging (& breadwinners!) for their families in Kabul.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0603/p08s01-wosc.html  A 2002 article on children living in a Kabul orphanage, not always because their parents have died, but because they can no longer care for their children.