Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 201 North Scoville Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60302-2296

TO: Committee of the Whole of the Board of Education

FROM: Greg Johnson, ASCI

DATE: May 15, 2018

RE: Approval of Instructional Materials

BACKGROUND

Each year, the administration seeks formal Board approval of consumable texts that were provisionally approved during the previous year. This year, texts are submitted for approval from the English and History Divisions.

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

Pursuant to the provisional approval of the above instructional materials, teachers submitted texts for review, first to their Division Head, and then the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum of Instruction. Once provisionally approved by both parties, the texts were then purchased from Division budgets and utilized in the classroom. If the teachers using the materials deemed them to be successful, the texts were then formally submitted a second time to their Division Head and ASCI for Board approval. This year, 27 texts are submitted for approval from the English Division, and five from the History Division. This report includes two attachments: first, a list of all texts submitted for approval, and second the Instructional Materials Adoption Forms submitted for each text. If approved, any additional texts that are needed for next year's students will be purchased out of next year's Divisional budgets. No additional funds are needed in our budgets to satisfy this request.

RECOMMENDATION

The administration recommends that the Board of Education approve the adoption of these instructional materials at its next regular Board meeting on May 24, 2018.

Strategic Plan: Goal 4, Transformational Teaching and Learning Board Goals: District Policy: 6:10 Lists of Texts for Approval by Division

English For 125E: World Studies Title: Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet (Vol. 1) Author: Ta-Nehisi Coates Publisher: Marvel Copyright: 2016 ISBN: 978-1-302-90053-3

For 129: AP English Language & Composition Title: Everything’s an Argument Author: Andrea Lunsford and John Ruszkiewicz Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin’s Copyright: 2016 ISBN: 978-1-319-08574-2

For 144: English 10 Literature Title: Born A Crime Author: Trevor Noah Publisher: Spiegel and Grau Copyright: 2016 ISBN: 978-0-399-59044-3

Title: Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Author: Chimamanda Adichie Publisher: Alfred Knopf Copyright: 2017 ISBN: 978-1-5247-3313-1

Title: The Hate U Give Author: Angie Thomas Publisher: Balzer & Bray Copyright: 2017 ISBN: 978-0-06-249853-3

For 148: Rhetoric 099 Title: In Concert: Reading and Writing Author: Kathleen T. McWhorter Publisher: Pearsons Copyright: 2016 ISBN: 978-0-13-459088-2

For 149: Rhetoric & Composition 101 Title: St. Martin’s Guide to Writing Author: Axelrod, Rise B. and Charles R. Cooper Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin’s Copyright: 2016 ISBN: 978-1-319-08971-9

Strategic Plan: Goal 4, Transformational Teaching & Learning Board Goals: 1 District Policy: 6:40

Title: The Art of Racing in the Rain Author: Garth Stein Publisher: Harper Copyright: 2009 ISBN: 978-0-06-153796-7

Title: The Circle Author: Dave Eggers Publisher: Vintage Books Copyright: 2014 ISBN: 978-0-345-80729-8

Title: The Girl on the Train Author: Paula Hawkins Publisher: Riverhead Books Copyright: 2016 ISBN: 978-1-59463-402-4

For 150/2: Expository Writing Title: The Family Romanov Author: Candance Fleming Publisher: Random House Copyright: 2014 ISBN: 978-0-375-86782-8

For 151: Creative Writing Title: Sudden Flash Youth Author: Christine Perkins-Hazuka, Tom Hazuka, Mark Budman Publisher: Persea Copyright: 2011 ISBN: 978-0-89255-371-6

For 164/2, 1644, 1646: Humanities A Title: Introduction to Buddhism Author: Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Publisher: Tharpa Copyright: 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9789067-7-1

Title: Siddhartha Author: Hermann Hesse Publisher: Penguin Books Copyright: 1999 ISBN: 978-0-14-243718-2

Title: The Book of Joy Author: Dalai Lama & Desmond Tutu Publisher: Random House Copyright: 2016 ISBN: 978-1-5247-0863-4

Title: The Qur’an: A new translation by M.A.S. Abdel Haleem Strategic Plan: Goal 4, Transformational Teaching & Learning Board Goals: 1 District Policy: 6:40

Author: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem Publisher: Oxford World Classics, University Press Copyright: 2004 ISBN: 978-0-19-953595-8

For 172/2: Experiments in Reading Literature Title: Blindspot Author: Mahzarin R. Banaji & Anthony Greenwald Publisher: Bantam Books Copyright: 2016 ISBN: 978-0-345-52843-8

Title: Finding Your Element Author: Ken Robinson Publisher: Penguin Books Copyright: 2013 ISBN: 978-0-14-312551-8

Title: Flow Author: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Publisher: Harper Perennial Copyright: 1990 ISBN: 978-0-06-133920-2

Title: Man’s Search for Meaning Author: Viktor E. Frankl Publisher: Beacon Press Copyright: 1959 ISBN: 978-0-8070-1429-5

Title: Start Where You Are: A Journal for Self-Exploration Author: Meera Lee Patel Publisher: TarcherPerigee Copyright: 2015 ISBN: 978-0-399-17482-7

Title: The Element Author: Ken Robinson Publisher: Penguin Books Copyright: 2009 ISBN: 978-0-14-311673-8

Title: The Happiness Advantage Author: Shawn Achor Publisher: Virgin Books Copyright: 2010 ISBN: 978-0-7535-3947-7

Title: Visual Intelligence Author: Amy Herman Publisher: First Mariner Copyright: 2016

Strategic Plan: Goal 4, Transformational Teaching & Learning Board Goals: 1 District Policy: 6:40

ISBN: 978-0-544-94712-2

Title: Waking Up White Author: Debby Irving Publisher: Elephant Room Press Copyright: 2014 ISBN: 978-0-9913313-0-7

Title: Whistling Vivaldi Author: Claude Steele Publisher: W.W. Norton and Company Copyright: 2010 ISBN: 978-0-393-33972-7

Title: White Like Me Author: Tim Wise Publisher: Tim Wise/Soft Skull Press Copyright: 2005 ISBN: 978-1-932360-68-9

History For 375: History of Chicago Title: A People’s History of Chicago Author: Kevin Coval Publisher: Haymarket Books Copyright: 2017 ISBN: 978-1-60846-671-9

Title: Chicago: City on the Make Author: Nelson Algren Publisher: University of Chicago Press Copyright: 2011 ISBN: 978-0-226-01386-2

For 379: Hip Hop in US History and Society Title: Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation Author: Jeff Chang Publisher: Picador Copyright: 2005 ISBN: 978-0-312-42579-1

Title: Hip Hop Family Tree (Books 1-4) Author: Ed Piskor Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc Copyright: 2013-2016 ISBN: Book 1: 978-1-60699-690-4 Book 2: 978-1-60699-756-7 Book 3: 978-1-60699-848-9 Book 4: 978-1-60699-940-0

Title: The Rap Year Book Author: Shea Serrano

Strategic Plan: Goal 4, Transformational Teaching & Learning Board Goals: 1 District Policy: 6:40