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Teaching In/About Michigan: Resources for Teachers Julie King Livonio Public Schools and Eastern Michigan Writing Project Language Arts Journal of Michigan Volume 19 Article 10 Issue 2 Celebrating Teaching in Michigan 2003 Teaching In/About Michigan: Resources for Teachers Julie King Livonio Public Schools and Eastern Michigan Writing Project Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/lajm Recommended Citation King, Julie (2003) "Teaching In/About Michigan: Resources for Teachers," Language Arts Journal of Michigan: Vol. 19: Iss. 2, Article 10. Available at: https://doi.org/10.9707/2168-149X.1265 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@GVSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Language Arts Journal of Michigan by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks@GVSU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. links to email and websites of individual authors TEACHING IN/ABOUT where booking information can be accessed. MICHIGAN: RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS Capturing Early Adolescent ReadfiS JULIE KING Christopher Paul Curtis LIVONIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND http;LLwww.randomhouse.com/teachers/authors/ EASTERN MICHIGAN WRITING rurt~ (Editors note: please see the Dwight Blublaugh & Michigan is indeed a state to be celebrated. students' interview o/Christopher Paul Curtis on Reflecting on the brilliant changing ofthe seasons, pages 9-17) we are reminded of our great northern beauty, the vastness of surrounding great lakes and the rich A native of Flint, Michigan, Christopher Paul Curtis history Michigan has to offer. This resources column is one of the most celebrated new authors of focuses on a variety of treasures that Michigan offers children's books. He has written two novels to date, its educators. From celebrated authors and a wealth The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 and Bud, Not of historical museums to websites that enrich and Buddy. Both have been highly acclaimed, and inform, this state offers much to celebrate. teachers throughout the country eagerly await his next release. Finding Michigan's Authors Michigan authors and illustrators are relatively easy Fiction is not the only thing this author has to offer. to find via the Internet. Two websites in particular In addition, he serves as an inspiring model for yield helpful information for those interested in young writers. In talks for educators and students, learning about authors and planning school Curtis tells his story of beginning to write while he visitations. worked on a factory line in Flint, Michigan, writing during his down time. With the encouragement of his Michigan Authors and Illustrators wife, he finally decided to take a leap and write his http://mel.lib.mi/miai/miai.html first novel, The Watson~ Go To Birmingham, set in Flint, Michigan in 1963. He can be heard at a variety This site houses a database of authors and illustrators of conferences around the country, and is also who were born in, live in, or have written about available for school visits. Plan to book him far in Michigan. It offers background information, advance, as he is popular. publications, contact information, and individual author websites when available. The Wastons Go To Birmingham, 1963 Intermediate Grades / Middle School Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators­ Michigan This is a novel that makes kids want to read. Kenny, bttp;/.Lkidshooklink.org the main character, is the middle child in a family of five living in Flint, Michigan in 1963. The book A source designed for writers and illustrators, this hooks the young reader right away in a hilarious site also has something of interest to educators. It account involving the older, "juvenile delinquent" includes articles for writers, announcements of the brother, stuck by the lips to the family'S car in the organization'S events in Michigan, and, best of all, freezing cold. As the story progresses, the undertones become more serious as Curtis takes the reader on a FALL/WINTER 2003 51 journey to the south which ends in Binningham, Alabama during the church bombing that killed two MichiganBistory Com.esAliv~Fiction little girls. The Watsons Go To Birmingham paints an honest historical picture of one family's experience Kathy-Jo Wargin with difficult times and prejudice in the 1960's. The Wargin Company - Great Lakes Prints htt:p:I/www.thewargincompany.com/biography.phtml Bud, Not Buddy Children's books grades PreK-5 Intennediate I Middle School This is a joint site for the photographer Ed Wargin Bud, not Buddy, as the main character prefers to be and wife, Kathy-Jo Wargin, co-contributor of the called, is a young boy barely tolerating an orphanage popular children's book, Legend ofSleeping Bear. in Flint. In his small box ofkeepsakes left from his While the site is mainly a gallery of photographs mother, a flier of a jazz band in Grand Rapids gives published by this couple, it also contains some him a hint of whom and where his father might be. background and contact infonnation of interest. The Bud travels across the state in search of his father, two celebrate Michigan's beauty and bounty in their and we experience the world according to Bud, at art and writing. times hilarious and at other times painfully accurate. This is another great catch for middle school Kathy-Jo Wargin is an author of and contributor to students; even the most reluctant readers relate to numerous children's books which highlight Bud's plight. Michigan's treasures. Titles to her credit include: The Legend ofSleeping Bear, The Legend ofMackinac Island, The Legend ofthe Loon, Lady's Slipper, and Jonathan Rand The Michigan Reader. http:L/www.americanchillers.com Michigan Chillers Kim Delmar Cory American Chillers Intennediate I Grades 4-5 Intennediate I Middle School http:L/maxpa~es.cQmLnahmypupI Author classroorn~ Rand is a Michigan native and the author ofthe increasingly popular series of Michigan Chillers. Two novels, Charlie Boy which takes place in These well-written horror tales take place in a variety Detroit and Lily's Way set in Muskegon, reflect the offamiliar Michigan cities reflected in titles such as lives of young people in the late 1800's. Both are Poltergeists ofPetoskey, Gargoyles ofGaylord and excellent resources for intennediate studies of Sinister Spiders ofSaginaw. Michigan History, bringing students into realistic accounts of kids their own age from another time. Young readers seeking an adventurous tale can Infonnation regarding school visits is available on connect with the familiar locations and often are Cory's website, which also includes teacher's guides inspired by this series to read more. On his website, for her novels. Rand explains that he began the American Chillers series after students around the country requested Gloria Whelan stories about their own hometowns. The site offers http://gloriawhelan.com biographical infonnation, school visitation details as lntennediate I Grades 4-5 well as Rand's own journal ofhis travels, which includes accounts of school workshops across the Gloria Whelan, a Michigan resident, has written state ofMichigan. numerous novels for intennediate readers involving 52 LANGUAGE ARTS JOURNAL OF MICHIGAN historical Michigan settings. Among her publications relating to our state. Also, it features an events are a series ofbooks which begin in 1812 when the calendar for the upcoming Michigan Week, May 22­ British take over Mackinac Island. The series follows 31, 2004. Register local events online and check out Mary, the main character, through three books. These other happenings around the state. titles, Once on This Island, Return to the Island, and Farewell to the Island, help make Michigan history Henry Ford Museum relatable to students. http://www.thehenryford.orglmuseumldefault.asp For Beginning Readers Located in Dearborn, the Henry Ford Museum offers Brenda Shannon Yee numerous schools across the state memorable field http://www.brendashannonyee.com/index.htm trips. A wide variety of venues including an Imax PreS-Gr2 Theater which schedules educational films, the Henry Ford Museum itself, as well as the popular Yee lives in Centerline, Michigan. Her early Greenfield Village that gives visitors a picturesque childhood book, Sandcastle, tells a tale of experience of visiting old-time Michigan in action, friendships and illustrates acceptance among are housed together in Dearborn. The website itself multicultural schoolchildren who work together to includes an array of educational materials as well as create an elaborate sandcastle. Hide and Seek, her information for planning events. second book, is a rhymed version of this popular game played by a mouse and his housemistress. Michigan in Films Yee's website includes both biographical information as well as her reflections as a writer. She is also Michael Moore available for school visitations. http.;LLwww.michaelmoore.coml Roger & Me, 1989 Rated R Michigan HistoryRmrn~ Bowlingfor Columbine Rated R Michigan History Links Older Students http:Llleslie.k12.mi.us/-mwhfamelmihst.html (Editor sNote: Robert Rozema s collaborative Maintained by the Historical Society of Michigan, article on pages 66-68 presents ideas for integrating this site offers links to Michigan History organized Michael Moore in high school English language in themes such as Civil War, Sports History, and arts) Women's History. Flint native Michael Moore addresses much about Michigan Historical Museum Center Michigan his work. His films notoriously expose http://www.michigan.goy/hallO, 1607,7 -) 60: provocative and sometimes horrifYing issues that li4A5 I 9273-,OO.htmi face our state and our nation. Among many documentaries and books to his credit are the better Offering online tours of several historical museums known are Roger & Me and Bowlingfor Columbine. around the state, this site offers usable content as well as resources for planning possible field trips. Roger & Me, 1989, details the impact ofthe GM The Michigan Historical Museum System link plant shutdowns in Flint, Michigan. Moore gives the contains a map that marks and provides links to viewer a history of this once booming city and historical museums all over the state.
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