Meaghan Dyer READ 3302 Jacobs Monday, September 10, 2012 Text Set I began this text set

with Henrys Freedom Box and decided that I would make the theme of the text set revolve around slavery. To begin, I did some research online about childrens books that discuss slavery in some way or another. Once I found some that I thought I might want to include in my text set, I went to the TRC in Joyner Library and found them along with some other great reads to include. I used the search engine in the TRC to help me find those books and came up with a pretty wide variety of genres. I really like the search engine for the TRC because it helped me to narrow down my search to find fiction and nonfiction books as well as some biographies that dealt with slavery. I included two of each of those genres in my text set to give a wide range of genres to help students ability to read multiple forms of literature. All of the books I found are great extensions of Henrys Freedom Box because the children can tie in the slavery facts to Henrys story.

Books: 1. Henrys Freedom Box a. Levine, Ellen, and Kadir Nelson. Henry's Freedom Box. New York: Scholastic, 2007. Print. b. A fictional story about a slaves journey to freedom. c. 3rd grade and up d.

2. Pink and Say a. Polacco, Patricia. Pink and Say. New York: Philomel, 1994. Print. b. A fictional story about a white soldier who makes friends with a black soldier who was once a slave. c. 3rd through 5th grade d.

3. Sojourner Truth: Preacher for Freedom and Equality a. Slade, Suzanne, and Natascha Alex Blanks. Sojourner Truth: Preacher for Freedom and Equality. Minneapolis, MN: Picture Window, 2008. Print. b. A biography about a brave woman who helped many people and fought to free slaves. c. 3rd through 5th grade d.

4. Harriet Tubman: Hero of the Underground Railroad a. Mortensen, Lori, and Frances Moore. Harriet Tubman: Hero of the Underground Railroad. Minneapolis, MN: Picture Window, 2007. Print. b. A biography of a slave named Harriet Tubman who escaped to freedom through the underground railroad. She later helped many other slaves escape to freedom through the underground railroad. c. 3rd through 5th grade d.

5. Dred Scott v. Sandford: A Slaves Case for Freedom and Citizenship a. Cromwell, Sharon. Dred Scott v. Sandford: A Slave's Case for Freedom and Citizenship. Minneapolis, MN: Compass Point, 2009. Print. b. A nonfiction book about a slave named Dred Scott who filed a lawsuit for himself and his family to be free. c. 5th grade d.

6. Traveling the Freedom Road: From Slavery & the Civil War Through Reconstruction a. Osborne, Linda Barrett. Traveling the Freedom Road: From Slavery and the Civil War through Reconstruction. New York: Abrams for Young Readers, 2009. Print. b. A nonfiction book about American slavery from the beginning to then end and the aftermath. c. 5th grade d.