Noticing Sentences

Advice Quit thinking negatively. Don't build more walls to block what's possible. Crash through, Noah. Crash the heck through. p23 Everything's not political. Actually, everything is. You either uphold the status quo, or you see what's wrong and try to change it. p40 I want to be a full human. I love new ideas. And new people. I want her to know I respect and honor her culture. Real diversity begins at the dinner table. Our humanity, Noah, will rise with out breaking of daily bread. You  must-- p403 Funny HE KNOWS EVERYTHING. He's the one who hipped me to the podcast. Hipped? Who are you, Shaft now? p28 (Did they know Shaft was having another movie come out when they wrote this?) 10:04 pm I WAS DRIVING A SCHOOL BUS AT YOUR AGE. YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH TO START TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF. P136 Noah, the struggle is real out here in these mean streets. Walt, you live in a gated community. p203 Interesting Facts What do you think I

It is good that this books makes sure, a few times, to mention that people got sick from the aftermath and trying to help. p4 and later (I guess I didn't mark the other places.) Whoa! The final plan for each tower called for twenty-three express elevators, seventy-two locals, and nine freight elevators. p32 One of the judges [for the memorial design competition] was a famous architect named Maya Lin. She said Arad "made something positive out of the void." p93

Education man landing on the moon-- considered fake My dad was selling stuff to Morton Thiokol for their solid rocket boosters for the space shuttle! There was such a thing as men landing on the moon! p24 "library" at their school p24-25 While educators had worked diligently to put these packets together, their own knowledge of the outside world was dangerously limited. Kristin was two weeks shy of eighteen, but I could tell it would take at least another two years of study to get her GED. p237 Family It was often the case that when a father's life became too packed full of the demands of multiple wives and many children, the sons took his place in labors of love and emotional support. After all, a man can have countless wives, but he will only ever have one blood mother. p31 Beliefs "Like Brigham Young, I don't like whiny women! Just like him, I tell 'em, 'Leave! I'll replace you in an instant with another wife, and she will serve m

Immigration great simple explanation for kids- p29 being called an alien- kid perspective-- p32 Language accent/ speech instruction- p36 Some of them are not that great, but I love that she talks to me as if I'm a good writer. p136 Sadness dad and paying for things- p155 Love it Like usual, Jessica doesn't seem nervous at all, but I realize that's not always good. Maybe it's good sometimes to be nervous about things because you'll work harder at them. p194

I think it would be interesting to discuss how students feel seeing this-- have they ever thought about all of the people who learn the "breaking news" about someone they know, someone they care about, this way. I think these panels would be good to discuss the effects (from the pages before) of people and events on our lives. And also the medical issues on this page in light of articles like the one about Serena Williams and her birth story. This one is good for the "All Lives Matter" thing. The way the media draws conclusions and the information they choose to share is always a good discussion.

Description But then that podcast came around, re-examining all that happened, poking holes in a burnt cake to make sure it's done. p1 Parenting But she always says, "You only get one shot at your kids, so you need to hit the bull's-eye." p8

If you are the kind of person who lies about something as small as bologna, what would stop you from lying about bigger, more important things? p102

Description If there had been a clock in the room, it would have stopped. Occasionally, there are minutes that get extra seconds. Moments so precious the universe stretches to make additional room for them, and this was one of them. People don't get pauses like these very often. Some people never receive them at all. p3 He looked the way she would have imagined a vigilante who had a secret identity as a gentleman botanist. p56 "But I don't want to feel differently. I want to feel love in its every form. I used to be so scared of it, but now I think love is another type of magic. It makes everything brighter, it makes people who have it stronger, it breaks rules that aren't supposed to exist, it's infinitely valuable. I can't imagine my life without it. And if you felt any love in your heart, you would understand." p187 Love it "Just because I don't like you doesn't mean you're not pretty." p17 And by proper, Tella imagined

World-Building He'd destroyed cultures, destroyed invaluable knowledge, destroyed so much of what had once been bright and good. His people should revolt. p69 Find the evil in the castle... But the only evil thing in this world is the man ruling it. p219 "Marriage is a legal contract-- it's not a sacred thing. As Crown Prince, you should have given up such fanciful notions. What if you're ordered to marry for the sake of an alliance? Would you start a war because of your romantic ideals?" p231 The week surrounding Yulemas was a time of relaxation, a time to celebrate the carnal pleasures that kept one warm on a winter's night. Women wore their hair down; some even refused to don a corset. It was a holiday to feast on the fruits of the harvest and those of the flesh. p259 Gender She glared. "I hate women like that. They're so desperate for the attention of men that they'd willingly betray and harm members of their own sex. And we claim

#LouderForThePeopleInTheBack But when we make assumptions about any historical figure, we rewrite the past without even knowing it.p1 The version of history we learn in school puts a straight cisgender mask on almost everyone. p1 Recognizing the world's rich history of queerness helps reduce homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia, and helps welcome queer identities to the mainstream with love and acceptance. p2 Why homosexuals were one of the colonists' most popular scapegoats remains unclear. It wasn't just a bad interpretation of the Bible, since colonial states didn't outlaw greediness and other things Christianity forbids. p8 It matters that we say and demonstrate how queerness itself is as old as time, because people still find it counterintuitive to their conceptions of history. p213 Thinking about the amount of progress yet to be accomplished can be overwhelming, but when we put it in the context of all of time , we see that we've been going in the

Gender But Adele's fear of the road was no match for her fear of being lost. Swallowed into the Fuhrer's breeding systems to mother a whole nation of blonds. Doomed to years of swollen ankles, a body run down, and breasts sucked dry. p27 Power The Fuhrer was known for his speeches. His voice turned words into living, breathing things that snaked under skins, lit fires inside even the dullest minds. p40 Hypocrisy An Italian face: olive skin, dark hair, shaded eyes. (Non-Aryan by strict standards, though Hitler's racial system was built just as much on politics as it was on weak pseudoscience. Like the Japanese, Italians were "honorary Aryan," because of their pro-National Socialist war efforts.) p95 "But think of the implications! If a Jewish urchin can appear Aryan, then why not the rest of us? What would take generations with eugenics could be accomplished with just a few injections! Those of us with flawless pedigrees who want more desirable tra

Gender You must try to be kind to your brother even when he is older but not wiser . p5 Even if that farm boy told everyone in Ivets what he'd seen, the townspeople would chalk it up to Adezku, the rascal wind that drove women into their neighbors' beds and made mad thoughts skitter in men's heads like whorls of dead leaves. p15 Nina snorted. If men were ashamed when they should be, they'd have no time for anything else. p32 He'd come to recognize the bizarre phenomenon of Zoya's beauty, the way men loved to create stories around it. They said she was cruel because she'd been harmed in the past. They claimed she was cold because she just hadn't met the right fellow to warm her. Anything to soften her edges and sweeten her disposition-- and what was the fun in that? Zoya's company was like strong drink. Bracing-- and best to abstain if you couldn't handle the kick. p57 "He thinks a woman wanting to fight or hunt or fend for herself

Advice Steve went on, "If you only expose yourself to whatever everybody else does, you'll never create anything new." p14 Explaining Something Hard to Explain It was funny because it wasn't something that I would'a thought to ask for, but sitting there then in my room, it seemed like something I had been wanting. I just hadn't known that I had wanted it. p15 Description Sunnshyne Dixon-Knight, or Sunny, wasn't bad-looking, but her attitude made her ugly. p37 Respecting A Person's Name p45

Interesting Facts: Benjamin Franklin and the sedan chair p11

Good explanation Look, you can be angry, but you can't be disrespectful . p21 Poems to share "Today" p 24-26 "Thought" p36 "Resolve" p337-339 The system Nah! Got caught bouncing my ball in the hallway. In-school suspension. p78

Discussion of careful wording-- good for high school classrooms "In classrooms, teachers taught children from many backgrounds about U.S. History and how the government works." p6-- Note, not ALL backgrounds. Discussion of the adding of "under God" to the pledge p15 original text of pledge- p11 court case p16 considering using the word "equality" in the pledge- p21

"If life is so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!" I know now what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!" p13 I feel like it would be really interesting to have students think about this more complete quote-- especially in light of the historical context. A good starting point for an irony discussion, I think.