http://www.storylineonline.net/white-socks-only/
Citation:
Coleman, E., & Cohn, S. (1996). White
Socks Only. Morton Grove, Ill.: A. Whitman.
Lexile Score: AD630L
Summary:
This story is about a little girl listening to her
grandmother’s story. The grandmother shared a story back from when she was a
child, in the time of segregation. The story was about how one little girl can
make a difference, or according to the grandmother, do enough good.
Evaluation:
Overall I
would say this story is of high quality text. The book itself talks about a very
big issue in this country’s history; segregation. The story talks about how
segregation could have been seen through the eyes of the children and how even
a simple mistake by a little girl who didn’t know any better was going to be
punished. However, right when the little girl was going to get beat, other
people stepped up and did the same thing she did. Tons of people ended up standing
against the white man and it return the man backed down.
I think this story shows an insight to children
nowadays of how lucky they really are and how horrible and unequal times were.
This book also can has can create lots of discussions about history, writing,
what is right and wrong, etc.
Overall the images in the text were nice too. The
images were child friendly and easy on the eyes. The natural colored drawings
went nicely with the words of the text. The images also did not contain any
stereotypes. Everyone in the story was also drawn equal (clean, style clothing,
size, etc).
Literary Elements:
Characters: little girl, her
grandmother
Genre: picture book
Conflict: Should the people
stand up against the white man
Mini Lesson:
For this book
I would teach students about segregation. I would explain to them how things
were at one time. I would also go over what certain signs meant (whites only,
colored only, etc). I would education children are this touchy subject from our
past.
Age: 5+ w/ Adult
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