Texts & Media, ‘Art & Advocacy’: 

 

Core Texts:

These are texts directly referenced and included in the lessons. 

Text Set:

Text Sets support all learners, especially those with background knowledge or vocabulary deficits, by building up these domains through a volume of reading on Science, Social Studies, and other high interest topics. You can learn more about building and using text sets here.

 

The texts listed below have been pulled from readworks.org, newsela.org, El Education modules, and resources referenced in text sets from achievethecore.org based on their connection to the topics addressed in this lesson.  In addition, we have partnered with Lee & Low, the largest multicultural children’s book publisher in the United States, to add to the text set and ensure that there are fiction and non-fiction selections that represent a diverse set of experiences.

 

 Texts listed are at a variety of reading levels and could be read aloud or printed/provided for students to read, depending on the needs of the readers in your classroom. These texts are not integrated into the lessons; they are an optional extension, and listed here as a reference for educators interested in building their student’s background knowledge around the project’s core topic.

ISBN/Website 

Title 

Author

Type

readworks.org

What’s the Big Idea about Water? Protecting Our Water  

American Museum of Natural History

Article/non-fiction

readworks.org

Almost 1 billion people don’t have clean water, a report finds.

Readworks 

Article/non-fiction

readworks.org

Rising Water: How Climate Is Affecting Coastal Areas

Readworks

Article/non-fiction 

newsela.org

A New Play Talks About the Water Crisis in Flint, Michigan

By Associated Press, adapted by Newsela staff

Article/non-fiction

newsela.org

Mr. Trash Wheel cleans up Baltimore Harbor with a dash of humor

By PBS News Hour, adapted by Newsela staff

Article/non-fiction

newsela.org

Marathon swimmer crosses the Pacific to fight plastic pollution

By Washington Post, adapted by Newsela staff

Article/non-fiction

newsela.org

Big glob of trash hurts animals and the sea

By Los Angeles Times, adapted by Newsela staf

Article/non-fiction

newsela.org

Deep-sea shellfish test positive for plastic in their stomachs

By Matthew Taylor, The Guardian, adapted by Newsela staff

Article/non-fiction

0986949590

A Good Trade

by Alma Fullerton

Book/fiction

1596435771

Clean Water (Sally Ride Science)

by Beth Geiger

Book/non-fiction

1426303602

Not a Drop to Drink: Water for a Thirsty World

by Michael Burgan

Book/non-fiction

0805089411

Our World of Water: Children and Water Around the World

by Beatrice Hollyer

Book/non-fiction

9780892393251

Water Rolls, Water Rises / El agua rueda, el agua sube

By Pat Mora

Illustrated by Meilo So

Book

9781600603396

Everglades Forever: Restoring America’s Great Wetland

By Trish Marx

Photographed by Cindy Karp

Book

9781620140789

Cycle of Rice, Cycle of Life: A Story of Sustainable Farming

Written and photographed by Jan Reynolds

Book/non-fiction

9780892394135

Galápagos Girl/Galapagueña

By Marsha Diane Arnold

Illustrated by Angela Domínguez

Book

*see also the texts listed as ‘optional’ within the Books/Media part of the lesson. While these are incorporated into the lesson itself as an optional extension, they would make useful additions to a text set. 

 

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