Social Change Read Alouds for Upper Elementary
Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
Refugee by Alan Gratz
Kiss the Dust by Elizabeth Laird
Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
Iqbal by Franceso D’Adamo
The Clockwork Three by Matthew J. Kirby
Spilled Water by Sally Grindley
Home of the Brave by K A Applegate
Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Seesaw Girl by Linda Sue Park
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Anne Frank’s Diary by Anne Frank
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muňoz Ryan
The One and Only Ivan by K A Applegate
Peace One Day
Every Human has Rights
For Every Child
Song For Cambodia
Gleam and Glow
Mohamed’s Journey (there are more of these with different names at the beginning telling the stories of refugees from different locations)
One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference
Water Princess
Ryan and Jimmy and the Well in Africa that Brought them Together
I Could DO That! (Esther Morris) - Google Public Data to see women’s right to vote dates
Marvelous Mattie
Eleanor, Quiet No More
Fly High (Bessie Coleman)
Walking to School (Northern Ireland Religious Segregation)
The Champion of Children (Janusz Korczak)
The Yellow Star (Legend from Denmark)
A Picture Book of Anne Frank
So For From the Sea (Japanese Internment Camp)
An Apple for Harriet Tubman (Slavery)
Delivering Justice WW Law and The Fight for Civil Rights (background on Civil Rights Movement)
Testing the Ice (Jackie Robinson)
Martin’s Big Words
Separate But Not Equal (California school’s - Mexican American)
Harvesting Hope (Cesar Chavez - Workers Rights)
Yasmin’s Hammer by Ann Malaspina
Helen Keller
Running Shoes
Rachel Carson
The Boy who Harnessed the Wind
Mama Miti
One Plastic Bag