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The Freedom Writers Diary:

How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them

Erin Gruel and students

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Topics and Resources

Anti-Semitism/Holocaust - Gale in Context or  World History or books through the catalog

  • Anne Frank
  • Elie Wiesel
  • Miep Gies
  • Gerda Seifer (Google only)

Cheryl Bess (acid attack victim) - (Google only)


Freedom Riders  - Gale in Context

Japanese Internment Camps - American History or Gale in Context

Misogyny in America - Gale in Context or EBSCO.  Also have books on both topics

  • Right to vote
  • "Me Too" movement
  • Choose your own

Oklahoma City Bombing-  American History or Gale in Context or EBSCO

Proposition 187 - Gale in Context, American History, EBSCO's Explora

Rodney King - American History or Gale in Context

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