If You Were a Kid During the Civil Rights Movement By Gwendolyn Hooks

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About Book

Title: If I Were a Kid During the Civil Rights Movement 
Author: Gwendolyn Hooks
Illustrator: Kelly Kennedy
Genre: Historical Fiction
Major Book Awards: No major book awards
Recommended Age Range: 6 to 9 
Appropriate Grade Levels: 1st to 3rd Grade

Summary

This book follows a girl named Connie Underwood and her new friend Mark who finds themselves in a civil rights demonstration. It all started when Connie approached Mark for help in trying to figure out what her twin brothers were up to. One night she overheard her brothers talking about a civil rights demonstration downtown and she asks Mark to come with her. As the two head downtown, they saw a group of African-American teenagers marching in rows protesting "Separate is not equal!" As they try to squeeze through the crowd to find her brothers, someone yelled "Police!" Connie was aware how violent the police can be with demonstrators, so she grabbed Mark and they both ran home to her house. She tells her mom, but her mom says they need to get a permit so the police can't arrest them. As weeks go by, Connie and her family along with Mark went marching with everyone, but this time carrying their parade permit. Now they can march all they want for equal rights and no one could be able to stop them this time. 

Evaluation - Would I Incorporated this book in my classroom?

I really liked reading this book, as I feel like it was very informative. I loved the illustrations and how cartoony it looks, and kids reading this would definitely enjoy it as well as learning about the civil rights movement. I see myself using this book in my classroom when we talk about the civil rights movement and notable people such as MLK Jr, Rosa Parks, and other people who encouraged this movement. This book would be appropriate for 1st to 3rd graders, although it can also be utilized up to 5th grade. It's a good read for students who are learning about these events. There are also vocabulary words that are highlighted in red and other events that happened during that time written on the side in its own little box. This would help students have the chance of following this fiction story, as well as real life events that happened during that time. An activity that I can do after reading this book is tell the students to create a timeline, using the information presented in this book. I will also touch base on why it is important to treat everyone how you wanted to be treated and why we should treat everyone equally. This book will also be good during Black History Month and a be kind month. 

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