What books would you add to schools ‘required reading list’ if you could?
What books would you add to schools ‘required reading list’ if you could?
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What books would you add to schools ‘required reading list’ if you could?
I’m a huge fan of the thesaurus. Thesauruses for everyone.
Les Miserables and War and Peace
And Harry Potter. It really seems to speak to teens and have life lessons for them. I think they could all benefit from reading it!
I agree with this completely. I understand that HP has no education value but it does teach some valuable lessons and I think that it would help children develop a love for reading.
Since Canadian school children aren’t really taught anything whatsoever about the First and Second World Wars, I’d get them to read something that is from a contemporary or at the very least discusses the event. So many Canadians do not even know what Hill 70 is, and there are so many people my sisters ages that have no idea what Vimy Ridge is. When the twenty dollar bill came out with their new fancy designs a couple of years ago, people thought that the Vimy Ridge Memorial were the Twin Towers.
When my older daughter was in 4th grade, she read the Anne of Green Gables series, and that led to us learning more about Canada’s involvement in WW1. That war was not covered well in my education, other than in a Modern World History course I took as a high school senior. About three years ago, we saw a Canadian documentary about Canadian war heroes, and it featured Farley Mowat. I bet he would have something worth reading about the war. #isenseashortresearcjprojectinmyfuture
@Vicki Anne of Green Gables is written by a Canadian author. Yet, in Canadian schools, that isn’t required reading at all. Farley Mowat wrote the most beautiful book set in the Second World War called The Regiment. I went to Cadets with the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, I was able to win this book when they did a draw for it. Unfortunately, The Regiment isn’t even considered in our schools. I think that both Anne of Green Gables and The Regiment should be considered required reading for schools.
@Tiffany Anne isnt part of the curriculum??? That’s some of the best writing there is! And if The Regiment is nearly as well written as Never Cry Wolf, or even Owls in the Family..Canadian students are missing out there as well.
@Vicki I don’t believe that any Canadian school for elementary or secondary have Anne of Green Gables as part of the curriculum at all. It’s really sad when you consider that it is Canadian literature and not one book written by a Canadian is actually required reading for Canadian school children.
@Tiffany That’s just not right.
The Book Thief
Yes, wonderful example of great writing, and a much needed perspective of the war.
I think “Small Great Things” by Jodi Picoult should be required reading.
One of my picks is taught in my local high school..Angela’s Ashes.
The Kite Runner
Atlas Shrugged
That was on my required reading list.
The little prince
I read it in high school French
Poetry of Gary Snyder
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn.
LOVE this book!
Brilliant book
I had a ton of required reading from 5th through senior year. We had 15-25 that were done as a group with tests and then 25-100 that you had to do on your own and write between 1-5 pages on the book. All of the reading varied. That being said I would say the sisterhood of the traveling pants. The female leads are strong which would be a win cause I went to all girls schools.
Time Keeper
The little prince / A Thousand Splendid Suns ♥
The Book Thief
Also history books that are accurate.
The Breadwinner for older elementary (5th/6th)
The Book Thief
Someone Knows my Name (older high school)
Blood on the River (4th-6th)
Fever 1794 (5th/6th)
Salt to the Sea (8th-10th)
The Hunger Games (high school)
I Am Malala
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Solder
The Scarlet Letter
The Boy in Striped Pajamas
Sarah’s Key
The Hiding Place
I really liked Someone Knows My Name..very interesting seeing the American Revolution from this angle. Covers a part of history that has been overlooked in the historical fiction genre..and its beautifully written.
The hate u give
Creek marys blood
harry potter ?
I’m thinking about some that used to be on the list but seem to be disappearing like 1984, Huckleberry Finn, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
The second sex by Simone de Beauvoir
When Books Went to War by Molly Guptill Manning
The book thief! Glad to see another fan here
The Hour I First Belived – Wally Lamb
The Buddhist Bootcamp by Timber Hawkeye…. on a secular way to live peacefully and stress free
Percy Jackson
why would you add percy jackson to a required reading list?
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