The research-based activities include text-dependent questions, student interpretation of vocabulary words, close reading exercises, and analyzing the text through writing. If you are looking for a rigorous all-in-one teacher/student literature guide, these guides are a good choice. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Unit Guide (Concept: Civil Rights).Moving Beyond the Page Literature Unit Study Guides.In that aspect, with such a sensitive subject, the very fact that Taylor speaks to the young reader, not at the reader, is why adolescents since 1976 have fallen in love with the novel and why it is still taught in schools. After everything her family goes through, you want them to win, to come out on top. Taylor also doesn’t hold back with the racism that Cassie and her family experience. Who wouldn’t want to took up to a character like that? She is fierce, stands up for what she believes, questions her world and ultimately overcomes the obstacles thrown her way.

One of the reasons why, I think, Taylor’s novel has stood the test of time is that the character of Cassie Logan is written so strongly. It’s all about her.” It was so uplifting for an 11 year old inspiring writer. I was a voracious reader, and Roll of Thunder was the first time I remembered thinking, “Here is a black character I could relate to. When I read the novel as a child, I was extremely happy to read a novel, a compelling novel, that featured a character who looked like me. The novel explores the tension of racial relationships created by the poverty of the Depression. Set in Mississippi during the Great Depression, the novel follows the events surrounding the Logans, an African-American family who own their farmland, unlike many African-American families of the time. I, in fact, read the book when I was in 5th grade, and my heart still warms from the memory of the novel. This Newbery Award winning classic was published in 1976 and is still loved by readers. This post was inspired by one of my 7th grade students bringing in Mildred Taylor’s, “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry”. Therefore, we are instituting a new series here on Rich In Color, titled Flashback in Color, exploring those classics novels that are beloved by all. These novels moved readers when they were first published and move readers still, as well as inspired generations of writers of color. The trailblazers, the writers who chose to write stories featuring characters of color before readers demanded it. While Rich in Color’s mission is to share current diverse novels, we must not forget the Classics.

Roll of thunder hear my cry book series