Full Description
In Basic Needs: A Year With Street Kids in a City School, Julie Landsman chronicles one year as a teacher in a program for students in such serious trouble they are asked to leave their middle schools and attend a special program for disruptive students. Landsman allows her readers to get to know the students, their home and street situations, and how their stories develop over the year, and in doing so, shows the complexity of young people, their beauty, and their individuality. This second edition is as current a story as the original: about kids in trouble and their resiliency. Landsman has added a foreword, afterword, and an extensive Resource Guide, which includes all the text of activities from Diversity Days, revolving around how to create a community in your classroom and includes ideas for every week of the school year. Landsman also includes a list of books to read over the summer for busy teachers. In total, the second edition of Basic Needs is a worthy follow-up to the highly praised original.
Contents
Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 August Chapter 5 September Chapter 6 October Chapter 7 November Chapter 8 December Chapter 9 Winter Break Chapter 10 February Chapter 11 March Chapter 12 April Chapter 13 May Chapter 14 June Chapter 15 July Chapter 16 A Week-by-Week Plan: Creating an Inclusive Community in the Classroom Chapter 17 Afterword Chapter 18 About the Author
