Imagine a series of middle-grade novels that allow parents and teachers to explore the following questions in their classrooms:- How does violence effect human behavior and psychology?
- How do stories reflect how people behave through fear, shame, power, strength?
- What is the nature of courage and leadership, and how does this bystander culture limit it
- How does bullying, intimidation and oppression, by individuals and in groups, effect human
- How doe adults relate to children, and how is this different from peer relationships, whether child to child, or adult to adult?
- How do young teens deal with the challenges, threats and violence they face on a daily or regular basis?
Well imagination is no longer necessary! These themes and more are developed through the stories and characters of A Warrior’s Soul and Renegade. Honestly, I didn’t realize how thorough these themes were, and how well they mapped over to newly established Common Core literary standards, until I went through the exercise myself.
While I had written the books thinking about classroom use, I was quite gratified to see how well they fit the needs of classroom teachers.The results are available for free download at my website, www.srstaley.com, or by clicking here.
These maps are for 7th grade common core literary standards. I am working on 5th, 6th and 8th grade maps as well.
Stay tuned!
