We read the Boy on the Wooden Box last year during our WWII studies. My 4th grader really appreciated the book and we had many good discussions, when he gets a little older Maus will also be on the list for later middle school when we get back to that period of world history. Definitely will remember this lit bite
@FourByTwo
2 жыл бұрын
Love this idea!! Sometimes when there’s been a book in a level that we’ve already read, or that we’ve needed to sub, I’ve wished for something like this where I could drop in another book with questions/vocab/copywork already laid out for me. Thanks!!
@meganmadkour9328
2 жыл бұрын
Oooh!!! I love this idea! I can’t wait to see what you offer for elementary!
@TheGingerMeeple
2 жыл бұрын
Yay for Maus! I’ve been anxiously awaiting this when you announced your intent on insta. So excited!!!! Thank you!
@estrellaakastar5118
2 жыл бұрын
I'm so excited to see this! I have been wanting you to offer book studies for so long Yayyy! Hope there is more middle/HS lit bites in the making
@ohemgeebooks
2 жыл бұрын
This is so exciting! What a fantastic idea!
@DinoReader
2 жыл бұрын
I am *so* excited about this. As a bonus, the narrator for Ophie's Ghosts is AWESOME. Bahni Turpin...the same narrator that does The Hate U Give and Chains.
@jessicamays2587
2 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love this! Such great choices, too! I also wanted to add as a native Tennessean, I believe the "ban" has been blown out of proportion for media sake, and that saddens me. The book wasn't "banned", it was taken out of the middle school curriculum in a district. No one was saying people didn't need to read it or that it was an unspeakable book, they felt as though it was better suited for high schoolers, so they took it out of the middle school curriculum. They also didn't remove lessons on the Holocaust, only this one particular book that was believed better suited for high school. I'm sure there are people who are still going to disagree with the act and that's totally fine, but the whole story has not received any attention, only "Tennessee banned a Holocaust book" and thats not the entire story.
@ARRRGHSchooling
2 жыл бұрын
Yes and no. It wasn't "banned" but rather the school felt pressure to look at it and drop it without being able to say more than "it's inappropriate." Considering that a huge amount of schools use books like The Boy in the Striped Pajamas to introduce the Holocaust (a historically inaccurate book that makes you sympathize with nazis and uses the Jews as props for that sympathy), it's important that we don't disregard a book about genocide (or racism, or lgbtq+) simply because it makes us uncomfortable. It's meant to.
@jessicamays2587
2 жыл бұрын
I completely agree that it should be taught factually and that books like The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is not the way to go. I wish there had been discussion on the subject, different books and materials suggested, but I have to say, it's kind of understandable to take it out of middle school curriculum. There absolutely should have been factual choices recommended though. It definitely should not be totally left out of middle school curriculum.
@bookishhomeschool8010
2 жыл бұрын
YES I love this!!!! Please do more high school older middle school! I have Maus on my son's schedule next year for 11th grade in his graphic novel studies and I am so excited to see this on here! Thank you
@TeacherBeesABCs-123s
2 жыл бұрын
Ooooo!!😍 this sounds awesome!!!
@user-lm5uo3wk2o
2 жыл бұрын
I would love to see some videos about the different BYL levels and how they are organized. I know I can kind of figure it out from curriculum samples on the website and the book lists and stuff but it would be really nice if you could explain it in a video.
@ARRRGHSchooling
2 жыл бұрын
That's a great suggestion! I will see what I can do. :)
@michellecastro6560
2 жыл бұрын
Very excited about the new Lit Bites product offering! Great idea. Thank you Emily. I enjoyed the video and examples too.
@tanyabutton4806
2 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic idea. Will definitely have to try some of these lit bites. I just read Maus for the first time recently. Never did it at school (doesn’t seem to be such a well known book here in the UK, but maybe that’s just my own personal experience) but read it after it was recommended on a podcast I was listening too. It was so good. Not just because of the WW2 but the relationships between the author and his father and the father with the step- mother. This is a book I want to dive very deeply into with my kids when I think they’re ready.
@ginger4960
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah!! Love that you did lit bites! Especially for Maus! As soon as I heard it was banned a month or whatever ago in school I bought it… among others that have been banned. I’m excited to use it in our WW2 studies, even more now that you added the lit bites to it. Thank you for all your hard work in all you do putting together BYL curriculum. ♥️
@cerisewade5224
2 жыл бұрын
So excited about these! What a great list so far. Very excited about doing A Wrinkle in Time with my middle graders.
@learningmadsway2859
2 жыл бұрын
This is amazing! I can't wait to see them for younger!
@lauracox2018
2 жыл бұрын
💪 Yay!! Stand up against book bans!!
@whateverschooling
2 жыл бұрын
❤️❤️❤️
@erin.vancura
2 жыл бұрын
So excited!! From where would you recommend buying the Maus books?
@ARRRGHSchooling
2 жыл бұрын
I think it's currently backordered on Bookshop, but Amazon has it in stock - I offer links on the purchase page for each Bite.
@TheGingerMeeple
2 жыл бұрын
I ordered mine online directly from The Jewish Museum in NYC. Proceeds directly impact the museum.
@nicolezweifel1705
2 жыл бұрын
This is amazing!
@klevesque
2 жыл бұрын
Why was Maus banned?
@ARRRGHSchooling
2 жыл бұрын
The school claimed it was inappropriate content - mainly they said swearing and nudity, though there is only one very small panel (comic within a comic) that showed nudity and it was not gratuitous at all...it's a story about the Holocaust. There will be bad language, there will be disturbing images and content because it's a disturbing event. There's not a pretty way to talk about the Holocaust. I think the school was wrong to remove it - teens are old enough to handle this sort of thing.
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