"Giving where it works" by Tina Rosenberg (November 30, 2011, New York Times) - 6th grade and up (may need to be adapted for 6th grade).
"Joe Paterno ignored his moral responsibility" by Tracee Hamilton (November 8, 2011, Washington Post) - Mature high school. Includes details of Jerry Sandusky's sexual abuse of children.
"Killers run free as Boston cops stymied" by John Zaremba (November 9, 2011, Boston Herald) - 6th grade and up. Especially relevant to 7th grade focus on courage as getting involved and the case of Busta Rhymes addressed by 7th graders in early November.
"OWS has transformed public opinion" by Robert Reich (November 1, 2011, Salon.com) - 11th grade and up, especially relevant to 11th grade discussion of libertarianism, taxes, and redistribution of wealth.
"Fat girl: a history of bullying" by Rebecca Golden (November 1, 2001, Salon.com) - 6th grade and up (will definitely need to be edited and adapted for 6th and 7th grade). Already used as a class reading in 8th grade.
"Hope Is an Open Book" by Walter Dean Myers (October 16, 2005 New York Times) - 6th grade and up.
"Hartford man donating kidney to wife's ex-husband" (August 31, Hartford Courant) - 6th grade and up.
"Test of Faith" by Linda Wertheimer (September 8, Boston Globe Magazine) - 8th grade and up, especially relevant to 8th grade focus on respecting difference.
"If It Feels Right..." by David L. Brooks (September 13,New York Times) - 9th grade and up
"The Power of Common Ground" by David DeSteno (September 20, Boston Globe) - 8th grade and up, especially relevant to 8th grade focus on respecting difference.
"Is Buddhism Right?" by Joshua Rothman (September 3 Boston Globe) - 10th grade and up, especially relevant later in the school year to seniors writing their Senior Thesis.
"A Grievous Wrong," a New York Times editorial (September 21) and "Georgia Pardon Board Denies Clemency for Death Row Inmate" by Kim Severson (September 21, New York Times) - 6th grade and up, will need to be adapted for middle school students.
"A Grievous Wrong," a New York Times editorial (September 21) and "Georgia Pardon Board Denies Clemency for Death Row Inmate" by Kim Severson (September 21, New York Times) - 6th grade and up, will need to be adapted for middle school students.
