Collection Analysis Report
for Exploring Tennessee
This report provides data analyses into the titles on this list to help support your efforts to put the right book in each reader's hands.
This report is organized by Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas, Quantitative Measures, and Qualitative Measures.
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Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas
For the 22 books on this list, please find an analysis revealing the quantity of titles associated with genre, cultural, and curriculum classifications. Additionally, please find the "Not Represented" section where you can click to identify other titles to potentially add to this list.
We hope this collection analysis tool helps you achieve the variety and differentiation of books that you want for your reading opportunities.
(22 of 22 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (15 books)
- History (13 books)
- Nonfiction (11 books)
- Social Studies (11 books)
- Picture Book (7 books)
- Biography (6 books)
- Historical Fiction (6 books)
- Art (3 books)
- Realistic Fiction (3 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (2 books)
- Health (2 books)
- Music (2 books)
- Science (2 books)
- Humor (1 books)
- Physical Education (1 books)
- Sports (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 20 of 22 titles that have known Lexile levels, below is the low, high, and average Lexile® for the books in this list. We hope these data points, along with the crosswalk to other measures, provide insights into the variety and differentiation of this collection.
Lexile® Average: 807 (Range: 520 - 1140)
Reading Level and Grade Band Crosswalk
Grade Band | Lexile® | ATOS | Degrees of Reading Power® | Flesch-Kincaid | Fountas & Pinnell | Reading Maturity | SourceRater |
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2-3 | 420-820 | 2.75-5.14 | 42-54 | 1.98-5.34 | I-P | 3.53-613 | 0.05-2.48 |
4-5 | 740-1010 | 4.97-7.03 | 52-60 | 4.51-7.72 | O-V | 5.42-7.92 | 0.84-5.75 |
6-8 | 925-1185 | 7.00-9.98 | 57-67 | 6.51-10.34 | U-Z | 7.04-9.57 | 4.11-10.66 |
9-10 | 1050-1335 | 9.67-12.01 | 62-72 | 8.32-12.12 | Z+ | 8.41-10.81 | 9.02-13.93 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 3 of 22 titles that have known qualitative measurements, this graph reveals the aggregated low, high, and average qualitative measures for the books in this list. We hope this range of information shows the variety and differentiation of this collection.
Qualitative Text Complexity Ranges
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Qualitative measures for each title are determined by crowd sourced results from professional educators who complete the literary or informational text complexity rubrics. These are relatively new on TeachingBooks so only a small percentage of all the titles have currently been evaluated. Perhaps you can help?
Instructional Materials Summary
Below please find a summary of available multimedia texts and instructional materials that enrich and deepen the discussion of the titles on this list.
- 15 Videos
- 9 Book Readings
- 21 Lesson Plans
- Total of 200 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Booklist's "Exploring Tennessee". If you wish to see the curricular areas, genres, Lexile® and Qualitative measures, along with the collection of ready-to-use instructional materials, go online to TeachingBooks at: https://school.teachingbooks.net/QLB8N79
A Band of Angels: A Story Inspired by the Jubilee Singers
by Deborah Hopkinson and Raúl Colón
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Music
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 1999
The Cherokees
by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve and Ronald Himler
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 820
- Year Published: 1996
Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919
by Patricia C. McKissack Patricia C. McKissack
Book 18 of the Dear America Series
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 2000
The Cuckoo's Child
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 720
- Year Published: 1996
Davy Crockett Saves the World
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 1050
- Year Published: 2001
Flossie and the Fox
by Patricia C. McKissack and Rachel Isadora
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: Science, English Language Arts, Art
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 1986
Goin' Someplace Special
by Patricia C. McKissack and Jerry Pinkney
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2001
Ida B. Wells: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement
by Dennis Brindell Fradin and Judith Bloom Fradin
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American, Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1140
- Year Published: 2000
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Ida B. WellsIf You Lived with the Cherokee
by Peter Roop, Connie Roop, and Kevin Smith
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 1998
Luck with Potatoes
by Helen Ketteman and Brian Floca
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 910
- Year Published: 1995
A Picture Book of Davy Crockett
by David A. Adler, John Wallner, and Alexandra Wallner David A. Adler, John Wallner, and Alexandra Wallner
Part of the David A. Adler Picture Book Biographies Series
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 1996
Richard Wright and the Library Card
by William Miller and R. Gregory Christie
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 1999
The Road to Memphis
by Mildred D. Taylor Mildred D. Taylor
Book 7 of the The Logan Family Saga
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 1990
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
The Scopes Trial: A Photographic History
by Edward Caudill and Edward J. Larson
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2000
Sequoyah's Gift: A Portrait of the Cherokee Leader
by Janet Klausner and Duane H. King
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 870
- Year Published: 1993
Slave Spirituals and the Jubilee Singers
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: History, Music
- Lexile: 1070
- Year Published: 2001
Swamp Angel
by Anne Isaacs and Paul O. Zelinsky
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 960
- Year Published: 1994
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
The Trail of Tears
by Joseph Bruchac and Diana Magnuson
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 1999
V is for Volunteer: A Tennessee Alphabet
by Michael Shoulders and Bruce Langton
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2001
Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys
by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard and E.B. Lewis
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American, Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 520
- Year Published: 2000
The War Within: A Novel of the Civil War
by Carol Matas
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2001
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman
by Kathleen Krull and David Diaz
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Physical Education
- Lexile: 850
- Year Published: 1996
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
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