Collection Analysis Report
for Celebrating African American History
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 8 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.
(8 of 8 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- History (8 books)
- Social Studies (8 books)
- English Language Arts (7 books)
- Picture Book (7 books)
- Nonfiction (6 books)
- Biography (4 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 7 of 8 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: 767 (Range: 560 - 1030)
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 |
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 8 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
= low and high range of submitted values = average of submitted values
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- Moderately
- Very
- Exceedingly
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.
- 12 Videos
- 12 Book Readings
- 17 Lesson Plans
- Total of 201 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on School Library Journal's "Celebrating African American History". 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/qlERBWY
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, and Harlem's Greatest Bookstore
by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and R. Gregory Christie
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Exceedingly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
Chasing Freedom: The Life Journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, Inspired by Historical Facts
by Nikki Grimes and Michele Wood
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American, Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 960
- Year Published: 2015
The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial
by Susan E. Goodman and E.B. Lewis
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 770
- Year Published: 2016
Freedom in Congo Square
by Carole Boston Weatherford and R. Gregory Christie
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Lillian's Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
by Jonah Winter and Shane W. Evans
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1030
- Year Published: 2015
My Name Is Truth: The Life of Sojourner Truth
by Ann Turner and James Ransome
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global), Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass
by Dean Robbins, Sean Qualls, and Selina Alko
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Two FriendsVoice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Poetry, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global), Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 820
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
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