Collection Analysis Report
for Empathy, Activism, Understanding: 8-12
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 12 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.
(12 of 12 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- HASH(0x563ae4f98dc8) (12 books)
- Social Studies (10 books)
- English Language Arts (5 books)
- History (3 books)
- HASH(0x563ae430cd28) (2 books)
- Science (2 books)
- Health (1 books)
- STEAM (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 10 of 12 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: 1121 (Range: 980 - 1350)
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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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 |
11-12 | 1185-1385 | 11.20-14.10 | 67-74 | 10.34-14.20 | Z+ | 9.57-12.00 | 12.30-14.50 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
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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.
- 8 Videos
- 5 Book Readings
- 7 Lesson Plans
- Total of 86 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on NYC Department of Education Library Services's "Empathy, Activism, Understanding: 8-12". 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/QLH7B2K
Be a Changemaker: How to Start Something That Matters
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1130
- Year Published: 2014
Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, LGBTQ+, Transgender / Non-Conforming, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 1120
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Being JazzBlack Lives Matter
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1110
- Year Published: 2015
Ignite Your Spark: Discovering Who You Are from the Inside Out
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: 980
- Year Published: 2017
It's Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going!
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Science, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: 1270
- Year Published: 2015
Making It Right: Building Peace, Settling Conflict
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: 1040
- Year Published: 2016
Rad American Women
by Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1040
- Year Published: 2015
This Land Is Our Land: A History of American Immigration
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1080
- Year Published: 2016
Voters: From Primaries to Decision Night
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: 1090
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for VotersVotes of Confidence: A Young Person's Guide to American Elections
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1350
- Year Published: 2016
What's Really Happening to Our Planet?
by Tony Juniper
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
You Got This!: Unleash Your Awesomeness, Find Your Path, and Change Your World
by Maya S. Penn
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
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