This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration
by Jacqueline Woodson and James Ransome
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- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2013
Word Count 508
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 790L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 160741
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- African Americans--History--Juvenile fiction
- Rope--Fiction
- African Americans--Migrations--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
- African Americans--History--Fiction
- Rope
- African Americans--Migrations--Juvenile fiction
- Migrations
- African Americans
- History
- Families
- Families--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Civics: Me, Family, Community, K-3
- Black History 2014
- African American Experience
- Black History Elementary
- African American Grandparents
- Fifth Grade Social Studies 2020-2021
- Black Lives Matter: Black Villages
- Black Lives Matter: Loving Engagement
- Black Lives Matter: Black Families
- Black Lives Matter: Intergenerational
Our Original Resources 8

Meet-the-Author Movie with Jacqueline Woodson
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Jacqueline Woodson about This Is the Rope
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Jacqueline Woodson
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Audio Name Pronunciation with James Ransome
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In-depth Written Interview with James Ransome
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Discussion Guide from Storypath (Union Presbyterian Seminary)
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Reading Guide from State Library of Ohio
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Teacher's Guide from Penguin Books for Young Readers
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Book Readings 2

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Channie Waites
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Video Book Reading narrated by Channie Waites
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Awards & Distinctions 3

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2020
Honor, 2014

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2020
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2014

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014
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