The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
by Steve Sheinkin
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2014
Word Count 33,632
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 950L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 163116, 6.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- 20th century
- Civil rights
- African American sailors--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- Participation, African American
- World War, 1939-1945
- Port Chicago Mutiny Trial, San Francisco, Cal
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century
- United States. Navy--African Americans--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- Port Chicago Mutiny, Port Chicago, Calif., 19
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, African American--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Military & Wars
- African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- Port Chicago Mutiny Trial, San Francisco, Calif., 1944--Juvenile literature
- Port Chicago Mutiny, Port Chicago, Calif., 1944--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
- African Americans
- History
- United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Prejudice & Racism
- African American sailors
- Lists With This Book
- Holocaust and World War II
- Nonfiction, 9-10
- Black History 2014
- Racism & Justice
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Steve Sheinkin about The Port Chicago 50
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Steve Sheinkin
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Author 4
Author Interviews 10
Meet-the-Author Recording with Steve Sheinkin
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Interview with Steve Sheinkin
Created by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Interview with Steve Sheinkin
Created by YALSA - The Hub
Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Book Award Acceptance Speech, 2014 given by Steve Sheinkin
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Interview with Steve Sheinkin
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Interview with Steve Sheinkin
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Interview with Steve Sheinkin
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Interview with Steve Sheinkin
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Interview with Steve Sheinkin
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Guest Post by Steve Sheinkin
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Teacher's Guide from Classroom Bookshelf
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Teaching Ideas from Literary Fusions
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Teacher's Guide from Macmillan
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Book Readings 2
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Dominic Hoffman
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Video Book Reading narrated by Steve Sheinkin
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Awards & Distinctions 13
Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2022
Winner, 2015
YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2023
Finalist, 2015
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2015
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2022
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2015
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015
ILA Teachers' Choices Reading List, 2015-2020
Selection, 2015
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2022
Winner, 2014
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2022
Selection, 2014
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2022
Selection, 2014
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
History Selection, 2014
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2022
Middle Grades Selection, 2014
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