Some Great Books:
- Rose Blanche by: Christophe Gallez
- a great book to get students to start thinking about what it means to be a democratic citizen and to live in a democratic society. This book takes part during the Holocaust and has a young girls who start to question what is happening
- The enemy by: David Cali and Serge Bloch
- a great book to get students to understand what war is and what happened. A story of two men in WW1 across from each other in the trenches, where the characters learn that their enemy too has a family, friends and a life, similar to what they too have.
- Iqbal by Francesco D'Adamo/Translated by Ann Leonori
- a story to introduces children to human and children's rights, as well as introduces them to a recent history. A story about a child's rights advocate, who was a child who fought for his own rights. The book follows the path of his life from when he was sold till his early death.
- In Flanders Field: The Story of the Poem by John McCrea by Linda Granfield
- a story about the famous poem that allows students to learn the poem and the history behind it. This can be a help book to use when introducing students to the meaning of remembrance day.
Other great books that have been well used are "A Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank, "The Breadwinner" by Deborah Ellis, and many books written by Kit Pearson. These are only a few, and there are so many more that can be used to teach history, citizenship education, and be easily integrated into what students are already learning.
