Introduction
Chapter 1: Migrating for Freedom: The Oregon Trail, Race, and Sarah Journeys West
Mindy Spearman and Susan Cridland-Hughes
Chapter 2: Evaluating Settler Colonialism and Understanding Historical and Contemporary Experiences of Indigenous Peoples in America through In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse
Jacki Hedlund Tyler and Shelly Shaffer
Chapter 3: Flooded with Possibilities: Exploring Ann Burg’s Requiem for Johnstown
Bryan Ripley Crandall, Chelsea Leonard Crowley, and Susan James
Chapter 4: Digital Space Storylines and A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919
Andrew L. Hostetler, Catherine Hodges and Leah Schwartz
Chapter 5: Exploring the Forced Migration Experience Using the Middle Grades Novel Refugee
Brooke Hardin and Rebecca Mueller
Chapter 6: Broadening Narratives of 1920s History: Ophie’s Ghosts in the Middle School Social Studies Classroom
Andrea LeMahieu Glaws and Emily Johns- O’Leary
Chapter 7: The Uprising of 20,000: Examining Social Movements Through Historical Fiction
Erin V. Piedmont and Kathryn M. Obenchain
Chapter 8: Reading Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box in Middle School Social Studies
Amy Palmeri
Chapter 9: Using Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case to Engage the U.S. Civil Rights Movement
Chris Crowe
Chapter 10: Using Ghost Boys in the Practice of Critical Witnessing: From Emmett Till to Tamir Rice
Antonio J. Castro, Sarah D. Reid, and Jason Williamson
Chapter 11: This is the Story of a Girl: Sharon Robinson’s Journey to Youth Activism and Beyond
Abigail Stebbins and Paige Garpstas
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Index