2008-2009

The Speed of Dark         - Elizabeth Moon

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2007-2008

Small Wonder          - Barbara Kinglover

Teaching Resources

Book Connection Project Tie-Ins for ENGL 200 Children’s Literature

Barbara Kinglover Summaries

Book Connection Children’s & Adolescent’s Book-Tie-Ins For Small Wonder

BUCO Retreat  

Small Wonder Essay Introductions and Questions

2006-2007

The Kite Runner      - Khaled Hosseini

Teaching Resources

Khaled Hosseini's Website

Khaled Hosseini on the Diane Rehm Show - 9/28/06

An interview with the author - July 2003

Reading Guide from the Publisher

Discussion Questions from the Cincinnati Library

Culture

National Geographic: Afghanistan - Land in Crisis

Afghanistan in pictures
Alison Behnke
DS351.5. B47 2003

America’s role in nation-building: from Germany to Iraq
James Dobbins
E840. A6215 2003

A bed of red flowers: in search of my Afghanistan
Nelofer Pazira
DS371.2. P42 2005

Culture and customs of Afghanistan
Hafizullah Emadi
DS351.5. E53 2005

Ghost wars: the secret history of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin laden, from the Soviet invasion to September 10, 2001
Steve Coll
DS371.2. C63 2005

Kipling and Afghanistan: a study of the young author as journalist writing on the Afghan Border Crisis of 1884-1885
Neil K. Moran
PR4856. M66 2005

The media and the war on terrorism
Stephen Hess/Marvin Kalb, editors
PN4784. T45 M38 2003

Modern Afghanistan: a history of struggle and survival
Amin Saikal
DS361. S24 2004

The origins of conflict in Afghanistan

Jeffery J. Roberts
DS361. R56 2003

Afghanistan: mass mobilization, civil war, and the future of the religion
Neamatollah Nojumi
DS371.2. N65 2002

The Taliban: war and religion in Afghanistan
Peter Marsden
DS371.2. M373 2002

Under the persimmon tree
Suzanne Fisher Staples
PZ7. S79346 UN 2005

Veiled threat: the hidden power of the women of Afghanistan
Sally Armstrong
HQ1735.6. A76 2002

With all our strength: the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
Anne E. Brodsky

2005-2006

Reservation Blues           - Sherman Alexie

Teaching Resources

Reservation Blues Study Guide - Linda Wiley, English Division

Reading Response/Argument- ENGL 121 - Patricia VanAmburg

Student Reactionsto Reservation Blues (ENGL 121 - Patricia VanAmburg)

Online Resources

Sherman Alexie's Website

Enrichment Activities from teachers.net

Course Site (Reed College) on Sherman Alexie and Native American Literature

Seattle University guide to Sherman Alexie

2004-2005

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her AmericanDoctors and the Collision of Two Cultures      - Anne Fadiman

Teaching Resources

Discussion Questions

Discussion questions/ideas from the author's website.

Discussion questions/ideas from the University of North Carolina

There are also a number of discussion subjects at the end of the printed book.

Assignments

Writing Assignment for Philosophy 201 - Religions of the World