Middle School Reading List
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Middle School Girls' Selected Annotated Reading List
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About the Guide
The Center for Women's Studies
at UT Austin is proud to make available a new educational resource: a
culturally diverse, selected, annotated reading list and resource guide
for middle school teachers, librarians, and students in Texas. The annotated
list features recent books about girls' and women's lives in the areas
of literature, social studies (Texas history, world history, and U.S.
history), the arts, sciences and math. It provides titles and descriptions
of fiction and nonfiction books, web pages, 'zines, magazines, and resources
specifically aimed at middle school girls.
The project centers around the importance of providing educators with materials that present girls and women as active contributors to literature, history, science, and culture and assist girls in developing confident visions for their many life roles. The list focuses on more recent texts, as these are more likely to reflect broader images and opportunities for girls. In addition, the project directors made a special effort to include materials that are culturally diverse.
Lucia Albino Gilbert, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Women's Studies, and
Professor, Department of Educational Psychology
University of Texas at Austin
lucia@mail.utexas.edu