Collection Analysis Report
for Nonfiction, 9-10
This report provides data analyses into the titles on this list to help support your efforts to put the right book in each reader's hands.
This report is organized by Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas, Quantitative Measures, and Qualitative Measures.
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Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas
For the 15 books on this list, please find an analysis revealing the quantity of titles associated with genre, cultural, and curriculum classifications. Additionally, please find the "Not Represented" section where you can click to identify other titles to potentially add to this list.
We hope this collection analysis tool helps you achieve the variety and differentiation of books that you want for your reading opportunities.
(15 of 15 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- Nonfiction (15 books)
- History (13 books)
- Social Studies (13 books)
- Biography (9 books)
- English Language Arts (3 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Music (1 books)
- Science (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 15 of 15 titles that have known Lexile levels, below is the low, high, and average Lexile® for the books in this list. We hope these data points, along with the crosswalk to other measures, provide insights into the variety and differentiation of this collection.
Lexile® Average: 1122 (Range: 920 - 1400)
Reading Level and Grade Band Crosswalk
Grade Band | Lexile® | ATOS | Degrees of Reading Power® | Flesch-Kincaid | Fountas & Pinnell | Reading Maturity | SourceRater |
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4-5 | 740-1010 | 4.97-7.03 | 52-60 | 4.51-7.72 | O-V | 5.42-7.92 | 0.84-5.75 |
6-8 | 925-1185 | 7.00-9.98 | 57-67 | 6.51-10.34 | U-Z | 7.04-9.57 | 4.11-10.66 |
9-10 | 1050-1335 | 9.67-12.01 | 62-72 | 8.32-12.12 | Z+ | 8.41-10.81 | 9.02-13.93 |
11-12 | 1185-1385 | 11.20-14.10 | 67-74 | 10.34-14.20 | Z+ | 9.57-12.00 | 12.30-14.50 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 7 of 15 titles that have known qualitative measurements, this graph reveals the aggregated low, high, and average qualitative measures for the books in this list. We hope this range of information shows the variety and differentiation of this collection.
Qualitative Text Complexity Ranges
= low and high range of submitted values = average of submitted values
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Qualitative measures for each title are determined by crowd sourced results from professional educators who complete the literary or informational text complexity rubrics. These are relatively new on TeachingBooks so only a small percentage of all the titles have currently been evaluated. Perhaps you can help?
Instructional Materials Summary
Below please find a summary of available multimedia texts and instructional materials that enrich and deepen the discussion of the titles on this list.
- 16 Videos
- 22 Book Readings
- 20 Lesson Plans
- Total of 258 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)'s "Nonfiction, 9-10". If you wish to see the curricular areas, genres, Lexile® and Qualitative measures, along with the collection of ready-to-use instructional materials, go online to TeachingBooks at: https://library.teachingbooks.net/QLNFV83
Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry
by Scott Nelson and Marc Aronson
- Grades Used: 3
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1030
- Year Published: 2007
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--The World's Most Dangerous Weapon
- Grades Used: 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 920
- Year Published: 2012
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden & the Trial of the Century
by Sarah Miller
- Grades Used: 10
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1100
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Slightly Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
- Grades Used: 4, 5
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1000
- Year Published: 2009
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Denied, Detained, Deported: Stories from the Dark Side of American Immigration
by Ann Bausum
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1170
- Year Published: 2009
Flesh & Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy
- Grades Used: 7
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1000
- Year Published: 2011
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Exceedingly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Exceedingly Complex
Gay America: Struggle for Equality
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: LGBTQ+
- Curricular Areas: Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1340
- Year Published: 2008
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Gay AmericaGood Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History
- Lexile: 1130
- Year Published: 2005
The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie: A Doll's History and Her Impact on Us
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1120
- Year Published: 2010
Harper Lee
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1120
- Year Published: 2009
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Harper LeeHitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9, 10
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1050
- Year Published: 2005
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Marching to the Mountaintop: How Poverty, Labor Fights & Civil Rights Set the Stage for MLK Jr.'s Final Hours
by Ann Bausum
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1200
- Year Published: 2012
The Mysteries of Beethoven's Hair
by Russell Martin and Lydia Nibley
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Music, Science
- Lexile: 1400
- Year Published: 2009
The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 950
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Who Was First?: Discovering the Americas
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1310
- Year Published: 2007
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