I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Cultural Area
- African American
- Women / Girls
Year Published 1969
Word Count 78,384
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1010L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 8660
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Health
- Subject Headings
- Entertainers--United States--Biography
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional | General
- Authors, American
- 20th century
- Autobiographies
- Angelou, Maya--Childhood and youth
- African American families
- Authors, American--Homes and haunts--Arkansas
- African American authors--Biography
- Social life and customs
- Entertainers
- Arkansas--Social life and customs
- Angelou, Maya
- Angelou, Maya--Homes and haunts--Arkansas
- Homes and haunts
- Intellectual life
- African American families--Arkansas
- United States
- Arkansas--Intellectual life--20th century
- Authors, American--20th century--Biography
- Childhood and youth
- Arkansas
- Biography / Autobiography
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- African American authors
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Maya Angelou about I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 12
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Readings 3

Video Book Reading narrated by Regina Minudri
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Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Maya Angelou
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Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Maya Angelou
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Vocabulary Lists 1

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Awards & Distinctions 1

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2020
Author Honor, 1971
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