Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal
by Margarita Engle
Margarita Engle follows four individuals involved in the building of the Panama Canal... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Poetry
- Cultural Area
- Latinx
Year Published 2014
Word Count 14,026
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1310L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 165231
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Science
- Spanish
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Botany
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Poetry
- Segregation--Fiction
- Rain forests
- Panama Canal (Panama)--History--Fiction
- Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction
- Segregation
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Boys & Men
- Novels in verse
- Panama Canal (Panama)
- History
- Panama Canal (Panama)--History--Juvenile fiction
- Young Adult Nonfiction | History | Central & South America
- Racism--Fiction
- Young Adult Nonfiction | People & Places | Caribbean & Latin America
- Rain forests--Fiction
- Racism
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Margarita Engle
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 7
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Teacher's Guide from Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP)
Created by Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP)

Educator's Guide from Harcourt
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Lesson Plan from Vanderbilt Univ. Center for Latin American Studies
Created by Vanderbilt Univ. Center for Latin American Studies
Teachers' Notes from University of Queensland Press
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Lesson Ideas from New South Wales Teachers Federation
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Awards & Distinctions 11

Américas Award, 1993-2020
Winner, 2015

Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2020
Honor, 2015

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2020
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2015

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2020
Selection, 2015

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2020
Selection, 2015

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Middle Selection, 2014
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