Voice & Vision: Program Components
ID voice: vision: identity
Books and Teaching Materials that are relevant and meaningful.

FOR STUDENTS
ID Anthology
connects students with short texts that provide models of rich language and speak to real-life issues that resonate with students’ lives in and out of school. (24 copies)

To read a sample selection from the ID Anthology, click here
ID Posters
add bold, visual reminders of the four ID social justice platforms and the ID preamble. (5 posters; 1 copy each)
ID Journals
encourage students to write in response to slide shows, discussions, and readings and to record their own ideas and observations. (48 copies)
Portfolio Folders
give students a place to archive and preserve their own writing. (24 copies)
ID Trade Books*
allow students to explore further, in longer texts, the themes, ideas, and inquiries introduced in the ID Slide Shows and ID Anthology. (8 titles; 10 copies each)
TRADE BOOKS*:
Teen-focused themes provide the bridge to extended reading with longer texts. Each of these eight books is linked to two different inquiries, so that students are able to apply different approaches to reading and analyzing literature.

THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART - TIME INDIAN
by Sherman Alexie
National Book Award Winner
2007 and School Library Journal’s Best Books of 2007.
Arnold, aka Junior, is encouraged to leave his underserved reservation school to attend a wealthy, all-white school in a neighboring town. What will he discover about himself as he deals with the inner conflict of living in two worlds?

(Contains mature content. You may want to preview before reading aloud.)
THE HUNGER GAMES
by Suzanne Collins
#1 New York Times Bestseller
Publishers Weekly Bestseller
Publishers Weekly’s Best Book of the Year: Children’s Fiction
An American Library Association Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults Selection

This novel presents a grim vision of a future America ruled by harsh tyranny, where teenagers are forced to fight to the death on live television. No one has dared resist the power of the Capitol. Katniss Everdeen doesn’t stand a chance – or does she?

(Contains mature content. You may want to preview before reading aloud.)
BEHIND THE EYES
by Francisco X. Stork
#1 New York Times Bestseller
Americas Award for Commended Titles
The Americas Award is given to works that engagingly and authentically portray Latinos in the United States.

The New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age 2007.
Hector is “different.” He is smart and has a plan to escape the gang conflict in his community. But when it all goes wrong, his will to survive and succeed are tested by the violent setting of a juvenile facility for troubled youth.

(Contains mature content. You may want to preview before reading aloud.)
THE BOY WHO DARED
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Newbery Honor Book
In this novel based on actual events, a young man in Nazi Germany risks everything to stand up and speak out against Hitler’s regime.
SELECTED POEMS FROM THE ROSE THAT GREW FROM CONCRETE
by Tupac Shakur
This collection testifies to the use of words and self-expression as survival tools in a setting unsupportive of the emotional or artistic development of the individual.

(Contains mature content. You may want to preview before reading aloud.)
ACCIDENTAL LOVE
by Gary Soto
This piece of realistic fiction relates the struggles of a young Latina whose aggressiveness and sense of identity are transformed by her romance with someone very different from herself.
SUNRISE OVER FALLUJAH
by Walter Dean Myers
Publishers Weekly, starred review
Horn Book, starred review
Robin Perry, a young army recruit from Harlem, recounts his experience of the conflict in Iraq and his reactions to the violence of war. Does he have it in him to survive?

(Contains mature content. You may want to preview before reading aloud.)
STUDENTS ON STRIKE
by John A. Stokes
Stokes tells his own story – first as a recipient of “separate but equal” schooling and then as a plaintiff in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case.
FOR TEACHERS
ID Research Paper
describes foundational research underlying the program.

To download the ID Research Paper please click here
ID Professional Guide
helps teachers create effective inquiry-based lessons, lead discussions, support the analysis of texts, and inform writing strategies.
Teacher Resource CD-ROM
sparks inquiry-based lessons with:

Scripted Slide Shows (200 slides)
Student Writing Resources
Research Frameworks and Research Worksheets
ID Assessment Resource
ID Book Guides
ID Slide Shows
begin each of the 16 lessons with an essential question that provokes thinking, discussion, and Raw Writing about real-world issues.

To view a sample slide show please click here or download (7.3 MB)
Writing Resources
support student writing with graphic organizers that help students conceptualize, frame, and plan their writing.
ID Assessment Resource
provides a framework for students to evaluate and discuss every piece of writing they encounter.
Research Frameworks and Research Worksheet
provide support and background material for research on issues related to essential questions and lesson inquiries.
ID Book Guides
provide scaffolds and support for students as they build and extend their textual lineages.


* The trade books in ID were carefully selected for their capacity to motivate and capture the attention of disengaged readers. However, Scholastic is sensitive to the fact that two award-winning titles (The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and Behind the Eyes) contain particularly mature content or language that may be considered inappropriate by your school, district, or community. If either book is deemed too mature before you purchase ID, we have created an alternate collection. This collection can be ordered in place of the original. Please contact your local Scholastic Account Executive for more information.