Compiled by Wayne Au, Bill Bigelow, and Bob Peterson.

Conscious Women Rock the Page:
Using Hip-Hop Fiction to Incite Social Change
Created by Black Artemis, E-Fierce, JLove, and Marcella Runell Hall
(Lulu/Sister Outsider Entertainment, 2008)
164 pp. $29.95

This curriculum revolves around three hip-hop young adult novels: E-Fierce's The Sista Hood On the Mic, Black Artemis' Picture Me Rollin', and JLove's That White Girl, and seamlessly integrates activities across seven sections that incorporate the novels' themes, issues of self-reflection, and identity, as well as aspects of hip-hop culture and critical literacy. It is feminist, it is social justice, and it is hip-hop, with no apologies.

Seeing Through Maps, Many Ways to See the World
By Denis Wood, Ward L. Kaiser, and Bob Abramms
(ODT, 2006)
152 pp. $24.95

A wonderful guide for any social studies teacher at any grade level to help show the inherent biases in how maps are made, and the social power expressed through those perspectives. These three map experts share their deep understanding of the history and nature of cartography in an easy to understand way. If teachers use this book, their students will never see the world in the same way.