Students will need a word processor to write paper assignments, a journal/notebook/google doc is recommended for journaling thoughts and extra/non-workbook assignments, a printer to print up the workbook pages or pdf editor to do them on their computer, and a cell phone with a camera/scanner to turn in workbook pages. 

Families will need to purchase the Moving Beyond the Page student activity pages to download. Students can NOT participate in the class without these activity pages. Direct links to purchase the student activity pages will be provided after enrollment. 
MBTP Workbook Pages Semester 1A & 1B - $24.95

The following texts/books will be used throughout the class. Families may purchase (print, ebook, or audio) or borrow from their local library. Prices listed below were found on Amazon. 

Semester 1A:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. $7.19.
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) film. Rent/stream/borrow - $0-3.99. 
100 Best-Loved Poems (Dover Thrift Edition) by Philip Smith. $3.99. 
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander. $8.99.
The Only Grammar Book You'll Ever Need by Susan Thurman. $9.79.
The Only Grammar & Style Workbook You'll Ever Need by Susan Thurman. $8.19.

Semester 1B:
The Only Grammar Book You'll Ever Need by Susan Thurman. $9.79.
The Only Grammar & Style Workbook You'll Ever Need by Susan Thurman. $8.19.
I Am Malala (Young Reader's Edition) by Malala Yousafzai and Patricia McCormick. $7.31.
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah. $7.84.
*links to the short stories will be provided

Some additional art supplies such as glue, markers/crayons/colored pencil, paper, etc. will be needed for certain assignments. 

除了 Outschool 教室外，本課程也使用：
Google Classroom
Google Forms
Google Docs
Moving Beyond the Page Resource List
Google Slides
Youtube
Flipgrid
Khan Academy
Kahoot
Quizlet
Wikipedia
Canvas

Google classroom will be used to assign, organize, and turn in homework and reading assignments. Students will need a gmail email address to join the classroom. 

Students will research some topics online, read articles on websites, and occasional watch an informational YouTube video to complete homework assignments. The following Moving Beyond the Page Resource List will be provided to learners to help them complete homework assignments and projects - https://www.movingbeyondthepage.com/online/content/resource-list.aspx

Students will read and discuss in a matter-of-fact way the following texts which tackle some sensitive topics. Some of the topics tackled will be racism, segregation, child slavery, rape, war, murder, suicide, and violence. The books tell stories that include these elements and the students will discuss these issues in a matter-of-fact way in context to when/where it happened or is depicted as happening. It is important for learners to know that these issues exist even if they don't have a personal connection to one or any of the topics. These books are taught to high school/secondary school aged children all over the world and are considered to be age appropriate with the knowledge of the sensitive issues that will be covered. 

Semester 1A
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

Semester 1B
"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
"Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. 
"The Lottery" by Shirley Jack 
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai and Patricia McCormick
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah.