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I am reviewing "The Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963," as contributed to Google Lit Trips by Pennsylvania teacher Heather McKissick. She bases it on the book of this title, by Christopher Paul Curtis. The trip is in 1963 -- the year I was born. It begins in Flint, Michigan, near where I grew up. I moved from there to Minnesota two years ago. There's a fountain behind the church I also used to attend in Phoenix, Arizona (where I lived for ten years also) - the fountain has 4 life-size figures of the young women who the girls from Birmingham would have become if they had not died in that church bombing. [] When I took the online tour she created, I did something for the first time which you suggested we do in our Monday night Technology class -- I hovered over my house. But it wasn't my Buffalo, MN house (I haven't checked that out yet.) It was my Troy, Michigan house. There it was - the roof, the above-ground pool (which isn't really there any more!), the big back yard. The love of my life still lives in that house. She turned 52 yesterday. I sent her a card. I miss her, and that area. A lot. ...Then I continued down the road with my Lit Trip story teller. I read every word of the 17 panels she put together for all the stops. They all had good questions for her students, based on the book. It goes from a mirthful trip South.. to a serious change of tone at the end. Lit Trips -- i like the concept. Bring a book to life. I will probably do this with my students. Now, let me see -- What text should i use? Oh, that's our next assignment, isn't it? Afterwards: I checked out another link off of the Watsons - 1963 site. The author, CP Curtis was interviewed by Shannon Maughan of "Kids Read" about this work. Here's an excerpt I liked:  **"Kids Reads:** What kind of advice do you like to give about writing? **Christopher Paul Curtis:** Writing is not magical; it's not mystical. Keep it fun. You're in control --- you create people and places, you're like a little god when you write. Like anything else in life, if you're serious about it, do it everyday. Stay in practice. At first it seems hard, but your mind is so fantastic, it learns how to make it easier. And remember that when you write about your family, what you know, it just has more truth --- it sounds believable." Source Cited:  **© Copyright 1998-2010, Kidsreads.com. All Rights Reserved.** The Book Report, Inc. • 250 West 57th Street • Suite 1228 • New York, NY • 10107 Ph: 212-246-3100 • Fax: 212-246-4640 ||
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