[CASL-L] Help! Suggestions needed on books

[Rocca, Jennifer]

I am addressing this exact same concern right now! Same play, same theme,
same problem.

The teacher I'm working with is looking for shorter articles to take home.
A few we started with:


   -

   The Real Connection Between Ambition and Mental Health
   <https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/16/money-power-mental-health_n_6297946.html>
   -

   How Successful People Handle Stress
   <https://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbradberry/2015/05/26/how-successful-people-turn-stress-and-anxiety-into-top-performance/#539c3d303867>
   -

   How Power Corrupts Leaders
   <https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/cutting-edge-leadership/200908/how-power-corrupts-leaders>



On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 8:26 AM, Loretta Sullivan <b59lgian at mpspride.org>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> We have a request from one of our teachers.  Please see below.  Any
> ideas?  Greatly appreciated...!  Thanks for any and all input.
>
> "I'm co-teaching *Macbeth* in a sophomore honors class this quarter.
> We're mostly reading the play in class, but I'd love to give the students
> something to read at home as well.
>
> Ideally, I'd like five or six books (variety of writers, protagonists,
> etc) that relate in some way to the theme of power/ambition or that in some
> other way have an interesting connection with *Macbeth*.
>
> I've scoured the book room for books that relate that maybe no one teaches
> anymore, but haven't found much. I pulled *A Separate Peace, Athletic
> Shorts, Othello, *and *Hamlet*. Those are all male protagonists, all
> written by white men, etc. *Like Water for Chocolate* crossed my mind
> (war, mysticism), as did *Carter Beats the Devil* (power, the
> supernatural).
> ​"
> ​
> Respectfully,
>
> Loretta Sullivan
> Library Media Specialist
> Manchester High School
>
>
>
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Jennifer Rocca
BHS Teacher Librarian
203-775-7725 x-7775
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