hired by Wellesley in spite of the fact that she lacks the ‘appropriate' family background, breeding, and education because the college needs a last minute replacement for the position
Who is Katherine Watson
100
The reason the nurse was fired after 20 years on staff.
What is contraception
100
These two teachers begin their first year at new schools in hopes of making a difference through education.
Who are Erin Gruell and Katherine Watson?
100
Throughout the years, this population at Wilson has evolved radically to include African Americans, Latinos and Asians who now comprise the bulk of the student body.
What is Caucasian?
200
Drawn from some of the most wealthy, influential, and upper class families in America.
Who are the girls that attend Wellesly College?
200
She is one who most fully embraces the traditional ‘American dream' of marriage and she leads the active resistance and opposition to Katherine until her dream collapses when she learns that Spenser is having an affair and her mother asks her to quietly accept the situation.
Who is Elizabeth Warren?
200
Uses all the resources at their disposal to make history, art, and literature come alive for their students.
What is passionate teaching?
200
Throughout their high school years, each student in Gruwell's class kept this.
What is a diary?
300
Startled Katherine by their high intelligent and rude snobbery in dealing with one who was not drawn from their class.
Who are Katherine Watson's students?
300
This teacher uses all the resources at her disposal to make history and literature come alive for these students.
Who is Erin Gruwell?
300
Handsome Italian teacher who speaks often of his experiences fighting in Italy during the war. Katherine later learns that he never left the USA during the war and has never been to Europe.
Who is Bill Dunbar?
300
Katherine and Erin both sacrificed this area in order to fulfill their dreams of commitment to their students.
What is personal relationships?
300
Students from Wilson High School raised money to meet this woman. She sheltered Anne Frank and her family during World War II
Who is Miep Gies?
400
Gruwell introduced this book to her students after learning they had never heard of the Holocaust.
What is The Diary of Anne Frank?
400
Katherine Watson was originally from this area.
Where is Oakland California
400
a diverse group of racially charged teenagers from different walks of life - African Americans, Latinos, Asians, juvenile delinquents, gang members, and underprivileged students from poor neighborhoods
Who are students of Wilson High School?
400
The hometown area of Katherine Watson and the area in which Wilson High School resides.
What is California?
400
"Too much independence frightens them." This statement was said regarding this person.
Who is Amanda Armstrong?
500
a student created a large lipped caricature of a particularly difficult student named Sharaud.
What is the turning point in Erin Gruell's freshman English classroom?
500
She was given the "unteachable" students, those who are more concerned with gang activity and matters of "turf," rather than the study of Shakespeare, subjects and predicates.
Who is Erin Gruwell?
500
Loose and liberal Jewish student who has an active affair with Bill Dunbar and later with a married middle-aged psychiatrist.
Who is Giselle Levy?
500
The resulting decision of both Katherine and Erin after considering renewing their contracts at their schools.
What is declining renewals at their school.
500
This book was published as a compilation of personal thoughts and reflections on how race, discrimination, and education molded them into the individuals they have become.