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I would like to share a new book Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words: Young Reader Edition (In Their Own Words: Young Reader Edition) I received a copy of in exchange for this review.
In our Homeschool Charlie has been wanting to study the Presidents of the Unite States. As I was preparing my Lesson Plans I didn’t think about including the women until Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words: Young Reader Edition (In Their Own Words: Young Reader Edition) arrived.
As we read through the book I could see Charlie becoming more intrigued and asking questions we needed to look up about Michelle. Leading us to use the Lessons they included with the book. As we finished I would hear Charlie sharing quotes he learned from the story.
If you haven’t had the opportunity to Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words: Young Reader Edition I hope you do and that you share this book with our children. Don’t forget Christmas is coming soon and this would make the perfect Stocking Stuffer for any readers on your Gift Giving List.
About:
Get inside the head of Michelle Obama: author, lawyer, humanitarian, and the trailblazing first Black woman to serve as First Lady of the United States.
This collection of quotes has been carefully curated from Michelle Obama’s numerous public statements—interviews, books, Social Media posts, television appearances, and more. It’s a comprehensive picture of her legacy as one of America’s most recognizable and influential women, specifically geared toward middle and high school readers.
The quotes in the collection touch on education, friendship and community, life lessons, America, the role of First Lady, making change, inequality and injustice, and more. This edition includes educational materials and resources for lesson plans designed to provoke discussion and thought for readers in grades 7-12 about Michelle Obama’s ideas.
Michelle Obama has been challenging others’ expectations since she was a young woman growing up on Chicago’s South Side. When a high school counselor told her, “I’m not sure you’re Princeton material,” Obama graduated as the Salutatorian and went off to Princeton anyway.
After graduating from Harvard Law School, Obama spent several years as an Attorney at a prestigious Chicago law firm before committing her efforts to public service and community outreach. When her husband, Barack Obama, was elected president in 2008, she began a new chapter of her life as the first Black woman to serve as First Lady of the United States of America.
While always conscious of the unique pressures and difficulties of her role, Obama made it her mission to present her authentic self to the American people. Her pride in and openness about the aspects of her identity that made her unusual among First Ladies—including her race, working-class upbringing, career path, and educational achievement—made her a figure beloved by the general public.
Since emerging on the global stage, Obama has become a source of inspiration for young people all over the world, largely due to her engaging authenticity and candor. Now, Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words offers a unique look into the mind of one of the world’s most influential women by collecting 200 of her most insightful quotes. Meticulously curated from interviews, speeches, statements, and other sources, Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words creates a comprehensive picture of Michelle Obama, her wisdom, and her legacy.
Special educational materials for classrooms are available from Agate Publishing.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
