Check below for classroom-friendly links to news that relates to titles in Plugged-in.
Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX
- Title IX May Not Be Enough for Female Athletes (CBS News; April 3, 2011)
Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case
- I Have a Dream, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave this famous speech on August 28, 1963, eight years to the day after Emmett Till’s murder.)
- Who Killed Emmett Till? (Part 1 of an hour-long documentary.)
- Emmett Louis Till (Rarely told story of America) pt 1 (Series includes interviews with Emmett Till’s mother and cousins.)
- Emmett Louis Till (Rarely told story of America) pt 2
- Emmett Louis Till (Rarely told story of America) pt 3
- Emmett Louis Till (Rarely told story of America) pt 4
- Emmett Louis Till (Rarely told story of America) pt 5
- Emmett Louis Till (Rarely told story of America) pt 6
- Emmett Louis Till (Rarely told story of America) pt 7
Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Journey to Change the World… One Child at a Time ( The Young Reader’s Edition)
- Greg Mortenson responds to ’60 Minutes’ questions about his ‘Three Cups of Tea’ story (L.A. Times; April 18, 2011) – This article links to several others about the controversy, including this one from the Bozeman Daily Chronicle.
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome But True Story About Brain Science

