Title:
Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science
Bibliographic Information:
Aronson, M., & Budhos, M. (2010). Sugar changed the world: A story of magic, spice, slavery, freedom, and science. Boston: Clarion Books.
Weekly Requirement:
Reading For Pleasure Middle School/High School
Plot Description:
Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science is a nonfiction account of the story of sugar and how it has affected history. The book describes the first mentions of sugar in history which dates back to 8000 BC and follows the history of sugar through to present day. It describes the role sugar took in the slave trade, the lives of slaves on sugar plantations, the eventual uprising of the slaves, and the lives of the indentured Indian workers in the Caribbean. It also discusses the role sugar played in the lives of important historical figures such as the Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint L'Ouverture and Indian civil rights leader Mahatma Gandhi. It touches on the way the sugar industry affected the ancestors of both authors.
Quantitative Reading Level:
Weekly Requirement:
Reading For Pleasure Middle School/High School
Plot Description:
Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science is a nonfiction account of the story of sugar and how it has affected history. The book describes the first mentions of sugar in history which dates back to 8000 BC and follows the history of sugar through to present day. It describes the role sugar took in the slave trade, the lives of slaves on sugar plantations, the eventual uprising of the slaves, and the lives of the indentured Indian workers in the Caribbean. It also discusses the role sugar played in the lives of important historical figures such as the Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint L'Ouverture and Indian civil rights leader Mahatma Gandhi. It touches on the way the sugar industry affected the ancestors of both authors.
Quantitative Reading Level:
Lexile 1130
Qualitative Reading Analysis:
This book is a considerate text. It is written in chronological order from sugar's beginnings in world history in 8000 BC to the role of sugar today. The book is complex because it includes things like a chronological timeline of sugar's history, photographs from each time period in each chapter with descriptive captions underneath. It is also complex because it weaves together historical events that happened because of sugar and shows the cause and effect of each event. It includes headings and subheadings within chapters to describe various points. The book is divided into four section with several chapters in each part. Both the four sections and the chapter titles within each section are simple and easily convey the meaning (for instance, the section describing the slave uprising is called Freedom).
Content Area:
Qualitative Reading Analysis:
This book is a considerate text. It is written in chronological order from sugar's beginnings in world history in 8000 BC to the role of sugar today. The book is complex because it includes things like a chronological timeline of sugar's history, photographs from each time period in each chapter with descriptive captions underneath. It is also complex because it weaves together historical events that happened because of sugar and shows the cause and effect of each event. It includes headings and subheadings within chapters to describe various points. The book is divided into four section with several chapters in each part. Both the four sections and the chapter titles within each section are simple and easily convey the meaning (for instance, the section describing the slave uprising is called Freedom).
Content Area:
History
Maine Common Core Content Area Standard:
Curriculum Suggestion:
This is a great book to be read in high school social studies. It can be used in World History classes to show the how sugar affected world history and also in United States history class to see how sugar affected the slave trade
Maine Common Core Content Area Standard:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.1
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.2
Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text.
Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.3
Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of the text.
Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term or terms over the course of a text (e.g., how Madison defines faction in Federalist No. 10).
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term or terms over the course of a text (e.g., how Madison defines faction in Federalist No. 10).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.5
Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing, and engaging.
Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing, and engaging.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.7
Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words in order to address a question or solve a problem.
Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words in order to address a question or solve a problem.
This is a great book to be read in high school social studies. It can be used in World History classes to show the how sugar affected world history and also in United States history class to see how sugar affected the slave trade
Subject/Themes:
Slavery, abolition
Awards:
2010 Best Teen Book, Kirkus Review
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