Resources to be added to the Common Reading website for the next selected book:

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks


 

Provost Arden’s letter of introduction to the book

 

Guided reading and discussion questions provided by NC State students

 

NC State University Bulletin announcing the 2011 Common Reading

http://go.ncsu.edu/2011commonreading

 

Rebecca Skloot:

How Fannie Flagg and Hurricane Carter Shaped The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXRhoA46-eA

 

Henrietta Lacks - CBS Sunday Morning – March 14, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRrNjHYxP_o

 

RebeccaSkloot.com: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Book Tour Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYDPNlJ5Fi0

 

The web page for The Henrietta Lacks Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by Rebecca Skloot, who is donating a portion of her book’s proceeds to the foundation.

www.HenriettaLacksFoundation.org

 

“Welcome to the home page for family of Henrietta Lacks.”

www.lacksfamily.com

 

“Henrietta Lacks: Living on across Multiple Disciplines” – an essay by Jesse Neikrie, a first year student at Connecticut College

http://www.diversityweb.org/DiversityDemocracy/vol14no2/neikrie.cfm?utm_source=pubs&utm_medium=blast&utm_campaign=divdemvol14no2

 

Guided reading and discussion questions provided by the publisher

http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/teachers_guides/9781400052189.pdf

 

The Way Of All Flesh (1st of 6 parts); a documentary by Adam Curtis (1997)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EaV9DVhkoI