June 3, 2010

Three Cups of Tea Served at Sanborn

Three Cups of Tea has been used at Sanborn for a variety of purposes and by different classroom teachers for the past two years. The book has been on several of our suggested reading lists including our summer reading list, the Sociology reading list, and the Middle Eastern and African Studies class list. Many faculty members have read and enjoyed the book as well.

We were very excited to hear that we will be receiving multiple copies of the young reader’s edition of Three Cups of Tea. This version will make Greg Mortenson’s message of promoting peace through education accessible to a wider audience.

Our plans for using the two different versions of the book have expanded for next year. Our sociology teacher read Three Cups of Tea prior to the Greg Mortenson event in Exeter on March 5. As a result, she has decided to require it as part of next year’s sociology class. Her honors and “college prep” students must participate in “Social Action Projects” and the book will be used as an example of one person’s ability to effect positive change in the world. Also, our Global Studies teachers are looking forward to using the young adult version with freshmen students to supplement the unit on world religions. Global Studies is a required freshman humanities class that deals with a variety of global issues. It is wonderful that we will have enough copies for the message of the book to be discussed by such a large audience.

The Sanborn community is very thankful for the generous donation of copies of both the adult and young reader’s edition of Three Cups of Tea.

Ginny Bartlett is the school librarian at Sanborn Regional High School, Kingston, NH.