tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79377060140873183602024-03-24T00:21:46.257-07:006 Elements of Social Justice Ed.Children's LiteratureUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger917125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937706014087318360.post-78169622647048480842023-09-28T10:26:00.004-07:002023-10-05T18:19:09.369-07:00Book Uncle and Me<p><br /></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-e9073905-7fff-a900-5400-9ef042721163"><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt; text-align: center;">Book Uncle and Me</p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt; text-align: center;">Written by Uma Krishnaswami</p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt; text-align: center;">Illustrated by Julliana Sweeney</p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt; text-align: center;"><img alt="Book Uncle and Me" class="magnifier-image" height="100%" src="https://d2p7wwv96gt4xt.cloudfront.net/G/8AA71777/EAN-9781554988082" style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;" width="100%" /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/product/9781554988082?title=book_uncle_and_me">Purchase Link</a><br /></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Yasmin-ma, a curious, determined and courageous nine year old girl is on a mission to bring back Book Uncle, a kind</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> retired teacher, and his free lending library! Throughout the book, you can clearly see that she is a true leader as she </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">politically organizes and realizes her own agency and the power of grassroots activism. As I reflect and continue to </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">find meaning in this book, I appreciate how this book recognizes and gives power to youth in which they rightfully </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">deserve. This book digs into the reality of the main characters' community. At the end of the book, she helps enact </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">political change by bringing back Book Uncle. This book would be a perfect read for fourth graders because they can </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">recognize different issues within their community and plan for action.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-dd2877e8-7fff-be8f-7115-41dc48d2cace" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">This book portrays Element 4: Social Movements and Social Change. </span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Book Uncle and Me </span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">aligns with Element 4</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> because the author tells our students about ways that ordinary people can and will enact change </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">in their communities. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">Even young people can get involved in democracy. Additionally, Yasmin-ma exemplifies a leader in which she was </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">able to even </span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">change </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">the outcome of the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">election at 9 years old. Being a part of the Global majority, she was able to </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">overcome </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">obstacles that the candidates </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">running had in place. Books can change your life, and this book is a must </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">read !!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Book Uncle and Me</span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> Classroom Activity:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">There are a variety of discussion questions and classroom activities that are provided at the end of </span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Book Uncle and Me. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;"> These are activities that I liked from the book being that they address the community movement that was created by </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">Yasmin-ma as well as taking a look at the similarities and differences of the student’s lives and the life of Yasmin-ma. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">1. The teacher can prepare a Venn Diagram on post-it paper. The teacher can make a note of ten things that are most</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;"> important between the student's life and Yasmin-ma's, and ten things that are the same. We can ask students to look </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">at the first list. First, we can ask "Why do you think these things are so different from your life?" Then, we look at </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">the second list and ask "Why do you think these things are so similar?"</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">2. The main characters in the book try to affect </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">change by communicating with the city's mayor.This is a good example</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;"> of community movement, and is a way to make </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">sure your voice is heard by the people in power. As a class, discuss</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;"> any issues that you feel needs to be addressed. Some </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">suggestions are creating a community garden, local park or </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">waterway that needs to be cleaned up, or creating a local </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">park. Write to your local government about this, representing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">your community's views.</span></p></span>Valerie C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01264045911234133669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937706014087318360.post-24995581283052206212023-09-28T03:46:00.010-07:002023-09-28T03:50:44.563-07:00Buried Sunlight: How Fossil Fuels Have Changed The Earth<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Buried Sunlight: How Fossil Fuels Have Changed The Earth</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Written by Molly Bang & Penny Chisholm</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Illustrated by Molly Bang</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Grade Level: 2-5</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/product/9780545577854?title=buried_sunlight_how_fossil_fuels_have_changed_the_earth">Purchase Here</a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYkxPg5meLt0pNfDmvBrsch6e7nQuaVL3gKFJRC91JF6Kj571iDz0M8XOAqKi5dTPGwmNiT4sR3MrpHBQQb7p5v1NZVnvPXlVMOyVT2h65ZywAK48d5LRFae01gaM4e2YaHB9s1h6tvPnCdy1fDLmp4K7UuHCEh1ud5kxB-ADjWetBRGUpPpzWUdN5fw/s1000/81iyKS11MwL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="820" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYkxPg5meLt0pNfDmvBrsch6e7nQuaVL3gKFJRC91JF6Kj571iDz0M8XOAqKi5dTPGwmNiT4sR3MrpHBQQb7p5v1NZVnvPXlVMOyVT2h65ZywAK48d5LRFae01gaM4e2YaHB9s1h6tvPnCdy1fDLmp4K7UuHCEh1ud5kxB-ADjWetBRGUpPpzWUdN5fw/w293-h358/81iyKS11MwL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d80e2d1d-7fff-f2db-fd3f-d6b89a07730a"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span> </span>When I was looking through my school’s science textbook I was shocked by its omission of any discussion about climate change. There’s a lesson about how humans can change the environment, a lesson about how energy conservation can help the environment, but no lesson linking the two. Omitting a discussion about global warming makes both lessons far less effective. It refuses necessary connections that our students need to make as citizens of an increasingly warming planet. It's also an act of extreme cowardice, cowing to the worst voices in politics, hungry to make a culture war out of even a children's science textbook. Thankfully, Ms. Moreira, who will be my mentor teacher next semester,</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> had a book well suited for 3rd graders in her classroom that addresses the mechanisms of climate change directly. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Cowritten by MIT ecology professor and National Science Medal winner Dr. </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Chisolm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> and children book author Molly Bang, Buried Sunlight forms a part of Bang's Sunlight Series. Bang illustrates Buried Sunlight in </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">luminous watercolors, giving even complicated science diagrams a childlike sense of wonder. I especially love how carbon dioxide is rendered like a twinkling firefly. Told from the perspective of our sun, Buried Sunlight gives a detailed, nearly comprehensive look at climate change. It explains how coal and oil are "buried sunlight." Burning those resources releases carbon dioxide into the air, which forms greenhouse gasses that will heat our planet and scar the environment. The end of the book is filled with you statements, to accentuate that even young children can reduce their carbon footprint. "Will you use my ancient sunlight more slowly, find other sources of energy, and invent ways to thin the blanket of </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">CO</span><sub style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">2 </sub><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">? The choice is yours." This book would be a perfect book to read to 3rd graders to introduce climate change to them. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif9dTramy0OVCc8Fu3yeqX0AHs9NlXAmAVwyMce2enHR4Ogrg9aoABekZfAFPWp-tffzbkBumOa3DJM-LQu-sTPBc-xNSkpGjZs-OyYOCovRowALzAOWAk5WoMuA5GyP0vA8tfYkmwWah0tkxIRjtOGpxkIHK24yaLFeMCLdnHsAcRX1-vu0RVOxKaRg/s740/24-25.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="740" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif9dTramy0OVCc8Fu3yeqX0AHs9NlXAmAVwyMce2enHR4Ogrg9aoABekZfAFPWp-tffzbkBumOa3DJM-LQu-sTPBc-xNSkpGjZs-OyYOCovRowALzAOWAk5WoMuA5GyP0vA8tfYkmwWah0tkxIRjtOGpxkIHK24yaLFeMCLdnHsAcRX1-vu0RVOxKaRg/s320/24-25.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span> Buried Sunlight fits the Awareness Raising element of Social Justice Teaching well. Awareness Raising seeks to make our students aware of social justice issues that they face that they might not even know about. This book works to explain an extremely complicated, yet important social justice issue with clarity. In this country, we easily shunt aside "Inconvenient Truths" about how we live, even out of our science textbooks. Climate change is also an environmental and racial justice issue. As I saw in an environmental justice tour of Newark's Ironbound District, our environments are not race blind. Climate change is affecting and will continue to affect POC communities at much greater rates than white communities. Much of Newark is built on former wetlands and riverbanks. These areas are prone to flooding, especially as climate change accelerates. Climate change is intrinsically linked to social and racial justice. Although Buried Sunlight is comprehensive, one weakness is that it does not talk about these environmental justice issues. However, I think Buried Sunlight is still a great tool for Awareness Raising about the mechanisms of climate change. After being read this book, I think students will have a much greater awareness of how climate change works, and the actions in their own lives that contribute to global warming. </span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span> I would use this book in my 3rd grader's science class, in between our textbook's lessons about environmental change and energy conservation. I would create an activity where I read them this book, and then have them write answers to some of the discussion questions <a href="https://thesunlightseries.com/discussion-questions-and-activities-4/">written by the publisher.</a> In future lessons, I would try to incorporate an environmental justice lens to climate change; that rich communities are the leading contributors too climate change and poor communities will be harmed the most it. I would also make sure future lessons touch on advances in green energy technology and legislation. It's one thing to raise awareness about climate change, but I think even many adults aren't aware of ways that they can take action against such a massive problem. Buried Sunlight is a great tool to raise awareness of one of the key problems of the 21st century, one America is only just now beginning to meaningfully address. </span><br /></div></div><p></p>Avery Baronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777181441006629591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937706014087318360.post-82240444313913537752023-09-27T21:21:00.000-07:002023-09-27T21:21:13.437-07:00Harlem Grown<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0gFRU61isrMy_YTTyx9_wwhzPtrjYpErl4FsHDiY5qgwinYYUtwvt6WTM6tjdzf4HhGj-7dYMbiPav83-q1E8cgdyTv1Yg1kN9KcXBiJHPoQKUyljRpeHDWawX2tutCg3dj5VHLITFoFpJuaRVw2koDZf9Uahf5DrdRv0bcLob1hgl_smyUIQbmzQ1KAX/s243/th.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="243" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0gFRU61isrMy_YTTyx9_wwhzPtrjYpErl4FsHDiY5qgwinYYUtwvt6WTM6tjdzf4HhGj-7dYMbiPav83-q1E8cgdyTv1Yg1kN9KcXBiJHPoQKUyljRpeHDWawX2tutCg3dj5VHLITFoFpJuaRVw2koDZf9Uahf5DrdRv0bcLob1hgl_smyUIQbmzQ1KAX/s1600/th.jpeg" width="243" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Written By Tony Hillary</p><p style="text-align: center;">Illustrated by Jessie Hartland </p><p style="text-align: center;">Grades K-3</p><p><b>Summary</b></p><p>Harlem Grown is a beautifully illustrated children's book based on a true story that focuses on the historically and culturally notable Harlem in New York City. A bustling and lively urban community with a desolate lot piled with trash is cleaned up by Neveah, a student of PS. 175 school, other students, and the people of the neighborhood. They united and transformed this "haunted" lot into a community garden that engages children, families and people of the community. The garden provides fresh and local produce for the members of the community, grown by those same people. </p><p>I chose this book because it is a real life example of Element 6 of SJE. It depicts a community coming together on one accord because of one man's idea to transform an empty lot into something useful for the community which allows for access to fresh produce, education on urban agriculture. This book can encourage young students to collectively be the voices of change within heir own communities. Students may feel as though they have no real ability to cause social change, but encouraging folx to come together within your community and doing something about an issue you feel passionate about is more than possible! This also gets students especially in urban communities thinking about locally grown and harvested foods and start a conversation on how they could implement agriculture in their own communities.</p><p><b>Classroom Activity</b></p><p>I would use this book in a lesson and prompt students to think about areas of their community where they would be able to create a community garden similar to the one shown in <i>Harlem Grown. </i>Empty lots with fertile soil are crowded with trash and are typically owned by the city.<i> </i>Clearing that space and utilizing it as a green space would be beneficial to the community. Students would draw what types of foods they would want to grow in a garden and accompany their drawings with a writing piece that urges their city officials to allow a space for them and other students to grow local produce and allow everyone in their community the opportunity to benefit from the garden. We can talk about the benefits of eating locally grown produce, learn about advocating for a cause of passion. Students will also have the opportunity to plant seeds of their own, interact with their community, learn about urban agriculture, and incorporate different content areas like science and math.</p><p><a href="https://d28hgpri8am2if.cloudfront.net/tagged_assets/5943829/9781534402317_cg_harlem%20grown%20curriculum%20guide.pdf" target="_blank">Classroom Resources</a></p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/harlem-grown-how-one-big-idea-transformed-a-neighborhood-tony-hillery/14234812?ean=9781534402317" target="_blank">Buy Harlem Grown Here</a></p>forbess1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00845574815086391160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937706014087318360.post-75482564933489190672023-09-27T09:10:00.166-07:002023-09-28T12:59:52.821-07:00El Coqui In the City<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEWGqXuUszDIdKdJluwHQ9Umj_rk_5yy69DchQA4Bp_CsngSqR-TBUXTx7QRPKUek-4ZxosO_Xu0VWbmZeqm-7kvQ5a_Fqa8xJwUC3Wv5MqBfUVvEULkCnS_LWQisMuvOLIg6kWYx5DVzewgAA42a41sAECnR0Skx7rBBleuQsNjPTr0HP9wL9aYfb7eEg/s1279/IMG_0289.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1272" data-original-width="1279" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEWGqXuUszDIdKdJluwHQ9Umj_rk_5yy69DchQA4Bp_CsngSqR-TBUXTx7QRPKUek-4ZxosO_Xu0VWbmZeqm-7kvQ5a_Fqa8xJwUC3Wv5MqBfUVvEULkCnS_LWQisMuvOLIg6kWYx5DVzewgAA42a41sAECnR0Skx7rBBleuQsNjPTr0HP9wL9aYfb7eEg/s320/IMG_0289.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Coqui in the City </p><p style="text-align: center;">Written and Illustrated by Nomar Perez</p><p style="text-align: center;">Written for grades Prek-2</p><p style="text-align: center;">Where to find the <a href="https://shop.scholastic.com/teachers-ecommerce/teacher/books/coqui-in-the-city-9781338857719.html">book</a> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b>Short Summary: </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>This story is a powerful book that can be relatable to many students of <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>different ethnicities. It is a book that shows the experience of a child named Miguel who moves from their home in Puerto Rico, the place that is all they know, to move to New York. During this move the child is sad about leaving his beloved abuelos, his pet frog coqui who he did everything with, not being able to get quesitos. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Upon moving to this new city, Miguel was overwhelmed by the new atmosphere, the sounds, the people, all the what ifs about being a new person in a new place until his mama and him go exploring. While exploring they find things that seem familiar to him that remind him of home, Spanish words, music, the sound of a frog that reminded him of coqui, a baseball field that reminded him of the signed baseball by Roberto Clemente that his abuelo gave him, and his dad found a place that sold quesitos and surprised him after work. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> What had seemed so unfamiliar started turning into things that were familiar to him that made him feel like he belonged, in an atmosphere that was similar to him. The story ends with Miguel feeling at peace with the sounds of the Spanish music that reminded him of home, and helped him drift into sleep as like the sound of his coquis helped him sleep back home. He discovered then that being somewhere new wasn’t so bad after all. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><b>Element 2: Respect for Others</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;">Like many children who migrate to a new place at such a young age with their families to have a better future, Miguel came from Puerto Rico to New York, left behind all that he knew, to start fresh and new in place unknown to him. This book falls under Element 2: Respect for Others because he endured similar things that many other children in the United States endured before moving to somewhere unknown, starting somewhere new where you sometimes feel like you don’t belong. The respect aspect of this Element is giving the ability to allow students to share their cultural background like Miguel did with his pet coqui, the baseball his Abuelo gave him that was signed by a Puerto Rican baseball player, his favorite snacks, the things that make him feel at home while respecting the diversity of where he is from, and teaching other that he is like them in many ways, and each persons culture is just as beautiful.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Classroom Activities:</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><b> </b>Show a read aloud video if you don’t have access to the book. Here is a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1zdPgQCOcY">link</a> to it.<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><b> <span> </span></b>Create a T Chart on intimidating things when moving to a new place and things to make the move smoother. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Create a T chart on how you felt, or your peer thinks you felt or would feel if and when you first made the move, versus how you felt once you got to know the community. Did anything make you feel at home, or remind you of home, do you wish you could go back home, or stay at your new home and why? </span><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Draw and color a picture that shows a time Miguel started warming up to his new home.</span><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"> Other <a href="https://www.teachingbooks.net/clp.cgi?master_id=78284&lf_id=10">lessons</a> available in this link <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Resources</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><b> </b><a href="https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=78284">Resources</a> with more information on the book, the author, lessons, book readings, etc<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span> </span><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Kassandra Ramoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955553973369267383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937706014087318360.post-32550574306732023172023-09-24T19:52:00.002-07:002023-10-19T11:50:52.325-07:00Ruby Bridges Goes to School<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjTdN0_mtYnebHX8N4ZO8raqXaJADAB9QRo0OEZudJ7UdfwzvpgmuXE6_3UQUtFsWPNvfwM9BwtDQ4sKtJH3MxmMJ_5GIxg6gtT7Op4BVPQ3gC9Zh6TePKGDvdituADvge1vZOs8Ynk0whlMrti_CiEkmYw3eEr2gI_9ol7qeuxFMGlYws06EGDEe5yoUb" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjTdN0_mtYnebHX8N4ZO8raqXaJADAB9QRo0OEZudJ7UdfwzvpgmuXE6_3UQUtFsWPNvfwM9BwtDQ4sKtJH3MxmMJ_5GIxg6gtT7Op4BVPQ3gC9Zh6TePKGDvdituADvge1vZOs8Ynk0whlMrti_CiEkmYw3eEr2gI_9ol7qeuxFMGlYws06EGDEe5yoUb=w232-h260" width="232" /></span></a></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Author: </b>Ruby Bridges</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Illustrator: </b>Ruby Bridges </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Genre: </b>Biography and Autobiography</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Grade level: </b>K-2nd</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Summary: </span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ruby Bridges is the first African American student to attend William Frantz Elementary School, located in Louisiana back in 1961. This was a whites-only school. The government gave Ruby permission to attend this school because it was much closer to her home and offered a better education. During this time there was segregation in the United States, white and black people were not allowed to be together in schools, restaurants, bathrooms, movie theaters, and so on. When Ruby attended William Frantz Elementary School white families were very upset about it. This resulted in them removing their children from the school because they did not want a black child at their white child's school. Everyday people would stand outside the school as Ruby arrived, threatening her, saying racist slurs, and saying they want segregation back. Ruby was the only student in this school building for months, and people would threaten her everyday. Ruby had a teacher named Mrs. Henry. Mrs. Henry is a white woman, this teacher stood by her side and taught her in the empty classroom for the majority of the school year. One day students finally began to slowly come back to the school. Many famous people began writing Ruby letters admiring how brave she is for fighting a change in equality, to end segregation in schools. People like the First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and artist Norman Rockwell reached out to Ruby with their letters. Ruby at a very young age faced many battles and mistreatment from racist people. Ruby was fighting for justice, and was representing her black community during these hard times. She is still alive today and very well known for her story. Ruby goes around to different schools telling her story, to teach about kindness and social justice.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Element 4: </b>Social movements and social change</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ruby Bridges at the age of 7 fought for social equality in schools and today she is still a civil rights activist. Element 4 is about social movements and social change and that is what Ruby did when she began attending an all white school. By Ruby attending this school she was fighting against what was normal at the time, segregation. Although so many white people were very angry at this 7 year old black girl for attending "their" school, she never once backed down, attended school, and got her education whether people liked it or not. "Some people did not want a black child like me to go to the white school. They stood near the school. They yelled at me to go away", states Ruby in her book. Thanks to Ruby's bravery she was able to begin a movement for social change in the United States. Ruby is one of the many well-known social activists that we know, who were brave enough to fight for where we are today.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Classroom Activity:</span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">After reading the story I would like to go over some vocabulary that may have stood out to the students and talk about what they mean. I would then like the students to create a timeline of the story placing all of the events in sequence using pictures, years and descriptions from beginning, middle, and end.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Other classroom activities: </span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ruby-Bridges-Flip-Book-NO-PREP-PLUS-Colored-Poster-Student-Coloring-Page-2309665" target="_blank">Ruby Bridges Flipbook</a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ruby-Bridges-1st-Grade-1713101?st=cfe5881b62f4da87601e0bcffd23e732" target="_blank">Timeline activity link</a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sources:</span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-POfqyct9gg" target="_blank">Youtube read aloud</a><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://shop.scholastic.com/teachers-ecommerce/teacher/books/scholastic-reader-level-2-ruby-bridges-goes-to-school-9780545108553.html" target="_blank">Book purchase</a><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.thriftbooks.com/browse/?b.search=ruby%20bridges#b.s=mostPopular-desc&b.p=1&b.pp=30&b.oos&b.tile" target="_blank">Book purchase</a><br /></p>Ashely Mejiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03405377676289104283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937706014087318360.post-75945200198101471992023-09-24T18:15:00.004-07:002023-09-27T18:30:28.979-07:00A Day with No Words<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMIO7T2D5kSK2aHiY_fQIS8m1bPgSB99rvfBswPl54q-jLov7oB2Xdio8axtk4sjnxMqH244xifkKVzgfq3qDNSpQQWn9-1cezcmjbPasQvLLP5vd_7zWbgof6b4FoHOas4ooaInskqB-6ZVgGDSH_s_IkeN2BQ8nHNPJtp-Zx6I0OUAT172pnb9tKzM/s778/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-24%20at%208.31.01%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="630" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMIO7T2D5kSK2aHiY_fQIS8m1bPgSB99rvfBswPl54q-jLov7oB2Xdio8axtk4sjnxMqH244xifkKVzgfq3qDNSpQQWn9-1cezcmjbPasQvLLP5vd_7zWbgof6b4FoHOas4ooaInskqB-6ZVgGDSH_s_IkeN2BQ8nHNPJtp-Zx6I0OUAT172pnb9tKzM/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-24%20at%208.31.01%20PM.png" width="259" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Author: Tiffany Hammond</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Illustrator: Kate Cosgrove</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Genre: Fiction</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Grade level: K-4</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Reading age: 4-8 yrs old<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9781736949795" target="_blank">BUY A Day with No Words</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cr2MPy1Gg_8" target="_blank">English audiobook</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u><br /></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u>Summary:</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The story follows a mother and her son, Adian, as they go through their day. They use an assistive device, a tablet, to communicate with one another and others as they head to a park and restaurant. It shares the perspective of a Black neurodivergent non-verbal mother and son using colorful illustrations and detailed language. This book speaks to the ableism and discrimination occurring in the neurodivergent, non-verbal, and communities in between. Mama endures much discrimination for her son's “odd” behaviors but she stands up for her son with every ounce of love and support. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u><br /></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u>Element 2: Respect for others:</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The book shows respect for others particularly when Mama and Aidan are at the park and hear families making comments. When the Mama hears this she informs them that Aidan may not speak but he can still hear. She speaks to the stereotypes and judgments that people were making. Mama then proceeds by getting Aidan ready to play too (barefoot in the wet grass). The cashier is a prime example as the illustrator shows facial expressions of patience and acceptance to Mama and Aidan as they place their order. The story embraces differences and addresses respecting others for those differences as they aren’t much different from your own.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u><br /></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u>What Would I do:</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After reading this book, I would want students to look through the book and notice the picture particularly paying attention to the part where the illustrator paints the different sounds Adian hears. I want the students to paint a picture of their favorite sound to hear. I want to see the sound they choose and how it makes them feel. I would potentially ask for a sound that they enjoy hearing and a sound that they don't like. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u><br /></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u>Other ideas for the classroom: </u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u><a href="https://www.texasdeafed.org/cms/lib/TX50000592/Centricity/Domain/227/Ableism_Teachers_Guide.pdf" target="_blank">High School Lesson Plan</a><br /></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.learningforjustice.org/learning-plan/disability-awareness-9" target="_blank">Elementary School Lesson Plan</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/60f1a003db93e97a76159740/t/618c340df367692bafc153d9/1636578317943/How+to+be+a+Kind+Helper.pdf" target="_blank">Pre-k - 3 Lesson Plan</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Jodie Burihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894684756966027130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937706014087318360.post-6750374356538807682023-09-23T21:26:00.000-07:002023-09-23T21:26:45.559-07:00Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghw4ClRfJE5FdPKgbQH_GwMFtgQu18dkSAnTCvcTTOM-03bIAz8ZrwPaIQNSEGVFPIqaRZvUF94QSE-7D_pIERkcpq15gsccRsFlcydfkz0tLxYW5qFWpLTcb4OlCbOdZ8z4hX1luUqkDP97IdMxoERu5EfWre5sllT-Sm94wl_k-CEU9BBANBZmMEtiA/s200/IMG_8475.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="154" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghw4ClRfJE5FdPKgbQH_GwMFtgQu18dkSAnTCvcTTOM-03bIAz8ZrwPaIQNSEGVFPIqaRZvUF94QSE-7D_pIERkcpq15gsccRsFlcydfkz0tLxYW5qFWpLTcb4OlCbOdZ8z4hX1luUqkDP97IdMxoERu5EfWre5sllT-Sm94wl_k-CEU9BBANBZmMEtiA/s1600/IMG_8475.heic" width="154" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Author: Sarah Warren</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Illustrator: Robert Casilla</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Genre: non-fiction</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Grade level: 1-4</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Reading age: 6-9 yrs old</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/dolores-huerta-a-hero-to-migrant-workers-sarah-warren/10447317?ean=9780761461074" target="_blank">BUY Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omHbZe2hcGc" target="_blank">English audiobook</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPbYH5iGHhs" target="_blank">Spanish audiobook</a></div><div><br /></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u>Summary: </u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dolores Huerta is a woman, who advocates for the rights of underpaid farm workers. In this book, we learn about Dolores Huerta's fight for safe working environments and fair wages. We venture through a timeline of her life noting the illustrations as she goes from career to career on her journey as a social justice warrior. It begins when she is a teacher and she begins to question why her students are struggling in class. Detective Dolores Huerta finds out that the parents were getting underpaid and working conditions were harsh. Organizer Dolores Huerta was not going to stand for this injustice, so she gathered the families and many others to raise their voices. This is a story about justice, activism, immigration equality, womanhood, workers' rights and so much more. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u>Element 4: Social Movements and Social Change:</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dolores Huerta is a warrior of change. Her story is to be shared as a still current labor leader and civil rights activist. In her earlier days, she organized farmer workers in order to advocate for safer working conditions and better pay. In the story, she leads a strike, boycotting grapes, which ends up allowing farmers to receive better wages and conditions. A peaceful movement that included people of all ages and genders. She is an agent of change and the story captivates her life through many journeys, but also the people who contributed to the movement's success. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"While some workers argue with the bosses, others watch the children dance and keep them safe"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mother, Father, sisters, or brothers all contributed to the movement and she is someone who can share the story. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u>What Would I do:</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After reading I would like to discuss and reflect as a class. The idea would be to talk more about how this appears in our day-to-day and what can be done. When reading you can hear the struggle, but I would want the students to act it out in small groups. I would make groups of 2 and would ask them to act out occurrences on a day working on the farm. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(The script is from <a href="https://lohp.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/TeensWorkinginAgESL.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> page 107)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I would follow by asking the discussion questions about what issues were discussed in the script, what would they do, what could they do, and who could help them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u>Other ideas for the classroom:</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://doloreshuerta.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Dolores%20Huerta%20Day%20Lesson%20Plans%202021/Kindergarten%20/Lesson%20Plans%20/Dolores%20Huerta%20Unit%20Kinder.pdf" target="_blank">Kindergarten Unit</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://teachrock.org/lesson/dolores-huerta-and-the-united-farm-workers-movement/">Elementary Units- using music</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/classroom/lesson-plans/2023/08/lesson-plan-dolores-huerta-a-lifetime-of-activism" target="_blank">Grades 3-5 Unit- activist poster</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.cliohistory.org/fileadmin/files/click/Classroom/Dolores_Huerta/Click_Dolores_Huerta.pdf" target="_blank">Grade 6-12 Unit- includes César Chávez</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omHbZe2hcGc" target="_blank"><br /></a><br /></div><p></p>Jodie Burihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894684756966027130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937706014087318360.post-61602884937091877952023-09-23T10:14:00.005-07:002023-09-23T13:34:50.680-07:00Freewater - Amina Luqman Dawson<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9kbk7CoPV6oNUUreRcqm8NBQZ4M4UIpHQeV66fc1SpFmiiho3JtcWGftVolhDD5Xik_2O6CqUWzLY3phwICZ1_18LPKaaZmQ8h1Vhn5dH51CbQDb_ZKuha83B8k0Odvz7vA1f8h_bOFNM1GFG5mKbVWu36IMc7xqZcEOd0LFKkYH03wg317sHZbmhx5g" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="684" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9kbk7CoPV6oNUUreRcqm8NBQZ4M4UIpHQeV66fc1SpFmiiho3JtcWGftVolhDD5Xik_2O6CqUWzLY3phwICZ1_18LPKaaZmQ8h1Vhn5dH51CbQDb_ZKuha83B8k0Odvz7vA1f8h_bOFNM1GFG5mKbVWu36IMc7xqZcEOd0LFKkYH03wg317sHZbmhx5g" width="164" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Freewater - </i>Amina Luqman-Dawson</p><p>Purchase Here! <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/freewater-amina-luqman-dawson/19395696?ean=9780316056618">https://bookshop.org/p/books/freewater-amina-luqman-dawson/19395696?ean=9780316056618</a></p><p>Element 3: Issues of Social Injustice</p><p><b>Grade Level: </b>Middle Grade (6-8) </p><p><b>Summary: </b>In striking detail and accessible prose, Amina Luqman-Dawson's <i>Freewater </i>tells the story of Homer and Ada as they escape life as enslaved children on a plantation in search of freedom in the north. In their journey, they come upon Freewater, a settlement founded and populated by formerly enslaved people. Here they learn how this community of color resists the oppressive forces of slavery to imagine and create their own futures. A book equally fraught with the horrors of American slavery, and the histories of possibility and resistance, <i>Freewater </i>tells the story of American slavery and resistance through the eyes of young people as it's never been told before. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Element 3: </b>Much of <i>Freewater </i>deals with the losses and struggles suffered by Homer and Ada both on the planation as enslaved people, and after their escape. The book illustrates the horrors of chattel slavery and the enormous sacrifices and risks undertaken by those who escapeed. Ada and Homer are forced to leave their mother behind and enter a frontier completely alien to them where their very existence is plagued by the fear of capture and re-enslavement and the traumas of family separation. The book directly addresses the historical roots of oppression while examining how different identities--men, women, old and young--experienced this oppression differently. The book also serves as a transitional text between Elements 3 and 4 for its exploration of early resistance efforts which might allow readers to link subsequent Black liberation movements with their historical origins. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>How I Would Use The Book: </b>What I love about this book is the way it allows us to reimagine the history of racism in America. Telling the horrific story of slavery is incredibly important: it is one of two foundational genocides at the heart of American history whose legacy and impact cannot be overstated. But <i>Freewater </i>allows us to view this time period not just as a time of oppression but also as the beginning of social and political resistance efforts, community organizing, and Black meaning-making. In this way I would like to use the text to ask students how we might be critical about the popular narratives surrounding racial justice and injustice in America. We are often told in school that several important social movements have all but eliminated racism--the emancipation proclamation, Reconstruction, Civil Rights movement, and the election of Barack Obama. <i>Freewater </i>is a text which offers a way of understanding racism as a historical continuum which has always existed, but has always existed alongside Black social and political resistance. Activities might include critically responding to, discussing, and reflecting on how their experience of reading the book allows for a better understanding of oppression and slavery. They may also reflect on how the book sheds light on aspects of historical injustice that are represented more graphically/honestly in <i>Freewater </i>than in other historical or fictional texts. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Other Notes: </b>I think reading contemporary black authors who write about the legacy of slavery is extraordinarily important for young people. When a text has been written recently it inherently communicates a sense of importance for students. It also allows for a richer understanding of how the past and present are linked and inextricably connected to one another. It's a text that speaks to events hundreds of years ago but it has import on the world around them. It also supports authors of color who are doing the incredible work of shedding light on emancipatory histories and ideas as well as historic injustices. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Evan Dekenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17768601896613636025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937706014087318360.post-47631303412446969392023-09-23T10:10:00.001-07:002023-09-23T10:10:43.241-07:00Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiRuyk1K1AafWnnbP7Ayu_MmcuOkfWhJkbW57xHJDfPbBvQUy6WXf-pAfBXAAVJak6CfAuqpn5RLDBr-JsHVdRHeXEBU_rhhwH3kmDP7CXbE7XicLOXEZ45Im8jDNACu2gVIGszpVz9ssuGz4nWV6LAWEf-hsOVNza2UOaDfmyAeGC3VCuh4RRYbio3arM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="410" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiRuyk1K1AafWnnbP7Ayu_MmcuOkfWhJkbW57xHJDfPbBvQUy6WXf-pAfBXAAVJak6CfAuqpn5RLDBr-JsHVdRHeXEBU_rhhwH3kmDP7CXbE7XicLOXEZ45Im8jDNACu2gVIGszpVz9ssuGz4nWV6LAWEf-hsOVNza2UOaDfmyAeGC3VCuh4RRYbio3arM" width="197" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><u>Author:</u></b> Duncan Tonatiuh </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><u>Illustrator</u></b>: Duncan Tonatiuh </p><p style="text-align: center;"><u><b>Genre</b></u>: Narrative Nonfiction </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><u>Grade Level</u></b>: 1- 4th </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Summary:<i> </i></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Separate Is Never Equal</em><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">: Sylvia Mendez and her family have recently moved to Westminster, California where they are so excited to be enrolled at a school near their home. Those happy smiles they had disappeared in a matter of seconds when the school secretary told them they could not be accepted. The secretary told them they had to go to the " Mexican School" without giving them a clear explanation and only said that those were the rules that had to be followed. Sylvia spoke perfect English and was an American citizen. She questioned why her brother and she weren't allowed to enroll in the school while their cousins were the ONLY ones that could enroll. She started to wonder if the color of their skin had something to do with the decisions that were made. As the book continues, Sylvia's father decides to take action by forming a group called </span><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">the Parents Association of Mexican-American Children</em><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> where he started collecting signatures for a petition that allowed children from all different backgrounds and skin colors to be able to go to any school they want and have the same opportunities as others to become doctors, teachers, nurses, and other carriers. The Mendez family never gave up fighting for justice and equality which led them to victory! </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Element 6: Social Action: </b></p><p style="text-align: left;">This book is a great demonstration of what it looks like to have social action in a community setting. In the book, it demonstrated if they wanted to fight for a cause they would need to have a majority of people on their side to fight with them. Being a one-person team there wasn't much that could be done or even have their voices heard. Once Sylvia's father heard what had happened he took action real quick. He got signatures for a petition, then went to court to fight for this injustice, and after the case; the news started to go all around the world and families started to get a lot of support from different organizations. Mr. Mendez wanted his children to have an equal opportunity in education just as other kids have. If we work together as a village we will get things taken care of. Mendez's family fought with actions and evidence instead of threatening to do something about it. La justica estaba a lado de ellos which means justice was on their side to win! This book shows students that if they see a problem occurring in their neighborhood, they can express their thoughts and feelings about the situation. They can take action and do something about it. They can stand up for what is right and fight back to have their voices heard. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Classroom Activity:</b></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">This book has many topics I could integrate into my classroom that can be used in different grade levels. For example: </span></p><ol style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">What does it mean by nonfiction? Fiction? </span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Creating a story map of important events, characters, setting, and more </span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Educating them about what being "EQUAL" means and being fair. (Asking students where they have seen equality and fairness and if they have experienced it) </span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">What is racism? What social action can we take to help others?</span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">What does it mean to fight for justice and equality? </span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">What is segregation? Why did it happen? How did it end? </span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">What does it mean for us to go around collecting signatures? (Petitions)</span></li></ol><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i><b><u>Activity Sources for class instruction:</u></b></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i>1) <a href="https://laii.unm.edu/info/k-12-educators/assets/documents/literature-guides/separate-is-never-equal-educators-guide.pdf" target="_blank">Teacher Guide </a></i></p><p style="text-align: left;">2) <a href="https://www.learningtogive.org/resources/separate-never-equal-literature-guide" target="_blank">Literature Guide</a> </p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>You can find the book on the website below:</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://bookoutlet.com/products/9781419710544B/separate-is-never-equal-sylvia-mendez-and-her-familys-fight-for-desegregation?utm_source=Pmax&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Clue&gclid=Cj0KCQjw9rSoBhCiARIsAFOiplmQx0W15Lylk1m5xcNsx_GNgFn-1T2cJBLww4xj7FjCCa6dqWzgD1oaAukREALw_wcB"><i>SEPARTE IS NEVER EQUAL </i></a></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Blanca Caguanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08135545595220259154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937706014087318360.post-61141754193908207012022-09-29T20:50:00.001-07:002022-10-13T09:56:04.248-07:00LUNA: <p>Luna </p><p><span> by Julie Anne Peters</span><br /></p><div><span data-canva-clipboard="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"></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqliMmQ0KAWiI267rr2ox5l4cYmR6LIDRYDtird7M3VnV1z20vKYMM3ZHhU7sknd4we4tSdYepXvHScEuvfsXvASo5hSCRGQWfz8WVob-FT7W9N96KpyV1BCyU6I1oS-OI6-IiRthSn0sL7B-ub5vLfPTb2f-p6xdqPKhKV9lcP8QpXOnZCAK2E1M/s276/luna.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="183" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqliMmQ0KAWiI267rr2ox5l4cYmR6LIDRYDtird7M3VnV1z20vKYMM3ZHhU7sknd4we4tSdYepXvHScEuvfsXvASo5hSCRGQWfz8WVob-FT7W9N96KpyV1BCyU6I1oS-OI6-IiRthSn0sL7B-ub5vLfPTb2f-p6xdqPKhKV9lcP8QpXOnZCAK2E1M/s1600/luna.jpg" width="183" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span><p></p><p><span><u>Summary: </u></span></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body" style="--font-size: 30.6667px; --line-height: 1.4; font-family: "YADrm1Pp4tQ 0", _fb_, auto; line-height: 42px;"><span class="JsGRdQ">A coming of age story of two sisters becoming themselves and stumbling along the way. Told through the perspective of their sister Regan, we watch as Liam, longing to spread their wings and escape the entrapment of their basement, begins to live as their true self as Luna.</span></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body" style="--font-size: 30.6667px; --line-height: 1.4; font-family: "YADrm1Pp4tQ 0", _fb_, auto; line-height: 42px;"></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body" style="--font-size: 30.6667px; --line-height: 1.4; font-family: "YADrm1Pp4tQ 0", _fb_, auto; line-height: 42px;"><span class="JsGRdQ">What does it mean to be true to yourself?</span><span class="JsGRdQ white-space-prewrap"> </span></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body" style="--font-size: 30.6667px; --line-height: 1.4; font-family: "YADrm1Pp4tQ 0", _fb_, auto; line-height: 42px;"><span class="JsGRdQ">What are you willing to risk to be free?</span><span class="JsGRdQ white-space-prewrap"> </span></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body" style="--font-size: 30.6667px; --line-height: 1.4; font-family: "YADrm1Pp4tQ 0", _fb_, auto; line-height: 42px;"></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body" style="--font-size: 30.6667px; --line-height: 1.4; font-family: "YADrm1Pp4tQ 0", _fb_, auto; line-height: 42px;"><span class="JsGRdQ">Regan barely knows who she is when her "perfect" brother begins to change. Soon, everything she knows changes too. As she struggles to accept her brother, she learns lessons of love and acceptance. </span></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body" style="--font-size: 30.6667px; --line-height: 1.4; font-family: "YADrm1Pp4tQ 0", _fb_, auto; line-height: 42px;"><span class="JsGRdQ"><strike>Liam</strike> Luna is a transgender woman who is tried of living only as herself in her basement. She grows the courage to begin to live as her true self sacrificing all that she has accumulated for all that she truly wishes for. </span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span><u>Element 5 (Raising Awareness):</u></span></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body" style="--font-size: 30.6667px; --line-height: 1.4; font-family: "YADrm1Pp4tQ 0", _fb_, auto; line-height: 42px;"><span class="JsGRdQ">Students are able to draw connections between marginalized communities and their shared struggle for acceptance and love. </span>I would use this book as a jumping off point to draw connectivity between marginalized communities and the American dream of love, acceptance, and a place to belong. </p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span>Activity: </span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">After having modeled the exercise (using a nurse) the teacher will explain how students will use the same questions to analyze their perceptions of the following communities:</span></li><ul><li>Gay </li><li>Lesbian </li><li>Transgender</li><li>Bisexual</li></ul></ul><p></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px; text-align: left;"><li aria-level="1" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students will be split into groups and given one of the following communities to answer the following questions on their poster board:</span></p></li><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="2" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: circle; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What does…community look like?</span></p></li><li aria-level="2" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: circle; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What does… community wear?</span></p></li><li aria-level="2" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: circle; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What words do you think of when you hear … community?</span></p></li><li aria-level="2" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: circle; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How is … community portrayed in the media?</span></p></li><li aria-level="2" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: circle; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How is … community treated in the community?</span></p></li></ul><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students will explain their posters to the group and their findings </span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students will explain the answers to their given questions</span></p></li></ul><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-b63fa3e6-7fff-a8fe-7e37-164ba2047379"></span></p><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: -44.75pt;"></div><p><br /></p><p>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/316445.Luna </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937706014087318360.post-55792970199936718292022-09-29T12:49:00.002-07:002022-09-29T12:49:37.818-07:00Whoever You Are<p> </p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDiyYLufl3azBDKL8wlS5JShO3Pk_1X5SxBj33o_sIXQwTsv8LOAkYXDn45MHuiypNrk20OBYFT_e0fikH5_4EK177BXiUGAZyLKVtGrA9l6fIeMlUBZYlqkEkGB5YwvwhtTSXZkQeqizyb21QDZCUKFXIuaSRQEaIOEinQIa0USCECN3-wzTZ2ofpHw" style="background: transparent; color: #2196f3; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img alt="" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="332" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDiyYLufl3azBDKL8wlS5JShO3Pk_1X5SxBj33o_sIXQwTsv8LOAkYXDn45MHuiypNrk20OBYFT_e0fikH5_4EK177BXiUGAZyLKVtGrA9l6fIeMlUBZYlqkEkGB5YwvwhtTSXZkQeqizyb21QDZCUKFXIuaSRQEaIOEinQIa0USCECN3-wzTZ2ofpHw" style="border: 0px; height: inherit; max-width: 100%;" width="228" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><b>Author: Mem Fox</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><b>Illustrator: Leslie Staub</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><b>Genre: Informational Text</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><b>Grade: 1 & 2</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Summary:</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">"Whoever you are" is about children all around the world that share similar experiences with emotions, interacting with friends, learning, eating, and sleeping. Although, the way we go about receiving what we need looks different for everyone because we may not speak the same language or look the same. On the inside, we are all alike. This book takes you across cultures and generations with beautiful paintings and teaches us to welcome our differences, while acknowledging our similarities and loving both. </div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Element 2: Respect For Others </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">This book allows children to learn about themselves and what makes them similar and different to others around them. Through this exploration of self and the world around us, teachers can facilitate discussions about culture, racism, discrimination, and equity. This can also start conversations around social movements and actions that have helped shape the world today.</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Activity:</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">I would first read this book to my class and have everyone draw a self-portrait. On their portraits, I would have them write traits or words that describe them or that they love about themselves. Then for my 3rd graders, I would partner them up and have students create a venn diagram. In the venn diagram one student would write traits or words about themselves and their partner would do the same in the other circle. In the middle of the diagram, they would write all the traits they have in common. The activity would help students to understand what they love about themself and learn about a classmate in the process. For my second graders, I found a worksheet with pictures from the story. They would cut out these pictures and sort them by ways the story showed us we are the same and different. </div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Whoever-You-Are-by-Mem-Fox-3420820?st=56c5b23e03170ab6031b02591f2b2e86" style="background: transparent; color: #2196f3; text-decoration-line: none;">Activity</a></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><b><a href="https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/whoever-you-are-reading-rainbow-book_mem-fox/314727/item/1812843/?gclid=CjwKCAjwhNWZBhB_EiwAPzlhNsGhGmoBKjgqNTwcbspwJkg6-SF_iWgaC-Rohvmh5Zlcc8FqUjRw2RoCPsoQAvD_BwE#idiq=1812843&edition=4153371" style="background: transparent; color: #2196f3; text-decoration-line: none;">Purchase Book Here !</a><br /></b></p><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937706014087318360.post-90909984083811538312022-09-29T10:23:00.005-07:002022-09-29T12:51:51.988-07:00The Four Winds<p><a href="https://6elementssje.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-four-winds-author-kristin-hannah.html"> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Four Winds</span></a></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-0fdba822-7fff-c80c-a326-b293804f245b"><br /><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 162px; overflow: hidden; width: 311px;"><img height="162" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/VJs_yQpXeackCc5PHVYaTbaetOKU9kj01dUVXg5xRMUyEZmBuCie1f4F4DpcIfZ2x2FfX-MxRoGcPe4CRllZjfcUMe-d-aEegfUyZUxjIae81qdTK-lrpcxoh5XJMXhyTv9dhQnv3YGZwOVt4WPO-ZesBFj7JTRXZXzzvJzPxqpPUT2a2LSf5KhpQg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="311" /></span></span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Author: Kristin Hannah</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Genre: Historical Fiction</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Grade Level: 8-12</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Summary:</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Four Winds </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is a historical fiction piece set in the years leading up to and during the Great Depression. The focus of the novel is on Elsa Martinelli, first as a young woman herself and later as the mother to two children. Readers get an in depth understanding of the Great Depression and the very real horrors it caused, especially in the Southwest United States. Additionally, one woman’s life journey is told and readers get to see her begin to set herself free from the confines placed upon her by her family and society as a whole.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Exploring Issues of Social Justice: </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At the core of this novel is an exploration of class systems in the United States and the way in which capitalism fuels division. Very realistic testimonials of families living during these hard times shows students how difficult it can be to work in manual labor and provide for a family. Additionally, the book offers an honest view at how a capitalistic society is inherently unfair to many groups. Finally, the readers get to see the beginnings of unionization in a way that hopefully corrects misconceptions they may have gathered over the years.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Activity: </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students can look up a more recent unionization conflict(such as Amazon) and hold a simulated “town hall” over why unionization is necessary. One group can even "play" Amazon, but it is important to make sure unionization is framed as the right thing.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Teacher Resources: </b><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-four-winds_kristin-hannah/26493212/item/44858969/?gclid=CjwKCAjwhNWZBhB_EiwAPzlhNky0bSZffgrdm6Z1OmHnK9DhxYqX6L1Hn-wGZ9jivoh3pi1KU7zqoBoChjwQAvD_BwE#idiq=44858969&edition=31986313">Cheap copies available here!</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937706014087318360.post-56057565996520124112022-09-29T06:48:00.000-07:002022-09-29T12:50:09.214-07:00Just Like Me<p style="margin-left: 160px; text-align: left;"> <a class="block w-full" data-lightbox="image" href="https://images-us.bookshop.org/ingram/9780525582090.jpg?height=500&v=v2">
<img alt="Just Like Me - Brantley-Newton, Vanessa" class="w-full" itemprop="image" src="https://images-us.bookshop.org/ingram/9780525582090.jpg?height=500&v=v2" /> </a></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><b>Author: Vanessa Brantley-Newton</b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><b>Illustrator: Vanessa Brantley-Newton </b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><b>Genre: Poetry</b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><b>Grade: Preschool-3</b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><b> </b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><b>Summary: </b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Just Like Me represents girls of different backgrounds and experiences, embracing who they are, and standing together. There are girls who proudly embrace their body, hair, or weirdness. There are girls who boldly describe themselves as being a canvas, song, warrior, or explorer. Then, there are girls who embrace their hardships/challenges, such as the girl who wishes to have a father, the girl who stands up against bullies, the girl who hates her pimples, and the girl who is shy. Though every girl’s story is different, they are able to identify their worth, celebrate one another, and build each other up. This book showcases the beauty of diversity, uniqueness, authenticity, and unity. </p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><b>Element One:</b> <b>Self-love and Knowledge:</b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">This book represents self-love and knowledge by representing a variety of girls in different situations, who still manage to embrace themselves, where they are. Some girls are happy, some are proud, some are unfulfilled, some are in unfavorable circumstances, and yet that does not change their beauty or the perception they have of themselves. The message that this book sends is “You are enough, where you are. You do not need to wish to be someone else in order to feel important. You are not alone.” </p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><b>Activity:</b> </p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Class project where students either draw themselves or bring in a
photograph of themselves to place at the center of a poster-board.
Around their portrait, they are to draw or find images of objects,
symbols, and/or words from magazines, newspapers, or the internet, that
make them unique and describes them. The descriptions can be anything
they want: cultural, familial, hobbies, interests, dreams etc. The point
of this project would be for students to recognize their uniqueness and
individuality, and to celebrate themselves, just as they are. There is
only one YOU! Students would then be able to present in front of
their classmates in order to create a safe space, where everyone could
share their posters. <b><br /></b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><b> </b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://images.randomhouse.com/promo_image/9780525582090_6873.pdf">Teacher Resources</a> </b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/just-like-me-9780525582090/9780525582090">Buy here!</a></b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><b> </b><br /></p><p style="margin-left: 200px; text-align: left;"> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937706014087318360.post-45605606122493243372022-09-28T22:12:00.003-07:002022-09-28T22:15:11.960-07:00She Persisted: Maria Tallchief<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7o3OYqVkXVcF1r2xtTnWgruCpyXER8CdKDfhUhJYSPzRJlqfkOdcbA_gOOQiyjJLKaMsUUQVs2Zu08IUdTvpvGP4CGD8NTPty71vKza8c44xVnUUormp-zqulmG7-r5cMCN4tSYlMiQIjESvgNELALol-Cel_Qn_wXQeAQzOO36f67EWlT8SYS_c3/s346/Screenshot%202022-09-28%2011.39.08%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="238" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7o3OYqVkXVcF1r2xtTnWgruCpyXER8CdKDfhUhJYSPzRJlqfkOdcbA_gOOQiyjJLKaMsUUQVs2Zu08IUdTvpvGP4CGD8NTPty71vKza8c44xVnUUormp-zqulmG7-r5cMCN4tSYlMiQIjESvgNELALol-Cel_Qn_wXQeAQzOO36f67EWlT8SYS_c3/s320/Screenshot%202022-09-28%2011.39.08%20PM.png" width="220" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Author: Christine Day</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Interior Illustrator: Gillian Flint</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Publisher: Penguin Random House LLC</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Grade Level: 1-4</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Social Justice Element #4: Social Movements and Social Change</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u>Summary</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <i>She Persisted: Maria Tallchief </i>by Christine Day tells the life story of a biracial Osage girl who, despite the discrimination she faced, persevered to become one of the most successful ballerinas of all time. In 1925, Maria Tallchief was born in Oklahoma to a father who was a citizen of the Osage Nation and a white woman from Kansas. Her mother could not afford ballet lessons as a child, so she wanted to ensure that her children had the opportunity to try it. In her early teenage years, Maria Tallchief fell in love with the beauty and challenge of ballet, so from then on, she knew that dance was what she wanted to do as a career. Although Maria Tallchief consistently proved to be at the top of her class, she found herself getting background roles until she moved to New York. Although Maria Tallchief continued to face prejudice, her career took off, and she used her platform to support the causes she believed in. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u>Social Justice Element</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span> This book is a powerful representation of Social Justice Element #4: </span>Social Movements and Social Change because it highlights core values of activism on individual and community levels. Throughout Tallchief's life, we see how she pushes back against the prejudice inflicted upon her. For instance, when she is pressured to change her name to sound Russian, she refuses her boss and walks away from an international touring contract. Also, once Tallchief reached the heights of her success, she used her platform to support Americans for Indian Opportunity by volunteering for this organization. Another way that this book draws attention to Social Justice is in its geographic language. Los Angeles is not just Los Angeles; it is the land once known as Tovaangar. When Maria moves, she moves to the traditional Lenape territory known as New York City. Additionally, the book ends with a section titled, "How You Can Persist." In this section, Day outlines several ways that readers can become more active in fighting for social change. One recommendation is to "Visit tribally managed museums, cultural centers, or public powwows to celebrate and support the Native American community" (Day 30). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u>Where to Buy It</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u><br /></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> An excellent, family-owned bookstore is Aaron's Books in Lititz, PA. You can buy the book <i>She Persisted: Maria Tallchief </i><a href="https://www.aaronsbooks.com/book/9780593115800">here</a> and the audiobook <a href="https://aaronsbooks.mymustreads.com/id007535586/She-Persisted-Maria-Tallchief">here</a>. A. S. King, another renowned social justice author, does work with (and provides signed copies of her books to) this local bookstore. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u>Potential Activity</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>This activity was inspired by <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/SHE-PERSISTED-Womens-History-Activity-Bundle-6562602?st=e96eb37c63e7f78d09264285474364a4">this worksheet</a> from Teachers Pay Teachers</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Before class begins, the teacher can place a pack of sticky notes on each table or group of desks. The teacher can also hang a large poster sticky note in the front of the room with the word "Persistent" in the middle (like a graphic organizer).<br /><br /></li><li>The Do Now activity could be, "What comes to mind when you think of the word, 'Persistent'?"<br /><br /></li><li>The students will come up with as many words or phrases as possible and put them on the poster.<br /><br /></li><li>The class can then come up with their own annotation guide for the reading <i>She Persists: Maria Tallchief. </i>For example, if one/multiple sticky notes said, "Standing up for your beliefs," the class can look for examples of standing up for one's beliefs. The annotation guide might consist of three items to look out for.<br /><br /></li><li>Throughout the reading, the class can stop and reflect about examples of discrimination or resilience that they see, referring back to the class-made annotation guide.</li></ul><div><u>Teacher Resources</u></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.booknerdmommy.com/persisted-mini-biography-activity-idea/">“SHE PERSISTED” WITH MINI BIOGRAPHY ACTIVITY IDEA</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://kirstenskaboodle.com/product/she-persisted-by-chelsea-clinton-activities-bundle/">She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton Activities BUNDLE</a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937706014087318360.post-8401512321511263232022-09-28T19:29:00.008-07:002022-09-29T12:48:40.394-07:00The Water Princess<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXHi1_Im9vigvbIrf1Vu9OAV932A6gpj02y3knaFuYC7L3r4rmvZu4o0-nVrPfzR2KnP1WwrGwnBTsdZg43Wni_Xobo14phUjs40wjk_dntx8sXVle8K7pcwxGA2RqOS6yJ_CSAJg3HHGe_qTa8O-WUQxHsReL9yS23tLsHGXzjKstmXN-MSFeYD3L/s500/the%20water%20princess.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXHi1_Im9vigvbIrf1Vu9OAV932A6gpj02y3knaFuYC7L3r4rmvZu4o0-nVrPfzR2KnP1WwrGwnBTsdZg43Wni_Xobo14phUjs40wjk_dntx8sXVle8K7pcwxGA2RqOS6yJ_CSAJg3HHGe_qTa8O-WUQxHsReL9yS23tLsHGXzjKstmXN-MSFeYD3L/w353-h353/the%20water%20princess.jpg" width="353" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Author: Susan Verde</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Illustrator: Peter H. Reynolds</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Genre: Realistic Fiction </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Grade: K-3</span></b></div> <p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Summary:</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Water Princess is a story about a young girl named Princess Gie Gie, who lives in a small African village where clean drinking water is scarce. Gie Gie and her mother wake up before the sun and walk miles to collect fresh water for drinking and cleaning. Gie Gie dreams of bringing clean water to her village. Despite her prayers, Gie Gie cannot make the water come closer to the village and she cannot make it run clearer. She demands that the water come closer and that she no longer wants to get up before the sun to have clean water. Every night Gie Gie and her mother prepare for another voyage the next day. Gie Gie questions: “Why is the water so far? Why is the water not clear? Where is our water?” Her mother tells her to dream that someday she will find a way to bring the water closer and clear. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Element 6: Social Action</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This book represents the element of Social Action because The Water Princess is a great example of a text that highlights a social and cultural dilemma. Gie Gie wants to be an advocate for her village and put a lot of effort and thought into the ways that she hopes to bring clean water into her community. This text can remind and inspire children that it only takes one person to make a change in their community. </span></span></p><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Activity: </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-2f9d1156-7fff-e0a1-ee29-045da6b79c53"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span>I would use this book to introduce similar environmental or systemic issues that affect my students and to introduce the meaning of advocacy and what it means to have a voice. This book will be a great segway into encouraging students to use their voices to talk about environmental or systemic issues that impact themselves and their families. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span>Students will write letters to government officials advocating for an environmental or systemic issue that impacts themselves and their families the most. For example, students who live in Newark, New Jersey, may write letters to The New Jersey Department of Environmental Justice (NJDEP) to advocate for clean air and to keep important environmental justice laws in place. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/the-water-princess/9780399172588">Purchase here!</a><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/585a7978be659475691d30d0/t/5953edfdff7c5021d74a4080/1498672640727/Susan-Verde-Water-Princess-activities-web.pdf">Teacher Resources</a><br /></p><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937706014087318360.post-39577074537739514092022-09-28T18:13:00.002-07:002022-10-11T19:20:06.684-07:00Our Skin<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGGrda7MhJK8Uosy6-ar8YiP6s4-lnaWSXg0wPGAccyNunyAmbi841nIIWouSXU4JWULBlG1dhw2JtpxyX5vsenpi47Bky5TO5X8Yq4cXKHP7pIvf2w_tnkJrJ8rzzLk-Duazxf2lFlicSxfQWlPqO4h65__0AYy_rfQP_-O9XCitGr9RHiZe-J8dPzg/s2048/WhatsApp%20Image%202022-09-28%20at%207.34.21%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1848" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGGrda7MhJK8Uosy6-ar8YiP6s4-lnaWSXg0wPGAccyNunyAmbi841nIIWouSXU4JWULBlG1dhw2JtpxyX5vsenpi47Bky5TO5X8Yq4cXKHP7pIvf2w_tnkJrJ8rzzLk-Duazxf2lFlicSxfQWlPqO4h65__0AYy_rfQP_-O9XCitGr9RHiZe-J8dPzg/w361-h400/WhatsApp%20Image%202022-09-28%20at%207.34.21%20PM.jpeg" width="361" /></a></div><br /><p></p><br /><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b>Author: Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli, & Isabel Roxas</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b style="font-size: 15.4px;">Illustrator: Isabel Roxas</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b>Genre: Children's literature</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b>Grade: Pre-K - 3rd Grade </b></div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Summary:</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b><br /></b></div><p style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;">Our Skin is a magnificent reading to start a conversation about skin color with our children. This book uses scientific terms that can be introduce to children at any age. Additionally, we can utilize the book Our Skin as an example in our classroom to represent skin color with a proper name. Many scholars pointed at this book as great conversation starter for skin color in our classrooms. Overall, the book our skin can easily initiate a clear view of race, gender, social justice, body positivity, respect to others and the ways that racism operates in our surroundings. </p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Element 2: Respect to others</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b><br /></b></div><p style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;">The idea of respect to others should be taught to children as soon as they recognize differences in people's skin color. By doing so, we educate and start creating a positive learning environment where every one is treated with respect. This book shows us that respect is not just being polite in fact, respect teaches us a positive approach to race. The early conversation about skin color in a meaningful way, can help us interrupt the negative narrative that the children of color experience at a very young age. The children must understand that the negative things that people say about race are not scientifically proven. People's skin color does not determine whose race is better than the other. <br /><br /></p><p style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Activity:<span style="font-size: 15.4px;"> </span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"> Following the reading of the book students will color garland of people representing each one of them. </span></p><p style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 15.4px;">With support the student will glue a picture of their faces on each paper garland,</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 15.4px;">The children will use colors and paint to color each one of them.</span></li><li> With support, the children will write their name on the character that they represented.</li><li><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"> The garlands will hang on our multicultural wall.</span></li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b style="font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both;"><a href="https://www.readbrightly.com/books/9780593382639/our-skin-a-first-conversation-about-race-by-megan-madison-and-jessica-ralli-illustrated-by-isabel-roxas/" target="_blank">Buy here</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b><br /></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937706014087318360.post-70700095014966687232021-12-04T12:02:00.000-08:002018-10-15T08:46:51.211-07:00Welcome<div class="descriptionwrapper" style="color: #555555; font-family: 'tahoma Trebuchet MS', lucida, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Below is an annotated list of children's literature for the elementary classroom. The books are organized by the S<a href="http://www.ijme-journal.org/index.php/ijme/article/view/484" target="_blank">ix Elements of Social Justice Curriculum Design (Picower, 2012)</a>. It is based on work by pre-service teachers at Montclair State University. Teacher candidates have read and reviewed these books and provided insights into how they can be used in K-5 settings. If you have any questions or comments, please email bree@nycore.org.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937706014087318360.post-21500087569176897052021-11-28T17:23:00.001-08:002021-11-28T17:23:21.747-08:00A is for Activist <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEietbq1jER-6VKEgDY8UGXiLYh3dXkZWTSnO5VGP0JFDoX5n9AUq0tOG8iDLcYa6cljQk9Z6Ksx808fdOJgCInptpn1T3mYqDmD5onS_PCuWq08CkNBgxYqXEcsBFyEewKlmFVj85iWqgc5j_KOGNDMt6yhc5B7PVJCeENJ7Q0A6ptjV2bl4tJNwbKp=s1280" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEietbq1jER-6VKEgDY8UGXiLYh3dXkZWTSnO5VGP0JFDoX5n9AUq0tOG8iDLcYa6cljQk9Z6Ksx808fdOJgCInptpn1T3mYqDmD5onS_PCuWq08CkNBgxYqXEcsBFyEewKlmFVj85iWqgc5j_KOGNDMt6yhc5B7PVJCeENJ7Q0A6ptjV2bl4tJNwbKp=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Author: Innosanto Nagara </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Genre: Children's Non-Fiction Literature </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Grade: Pre-K - 4th Grade </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Summary:</b></div>The alphabet book A is for Activist is written for the next generation of Americans. It is intended to introduce students to a safe space of activism, social justice, civil rights, LGBT rights, and everything else activists believe in and fight for. The book discusses important issues such as community, equality, and justice. The book conveys an important message to both parents and children, encouraging them to take action and fight for what they believe in. <p></p><div><b>Element 5: Raising Awareness </b></div><div><br /></div><div>This book encourages children to take action and fight for what they believe in. It helps students to be introduced to all movements that exist today starting from civil rights to equal rights and more. It helps children to become interested and ask more questions about what is happening today and why it is important to fight for them. It helps children question the meaning of justice and if they are activists. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Activity</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Using geometric shapes I would ask students to work on making a poster on a movement they want to fight for. I would assign students to include images and be creative using their shapes as well as write or prepare a statement why did they choose their movement and why is it important? What are some things they would like to know more and what are some steps they could take to make a change in our country?</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #660000;"><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/a-is-for-activist/9781609805395">Buy It Here!</a></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937706014087318360.post-10795077342113077702021-11-27T09:25:00.007-08:002021-11-27T16:02:58.195-08:00Same, Same but Different <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1cFHUDawLXP6fS2GCYYZgGMEq1bgJVabysH38tkGWUV5l8D04Y6h-M0h5IV7kYVqneNIZNAXtnNbJY5WraPeIXvGLi4dC_QyYYOxx6g-NRV-L2iI1Ztp2n-c33xRzLPacG-cW09XbplHnwqwCJ2vinhMTlCx-qhMHEV6yjs3bbJ6vMUjBcr-o8kDz=s1419" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1419" data-original-width="1400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1cFHUDawLXP6fS2GCYYZgGMEq1bgJVabysH38tkGWUV5l8D04Y6h-M0h5IV7kYVqneNIZNAXtnNbJY5WraPeIXvGLi4dC_QyYYOxx6g-NRV-L2iI1Ztp2n-c33xRzLPacG-cW09XbplHnwqwCJ2vinhMTlCx-qhMHEV6yjs3bbJ6vMUjBcr-o8kDz=s320" width="316" /></a></div><br /><b>Author: Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw</b><div><b>Genre: Children's Literature, Fiction </b></div><div><b>Grade Level: Pre-K - 2nd </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">Summary: </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Same, Same but Different is about to two boy who are in two different parts of the world. Elliot is an American boy who lives is the City and Kailash lives in India. The two boys become pen pals, they write letters to one another and send each other pictures about interesting facts about themselves. They both share what their world looks like, they both like to climb trees, they have a family, they love animals and share many similarities. The boys also share characteristics about their worlds and realize they have many similarities but they are different. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><b>Element Two: Respect For Others</b><br />This book teaches children that everyone is different, but we are all the same and have a lot in common. The book teaches students that people all over the world belong to different races and cultures. It teaches children that we must accept others for who they are, and also teaches students that we must respect other cultures and welcome them into our world. Learning from another culture allows children to respect and learn from that culture and race. All races and cultures are ultimately different, but we are all the same and have a lot in common.<br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: times;">Activity:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">This book can be used in social justice curriculum where we ask students to share where they are from and pair them with a partner that is from different race. The students would become pen pals where they share facts about their world. They must share where they are from and what are some of the things they love to do and find similarities in their letters. Having students share facts abut one another for a we can lead to group project where the students create a poster using images to share some of the similarities they found on their letters. This project will teach students that they come from different backgrounds and have a lot in common and will teach them to respect one another. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://www.watchungbooksellers.com/book/9780805089462">Buy it Here!</a><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937706014087318360.post-69853566685420073322021-11-20T18:31:00.001-08:002021-11-20T18:31:21.461-08:00<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Port Chicago 50</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><img height="329" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/M07V2kcIYWG1xU15kZpLekpllUMcBOCssbQR2LThQBdk-545h_tXVMUXvXLTM8y7CiSdfDgzVUiadTCxIaSuOx0zzjUXlfY-a4IwwidzPXqgcBZ-jnbNnbMoOp2KlDxzzIDD3m2v" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;" width="219" /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Author: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Steve Sheinkin</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Genre: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Historical Nonfiction</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Grade level/ Age level: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Grades 5-9 / Age: 10-14</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f01bfd2f-7fff-e4e0-8822-fdf0f8b3dff0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Summary:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Port Chicago 50 is a nonfiction book about 50 African American sailors, most of whom were teenagers, fighting against prejudice, discrimination and injustice in the United States armed forces. After a massive explosion killed more than 300 sailors on the segregated Port Chicago Navy base, these sailors stood up against injustice and refused to return to unsafe working conditions, unless they were addressed. With great detail, direct quotes and photographs, this book retells the story of how 50 young sailors fought for their basic civil rights with the help of organizations such as the N.A.A.C.P. and their lawyer and future Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>Element 4, Social Movements and Social Change:</u></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u><br /></u></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Serving in the U.S. military as an African American in the 1940s meant you were treated as a second class citizen being segregated and oppressed, even though you were risking your life for your country. The story of the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Port Chicago 50</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> teaches readers how to use social capital to fight for their basic civil rights. The refusal of these 50 black sailors to return to unsafe working conditions after a massive explosion, with the consequence of being arrested or worse, shows </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">resistance capital</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Their actions and those who joined with them, in a legal battle against the U.S. military, shows how ordinary individuals can band together and begin a movement to create social change. The heroism of their actions eventually led to the ending of segregation in the Navy, the first branch of the U.S. military, in 1946. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Activity:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This book can be used in social studies curricula, to teach about the civil rights movement and how it has shaped the ways we fight for social change today. Students in grades 5 and 6 can do activities to compare and contrast different events of the civil rights movement to the events and actions in Port Chicago 50. They can also write articles and/or social media posts, including the photos from the book , to address issues of injustice in the military, as if it were happening in the present. In these editorial articles or posts, they can take on the role of an N.A.A.C.P. lawyer/activist, a Navy officer, or an ordinary citizen. For ELA curriculum, students can develop persuasive arguments for another social issue of their choice, and apply what they have learned about social movements for change. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://images.macmillan.com/folio-assets/teachers-guides/9781596437968TG.pdf">Teacher Resources: </a><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.watchungbooksellers.com/search/site/the%20Port%20Chicago%2050">Purchase Here! </a><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937706014087318360.post-81891048682706263772021-11-20T01:32:00.001-08:002021-11-20T01:32:12.786-08:00Steamboat School<span id="docs-internal-guid-5ed75b7a-7fff-6119-3a25-939e7df40bad"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><img height="279" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/pvhrIkA6lCWkFKNcm4EsOuu9M2hO274EMa1XQarW228fhCFjowFbwk1k-sjox1KTnL9dLWi9gZquWNdmmudGDmK0Lk6r8YZ6s19P631-u-QThAHelIqaUhTdfhiy8njbJD2N2ZRp" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;" width="300" /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">by Deborah Hopkinson </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and Illustrated by </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Ron Husband</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reading Level:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> K - 2, Age 5-8</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Genre: </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Historical Fiction</span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Pages:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span>40</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publisher: </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Disney-Hyperion, 2016</span></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>ISBN:</b> 9781423121961</span></p></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Summary:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In this inspiring picture book, based on the true story of Reverend John Berry Meachum, a story of determination, courage and resourcefulness is told. James, the protagonist, and Rev. Meachums’s students are faced with a threat to their education, when the state of Missouri passes a law prohibiting the education of African Americans in the 1840s. Carefully and courageously, Meachum organizes a school in the basement of a home in the community to protect his students right to an education, until authorities find out. To circumvent this unjust law, Meachum decides to build the innovative Steamboat School, which can float in the Mississippi River and operate outside of Missouri State boundaries. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Element 3: Exploring Issues of Social Injustice</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This book explores issues of social injustice from our country's past history that are relevant today. Although education is a basic human right, many federal and state laws affect our children’s access to an education. Resistance to this injustice is shown in the examples of the </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">students and their teacher, who stood up to fight for their right to an education and thought of ways to undermine this racist law. Students who read this book will learn that they should not allow oppression to prevent them from their right to an education or any other right. They will also learn about how they can use creativity, ingenuity and community capital to find solutions to social injustice.</span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-e94c25e0-7fff-38e5-6143-67b0b748268a"><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Activity:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since this book is recommended for grades K-2, a possible activity would be to have them create their own school to help students gain access to education. Each student will bring an empty shoe box to school where they will use their own creativity, resourcefulness and ingenuity to design their own school. It could be a mobile school, a Steamboat school, or other type of school. Students will also create paper dolls to represent the main characters in the story and write on each character what they did to fight for their education.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=50021#Resources">Additional Teacher Resources: </a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href=" https://www.watchungbooksellers.com/search/site/Steamboat%20School"><b>Purchase Here!</b></a></span></p></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937706014087318360.post-62892296470433188752021-11-18T10:48:00.007-08:002021-11-18T12:03:22.953-08:00Sylvia and Marsha Start a Revolution! (Grades 3+)<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 491px; overflow: hidden; width: 368px;"><img height="491" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/bF_yG3een2DZujPsn4JB9urA4-XpodCedts04eBs7uELDOzIB0H3RvcRGl1thmrxt2VwnndB5FrwbMjA_bUHdTyXGTiQN_VStCoL53AzwWCzNBYBEgimx4xb0OV7mEE_n03AuBqw" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="368" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Author: </b>Joy Michael Ellison</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Illustrator: </b>Teshika Silver</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Grade Level: </b>3 and up</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Summary</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This wonderful book tells the story of Sylvia and Marsha, two transgender girls of color who are not accepted by their families or the police. Both women shared a friendship so strong that they were like sisters and their goal was to help more transgender people like themselves! Sylvia saw how badly the transgender people in her community were treated and it reminded her of when she wore a dress as young kid and her grandmother frowned upon her and yelled, “You’re a boy!” Syliva remembered how wearing the dress made her feel free and she, along with Marsha decided that transgender people should not suffer for being themselves! “Here comes Alice in the blue dress” is the waring transgender girls had for each other and it was code for the arrival of the police who had the power to arrest transgender girls for wearing dresses. Syliva and Marsha wanted to bring positive change to their lives and the lives of their sisters so on June 28, 1969 the police were bothering them once again and a revolution broke out at Stonewall! That did not stop the police. Marsha and Syvlia decided that they were going to take things a step further by giving their transgender sisters their frienship and opened a home for those living on the streets. They all took care of each other and also fought for their rights together!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Element 3: Exploring Issues of Social Injustice</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This books explores issues of social injustice because as it moves away from celebrating diversity we delve into historical fiction to learn about Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson; two very important transgender icons whose involement on the Stonewall Rebellion made great contributions to the LGBTQ+ community. Students also learn about how shame and oppression affected girls like Marsha and Slyvia, so much that they had to come up with code phrases to help each other out.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u><b>Activity</b></u>: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Have students reflect on the importance of feeling free and comfortable in one’s own skin because no one has the right to tell individuals who they should and should not be. Then, students will create signs that support individuality and inspiring kindness towards one another.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buy it here!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://jmellison.net/books/" style="text-decoration: none;">Sylvia and Marsha Start A Revolution! – Joy Michael Ellison</a> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Teacher and Parent Resources: </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-33e076b9-7fff-0c1f-ac1a-701ac0f20121"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://jmellison.net/books/gender-resources-for-parents-and-teachers/" style="text-decoration: none;">Gender Resources for Parents and Teachers – Joy Michael Ellison</a> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937706014087318360.post-3699772099619255032021-11-18T10:47:00.012-08:002021-12-06T23:57:49.839-08:00No No Square Written by Jai'Colby'E Kirvin<span id="docs-internal-guid-73443250-7fff-52a0-47ea-5c5b836b89cd"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800027272727273; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800027272727273; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 108pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 372px; overflow: hidden; width: 372px;"><img height="372" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/XULtPB6VuskwBUGuT4Rs1iBd8Meh2aiBHQhbWUxjf4ElYMguzwBvBMbcFXSCfmldyo3_1dPvBZ0dsDR9HloImECSWJl_LEhni2SbCInndClafaCSgQx-7TgCON47oHl3jHTOOs12" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="372" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.6439972727272727; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Written by Jai'Colby'E Kirvin, Illustrated by Jai'Colby'E Kirvin</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800027272727273; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.6439972727272727; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Summary:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.6439972727272727; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">*“No No Square” is a children's book written by Jai'Colby'E Kirvin. This book was written by an African American author who brings awareness to rape in African American boys and girls. This book educates children to say “no” when people try to touch them inappropriately. This book teaches children what to say and do when strangers, family members, or other kids try to sexually assault them at an early age. This book allows children to set boundaries rather it be with other children or adults. The two characters in this book are Maya and Kobe, they both have encounters with monsters. They were taught how to properly set boundaries and not allow anyone to touch them inappropriately.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800027272727273; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.6439972727272727; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Element 5: Raising Awareness</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.6439972727272727; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">*This book coincides with element five “raising awareness.” In the African American community, rape is one of the common social justice issues present. Rape not only affects girls, but it affects boys as well. Many boys never report rape or even tell their stories, therefore mental health issues / trauma can be seen in black men. This book raises awareness about these issues, educates young readers, and gives good steps to prevent bad things from happening. This book always brings awareness to the word “no.” It teaches children to say no when they’re feeling uncomfortable or when someone is trying to assault them.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.6439972727272727; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.6439972727272727; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Activity:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.6439972727272727; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">*This activity can be taught for kids in Pre-K to twelfth grade. My goal for the activity is to teach students about consent. The word sex is removed when teaching consent to elementary students, the end goal is to help prevent sexual harassment and assault by teaching students about personal boundaries. When it comes to children, I know that rape is a sensitive topic. I would first go over what consent means, and the importance of asking permission. The students will be educated o. what consent sounds like. For example, :sure,” “yes,” “okay.” What consent does not sound like. For example, “stop,” “no,” “move.” When consent is needed. For example, kissing, touching, hugging. What to say when consent wasn’t given. For example, “no,” “I don’t feel comfortable,” “ask me again later.” Students can be non-extreme questions; the goal is for them to understand consent and use it in. different scenarios when they feel uncomfortable.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.6439972727272727; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.6439972727272727; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Links to purchase</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> “No No Square book.”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.6439972727272727; 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font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2eppYDqd55du2hjYJw6VAs_49MB8sdBszmpC2re0uBYh58sbw9oVJLy1Wp7lTrs-Fqe-WttuHhgPJOK4mGlm8NCW_BekxTeaL_VB_qiUoSp9tTUr79GaTSGnPnPQLuUB4aRQduX9ml4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="456" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2eppYDqd55du2hjYJw6VAs_49MB8sdBszmpC2re0uBYh58sbw9oVJLy1Wp7lTrs-Fqe-WttuHhgPJOK4mGlm8NCW_BekxTeaL_VB_qiUoSp9tTUr79GaTSGnPnPQLuUB4aRQduX9ml4/" width="219" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Author: Amanda Gorman<br />
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Illustrator: Loren Long<br />
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Publisher: Viking <br /><br />Grade level: K to 3<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Social Justice Element # 6: Social Action</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/change-sings-a-children-s-anthem/9780593203224" target="_blank">Purchase here to support local bookshops!</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p></div><p><b><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Summary</span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans", sans-serif;">Change Sings</span></u><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans", sans-serif;"> is an illustrated poem
that shows the efforts of a black young girl and her group of friends to address
the challenges facing their community. At first the unnamed protagonist is
singing alone and playing her guitar but as the book unfolds, she encounters
new people, makes friends, and works with them to improve their community. She
encounters a boy with a yarmulke</span><b><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto;">,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans", sans-serif;"> and they began to clean their local playground. Next, they
approach a woman with a child and share some food. Their next encounter is with
an elderly woman, and they leave groceries on her doorstep as they play
instruments together. Their next interaction is with a frowning, slightly older
boy with an intimidating dog but they win him over and he joins their efforts
to build a wheelchair ramp for one of their neighbors. The group goes on to
revitalize an abandoned local market and finally the story culminates in a celebration
in front of a mural that features the children with the quote “We are the
change!”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Social Justice Element</u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans", sans-serif;">This book represents Social Justice Element #6: Social Action. It
shows children taking personal action to address issues in their community.
They are shown forming connections and combining their efforts to meet the
needs they see. For example, they start with cleaning the playground and
eventually work to bring a fresh food grocer to their neighborhood. Those
actions speak to environmental justice and food justice which are pressing
issues in so many communities. With their activities, they support individuals
and the entire community. It is a great introduction to the power of organizing
and coalition building. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><u>Potential Activity</u></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I would use the book as a starting point for examining what my students would like to see changed in their area and what steps they could take to start making a difference.</span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Begin with a discussion about what students love and what they want to change about their neighborhood.<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Guide the students in researching what other communities and children are doing to address the identified issues. <br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Have students think-pair-share about who they know and who might be able to help them make positive change in their area.<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Using a template have students generate a proposal to address an issue they identified.<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Partner with an appropriate CBO or activist to give feedback to the students and plan how to implement the proposal.</span></li></ul><p></p><div><a href="https://www.nea.org/professional-excellence/student-engagement/read-across-america/find-your-book/change-sings" target="_blank">Teacher Resources</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937706014087318360.post-47685860531488961612021-11-18T09:49:00.007-08:002021-11-18T09:49:45.163-08:00The Recess Queen<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitnFBtWHLxLYmFlZbXSOpkt8yN5SJn30LvBCkvprq1MnK1BMGsYLdca3v3ifLJOA1qUnZO0FO6EQJlpOSucb-HhlshIo5UH4O47DVJ9Py78qAApbTPU5Cwz6-bOj97ZCkRt98-dx071HPojmo_x2ijM6AxkTxyuI8tV0QWkd48ng67ihQl0Wrdk0Vg=s500" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="417" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitnFBtWHLxLYmFlZbXSOpkt8yN5SJn30LvBCkvprq1MnK1BMGsYLdca3v3ifLJOA1qUnZO0FO6EQJlpOSucb-HhlshIo5UH4O47DVJ9Py78qAApbTPU5Cwz6-bOj97ZCkRt98-dx071HPojmo_x2ijM6AxkTxyuI8tV0QWkd48ng67ihQl0Wrdk0Vg=w283-h340" width="283" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Author:</b> Alexis O'Neill<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Illustrator:</b> Laura Huliska-Beith<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Grade Level:</b> Pre K-3<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Element 2: </b>Respect For Others<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Summary: </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Recess Queen is about a bully, Mean Jean, that gets dethroned by the new girl at school, Katie Sue, who decides to understand the bully and befriend her. The kids in the playground can only play when Mean Jean says that they can play. They can kick, swing or bounce only after she has gone. No one has ever dared to stand up to Mean Jean until Katie Sue approaches her and invites her to play with her. Now that Mean Jean has a friend, the playground becomes a fun and safe place for the rest of the students.<b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>How It Represents SJE2:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It
represents SJE2 because it focuses on the power of kindness, respect. compassion, love and friendship. It takes on the approach of understanding why people bully; sometimes the reason is because they are insecure and lonely. When we are kind and respect those we cross paths with, we can change their lives for the better. Being kind to one person can help improve the quality of life in our communities.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>How I Would Use It:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This book is most effective in a kindergarten classroom where children are learning how to play together. I would use this book to discuss how every character evolved in the story and how was this able to happen. The students can start explaining through illustrations and once they have a clear picture in front of then, they can begin to write down what is taking place. After sharing their work, the class can have a group discussion and share their opinion on the book and the characters. The point of the lesson would be to engage students in deep discussions.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.abebooks.com/9780439206495/Recess-Queen-Alexis-ONeill-0439206499/plp" target="_blank">Buy It Here!</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div></div><a href="https://emilyeducation.com/the-recess-queen-activities/" target="_blank">Teacher Resources</a><p></p><p><a href="https://jodi-durgin.mykajabi.com/the-recess-queen-activities" target="_blank">Additional Teacher Resources</a> <br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0