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So many resources for Black History Month
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We're four days into Black History Month, but if haven't yet found the books or activities you'll use to observe it, read on! I recommend having a theme to guide you and make connections between the different people and events you learn about. As you figure out that theme, keep in mind a few do's and don'ts from anti-bias educator Britt Hawthorne:
Britt also recommends offering hands-on activities whenever possible, and has a great list broken down by age group of 32 Children's Activities for Black History Month. Here are a few of the book lists you'll find on my blog that can guide your Black History Month learning: Picture books about the Harlem Renaissance (a great opportunity to bring in poetry, literature and music) Children's books about Black scientists and inventors (a reminder that all subject areas can incorporate Black history) Engaging children's books by African authors (remember, Black history is bigger than the United States!) Black joy picture books (a great way to make sure that you center joy in your celebrations) Engaging chapter books for Black History Month (our family is reading Finding Langston this month and pairing it with soem of Langston Hughes' poems). |
Nurturing antiracist kids
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Hi Reader, As families and educators head toward the end of the school year, it's easy to forget two important heritage celebrations that take place in May. May is Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month AND it's also Jewish American Heritage Month. I know you've got a lot on your plate, so I've created book lists that will make it easy for you to get what you need at the library or the bookstore: Children's books for Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander...
Hi Reader, How inclusive and accurate was the history you learned in school? I often tell people that going to majority-Black public schools, I learned more Black history than many students did in the early 1990s. But I don't remember learning anything about Asian American history. Because of this knowledge gap, I learned so much reading Sarah-Sooling Blackburn's book for kids ages 8 - 12, Exclusion and the Chinese American Story (affiliate link). I share some of what I learned from the book...
Hi Reader, When I started my business nine years ago, it never occurred to me that one day I’d need to explain to kids what birthright citizenship is and its history. I talked frequently about immigrant rights and the need for reforms that provided undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship. Still, I assumed it would always be taken for granted that children born in the United States are citizens. After all, it’s in the constitution! Yet, here we are. On day 1 of his second term, President...