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These three texts form the foundation of my class philosophy. They will be visited and revisited over the course of our school year, and they will act as links to many discussions about current events as well as discussions about literary techniques. The best part? They will get years of use in my classroom as class sets, inspiring not just this year's seventh graders, but those I teach for years to come. Each text sort of encapsulates one of my three major class themes: empathy, critical thinking, and social action. American Born Chinese speaks to my theme of empathy, particularly in thinking about current event headlines about immigration and discrimination. Feed looks at my theme of critical thinking. As a story we will discuss what thinking more deeply about the effects of technology on our lives can offer us; however, we will revisit the text in discussions about critical thinking in other areas as well, such as in reading news headlines and in buying products. Finally, March: Book 1 highlights my theme of social action, as its story chronicles the civil rights activism of John Lewis in the late-1950s and early 1960s. We will use the book as a jumping-off point into thinking about what social action looks like today, and how we ourselves can find causes that we are passionate about.

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These three texts form the foundation of my class philosophy. They will be visited and revisited over the course of our school year, and they will act as links to many discussions about current events as well as discussions about literary techniques. The best part? They will get years of use in my classroom as class sets, inspiring not just this year's seventh graders, but those I teach for years to come. Each text sort of encapsulates one of my three major class themes: empathy, critical thinking, and social action. American Born Chinese speaks to my theme of empathy, particularly in thinking about current event headlines about immigration and discrimination. Feed looks at my theme of critical thinking. As a story we will discuss what thinking more deeply about the effects of technology on our lives can offer us; however, we will revisit the text in discussions about critical thinking in other areas as well, such as in reading news headlines and in buying products. Finally, March: Book 1 highlights my theme of social action, as its story chronicles the civil rights activism of John Lewis in the late-1950s and early 1960s. We will use the book as a jumping-off point into thinking about what social action looks like today, and how we ourselves can find causes that we are passionate about.

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