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This year, I will be spending some additional time using the language of "growth mindsets" - helping my students to understand that challenges grow our brains, that pushing through difficult situations makes us smarter, and that doing hard things can be rewarding and FUN. I already typically spend a great deal of time reading from diverse texts, teaching about important people and events, and encouraging my students to understand history and the larger world. I plan to use a series of books by author Brad Meltzer called Ordinary People Change the World (with titles like I am Rosa Parks, I am Helen Keller, etc.). Using books about a diverse set of heroes who started out as ordinary people - many with significant challenges and setbacks - and who later changed the world will help to inspire them to face life's challenges with a positive spirit and determination. These books are compact enough to use in a short lesson and are visually engaging with comic-type illustrations juxtaposed with important facts. They cover big topics like racism, sexism, and disabilities but are written in a way that is accessible for even the youngest readers. The stories don't only tell the story of important adults, but begin with the subjects as children who struggled BEFORE they were successful and famous. This helps students to connect with the subjects and understand them as regular people. In addition, each book ends with a summary of the specific challenges each person faced and how their actions helped them overcome these obstacles to change the world. I cannot wait to bring these heroes and their ordinary stories to my classroom and to remind students that they, too, can overcome life's challenges and that each one of them could be an ordinary person who changes the world!

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This year, I will be spending some additional time using the language of "growth mindsets" - helping my students to understand that challenges grow our brains, that pushing through difficult situations makes us smarter, and that doing hard things can be rewarding and FUN. I already typically spend a great deal of time reading from diverse texts, teaching about important people and events, and encouraging my students to understand history and the larger world. I plan to use a series of books by author Brad Meltzer called Ordinary People Change the World (with titles like I am Rosa Parks, I am Helen Keller, etc.). Using books about a diverse set of heroes who started out as ordinary people - many with significant challenges and setbacks - and who later changed the world will help to inspire them to face life's challenges with a positive spirit and determination. These books are compact enough to use in a short lesson and are visually engaging with comic-type illustrations juxtaposed with important facts. They cover big topics like racism, sexism, and disabilities but are written in a way that is accessible for even the youngest readers. The stories don't only tell the story of important adults, but begin with the subjects as children who struggled BEFORE they were successful and famous. This helps students to connect with the subjects and understand them as regular people. In addition, each book ends with a summary of the specific challenges each person faced and how their actions helped them overcome these obstacles to change the world. I cannot wait to bring these heroes and their ordinary stories to my classroom and to remind students that they, too, can overcome life's challenges and that each one of them could be an ordinary person who changes the world!

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