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Students should have a right to read authors and characters which are reflective of and connected to their own cultural backgrounds and experiences as a way to empower them. They should be able to see themselves in the books they're taught; representation is motivation.
Teachers, like parents, want to prepare their students for the outside world. We don't just teach them content; we also try to teach them how to cooperate, how to communicate, and how to stand up for themselves. My students are teenagers who are on the brink of becoming adults; they are walking out into a world that will not always be kind to them as immigrants, and it is with this in mind that teaching them to know their rights and use their voices loud and clear is so imperative. This book is a wonderful springboard into conversations and lessons about agency and race relations in the US.
Our school has a predominantly African American population; it is important that my students, who are mostly Latinx, are introduced to the realities of the lives of the other young people around them as a way of building solidarity and community in our school. I will incorporate news articles, radio and television clips, and historical background information connected to the Black Lives Matter movement and other civil rights movements into my lessons for research and discussion.
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Students should have a right to read authors and characters which are reflective of and connected to their own cultural backgrounds and experiences as a way to empower them. They should be able to see themselves in the books they're taught; representation is motivation.
Teachers, like parents, want to prepare their students for the outside world. We don't just teach them content; we also try to teach them how to cooperate, how to communicate, and how to stand up for themselves. My students are teenagers who are on the brink of becoming adults; they are walking out into a world that will not always be kind to them as immigrants, and it is with this in mind that teaching them to know their rights and use their voices loud and clear is so imperative. This book is a wonderful springboard into conversations and lessons about agency and race relations in the US.
Our school has a predominantly African American population; it is important that my students, who are mostly Latinx, are introduced to the realities of the lives of the other young people around them as a way of building solidarity and community in our school. I will incorporate news articles, radio and television clips, and historical background information connected to the Black Lives Matter movement and other civil rights movements into my lessons for research and discussion.