Black History Month Lessons & Resources (collected by the NEA) Learning For Justice’s Do’s and Don’ts of Teaching Black History The Poet’s Voice: Langston Hughes and You Students in grades 6-8 investigate “voice” in Hughes’s poetry, develop their own distinctive voices in journal entries, and write an original poem or critical essay on an aspect of Hughes’s Read More…
November is Native American Heritage Month
American Indian History and Heritage This Teacher’s Guide from the National Endowment for the Humanities will introduce you to the cultures and explore the histories of some groups within the over 5 million people who identify as American Indian in the United States, with resources designed for integration across humanities curricula and classrooms throughout the Read More…
Scholastic Codes 2023-2024
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Focus on Fantasy – Series Suggestions
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer Twelve-year-old Artemis is a millionaire, a genius-and above all, a criminal mastermind. But Artemis doesn’t know what he’s taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit. These aren’t the fairies of the bedtime stories-they’re dangerous! (Amazon) Artemis Fowl Artemis Fowl : The Arctic Incident Read More…
2022/2023 Scholastic Codes
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10 things to know about how social media affects teens’ brains
10 things to know about how social media affects teens’ brains Cory Turner February 16, 202312:01 PM ET If you or someone you know may be considering suicide, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting 9-8-8. The statistics are sobering. Nearly 1 in 3 teen girls report having seriously considered suicide Read More…
Black History Month 2023
The Black History Month 2023 theme, “Black Resistance,” explores how “African Americans have resisted historic and ongoing oppression, in all forms, especially the racial terrorism of lynching, racial pogroms and police killings,” since the nation’s earliest days. The first national Negro History Week was organized by Carter G. Woodson in February 1926 to coincide Read More…
Sync – Free Audiobooks for Teens
SYNC returns April 28, 2022 SYNC is a free summer audiobook program for teens 13+. Returning Spring 2022, SYNC gives participants two thematically paired audiobooks each week. Titles are all available worldwide and change every Thursday at midnight Eastern Time during the season. Featured titles include: The Black Panther : Tales of Wakanda Four Short Read More…
RESOURCES FOR NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
Webinars: Indigenous Peoples’ History–Cohosted by experts from the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, this webinar will delve into the ways American history instruction often fails to acknowledge—and contributes to—the erasure of Indigenous stories and perspectives. Join us and you’ll learn about critical historical events, as well as cultural and societal contributions of Indigenous peoples past and present. You will Read More…
Banned Book Week
What is Banned Books Week? Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools. It brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types Read More…