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Teaching About Haiti
Description:Haiti was the only nation in the western hemisphere to end slavery as part of its declaration of independence (1803) — therefore ensuring true independence for all people. Just as the study of Black History should be year round, so can our study of Haiti. For example, Professor Madison Smartt Bell suggests that “The Haitian Revolution, though seldom studied in […]
Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching
By Deborah Menkart (Editor), Alana D. Murray (Editor), Jenice L. View (Editor) The 2004 Edition is no longer available for sale. A new edition will be available the summer of 2024. Course Texts & Desk Copies | Table of Contents | About the Editors | EndorsementsDescription:As one of the most commonly taught stories of people’s struggles for […]
Graphic Novels
Titles that we recommend are featured below. The ones with reviews are noted with an asterisk (*). Some titles are recommended with a caveat. At the end of this page, we provide a list of titles on this theme, with reviews, that we do not recommend.
Changemaker Collections
The books on this list are collections of biographies of social justice activists. We also feature many excellent biographies of social justice activists on our Bookshop.org store for early elementary, upper elementary, middle school, and young adult. An online source we recommend is Americans Who Tell the Truth. (Note that while the books below are […]
Book Reviews by Themes
This collection of reviews, from a variety of children’s literature websites, are introduced here and linked to their respective sources to read in full. This database can provide vital guidance for teachers, parents, and librarians in their selection of books for children. However, to date only a small sampling of reviews are posted to launch […]