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Summer book gifts prep! #lastdayofschool tomorrow.

Excited to have this book adapted for younger readers in my classroom! #trevornoah #upperelementary #middleschool

Great graphic novel series brought in by a student! Love when they make recommendations!! #thecardboardkingdom

My student gave me permission to share this awesome drawing that he was inspired to create after reading several more of the series #thelastkidsonearth. He got more books for Easter and two other students are now reading the books. Love when they inspire each other! Thank u @max_loves_pants!

#visualnotetaking This year I taught The Civil War & Reconstruction for the first time. @teaching_tolerance, @ibramxk’s book Stamped From the Beginning, Henry Louis Gates series, The New Jim Crow, and my visit to @nmaahc this past summer (using the word enslaved vs. slave -amazing how many resources still use the latter) has been incredibly helpful as I teach this hard history as accurately as I can while being aware of any bias I bring into it. I’m still learning, but these works have made a huge impact. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I’ve also been so impressed with how visual notetaking has provided students with a meaningful way to take notes, particularly since my students have dyslexia. This tool would be great for any student, but my student’s retention of the info seemed to increase. They were particularly interested in the story of The Amistad. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ It was also incredibly important to start with the “Danger of a Single Story” which was a powerful set of lessons from @teachandtransform. There wasn’t enough time to teach this unit so I found myself fitting in our study of the history of Ancient Africa in morning meeting time or squeezing it in where I could. We had also discussed stereotypes prior to this unit as well. That exposure was a crucial component (as well as throughout the year) before diving into the civil war. #learningneverends. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Since I teach 4th grade the most interesting reflection responses were about the contradictions that exist within their study of The Constitution. Many students were surprised to learn about the forefathers and we focused on the line “All men are created equal” penned by Thomas Jefferson. Additionally we used #circleofviewpoints while connecting the study to what we learned prior during Westward “Expansion”. This was a lot to dig through and I have much to continue refining and processing.

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