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Reading to Eradicate Racism
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My Students
I'm fortunate to teach a group of first-grade students who are very enthusiastic about learning. My students love to be challenged and are continuously working hard, both inside and outside of the classroom. One of the biggest ways I try to foster their love for learning is through reading. We have so many conversations (even the tough ones!) based on the stories we read.
My Project
The books I have selected all have themes of racial equality, acceptance, and the meaning of white privilege. These may seem like heavy topics for 6-7-year-olds but given recent events in our county, I believe I would be doing my students an injustice by turning a blind eye and staying quiet.
Research has shown that by kindergarten, children show many of the same racial attitudes held by the adults in their lives. They have already learned to associate some groups with a higher status than others. Explicit conversations with children about interracial friendships can dramatically improve their racial attitudes in as little as a single week. Imagine what an entire school year could do.
It is my responsibility, as a teacher to educate future generations on how to be active allies to all minority groups in order to have a more peaceful world that is filled with love and acceptance. These picture books will guide us through those tough conversations but inevitably will teach children invaluable lessons on citizenship.
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Materials
Cost
Quantity
Total
Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X
• Amazon Business
$17.09
1
$17.09
The Stone Thrower
• Amazon Business
$16.72
1
$16.72
I, Too, Am America
• Amazon Business
$16.49
1
$16.49
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family
• Amazon Business
$16.19
1
$16.19
Is There Really a Human Race?
• Amazon Business
$16.01
1
$16.01
Brave Ballerina: The Story of Janet Collins (Who Did It First?)
• Amazon Business
$15.59
1
$15.59
For the Right to Learn: Malala Yousafzai's Story (Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books)
• Amazon Business
$15.18
1
$15.18
Race Cars: A children's book about white privilege
• Amazon Business
$14.83
1
$14.83
Under My Hijab
• Amazon Business
$13.89
1
$13.89
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation
• Amazon Business
$13.89
1
$13.89
The Other Side
• Amazon Business
$13.59
1
$13.59
Ron's Big Mission
• Amazon Business
$13.49
1
$13.49
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
• Amazon Business
$12.99
1
$12.99
Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment
• Amazon Business
$12.89
1
$12.89
I Am Enough
• Amazon Business
$12.66
1
$12.66
What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan
• Amazon Business
$11.99
1
$11.99
This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality
• Amazon Business
$11.93
1
$11.93
Someday Is Now: Clara Luper and the 1958 Oklahoma City Sit-ins
• Amazon Business
$11.79
1
$11.79
I Walk with Vanessa: A Story About a Simple Act of Kindness
• Amazon Business
$11.59
1
$11.59
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Familys Fight for Desegregation (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards))
• Amazon Business
$11.46
1
$11.46
Amazing Grace (Grace-picture Books)
• Amazon Business
$11.39
1
$11.39
The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story
• Amazon Business
$10.99
1
$10.99
The Undefeated (Caldecott Medal Book)
• Amazon Business
$10.74
1
$10.74
Look What Brown Can Do!
• Amazon Business
$9.99
1
$9.99
Momma, Did You Hear the News? (Talking to kids about race and police)
• Amazon Business
$9.99
1
$9.99
A is for Activist
• Amazon Business
$9.97
1
$9.97
Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged!
• Amazon Business
$9.95
1
$9.95
Hair Like Mine (Kids Like Mine)
• Amazon Business
$9.89
1
$9.89
Ada Twist, Scientist
• Amazon Business
$9.49
1
$9.49
Baseball Saved Us
• Amazon Business
$8.95
1
$8.95
I Love My Hair!
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
It's Okay To Be Different (Todd Parr Classics)
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
Let's Talk About Race
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
A Scarf for Keiko
• Amazon Business
$7.54
1
$7.54
Those Shoes
• Amazon Business
$6.99
1
$6.99
Lola at the Library (Lola Reads)
• Amazon Business
$6.96
1
$6.96
Chocolate Me!
• Amazon Business
$5.99
1
$5.99
Materials cost
$433.06
Vendor shipping charges
$7.98
Sales tax
$33.78
3rd party payment processing fee
$6.50
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$511.32
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$90.23
Total project goal
$601.55
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$601.55
-$599.79
Donations toward project cost
-$511.32
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$88.47
Excluded support for DonorsChoose
-$1.76
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