Inclusive Curriculum
This curriculum provides a framework to help guide your work as you move through the year.
August/September: Identity Work and Pronoun Exploration
October/November: Thinking Critically and Unpacking Stereotypes
December: Beyond the Binary
January/February: Unlearning the "Universal He"
March/April: Using LGBTQ+ Language
May/June: Looking Back, Looking Forward - History and Activism
Each monthly guide provides a student goal, student-friendly definitions, book recommendations by topic, lesson plan ideas, tips for communicating with families, and additional reading for teachers.
We have uploaded over 15 lesson plans from a variety of authors and organizations. These lesson plans are available for free in this Google Drive Folder.
You'll find:
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Templates for Class Books
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Lessons about Halloween Costume Stereotypes
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Strategies for looking closely at the books in your classroom library
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Art lessons
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History and Social Studies lessons
...and more!
Each book's guide includes discussion questions as well as writing assignments and artistic tasks that students can do after reading the book. Each guide also includes book-specific vocabulary, curricular tie-ins, and suggested companion texts.
Featured books include:
Big Bob, Little Bob by James Howe
Julián is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
Jacob’s Room to Choose by Sarah and Ian Hoffman
Angus All Aglow by Heather Smith
Annie’s Plaid Shirt by Stacy B. Davids
Each book's guide includes discussion questions as well as writing assignments and artistic tasks that students can do after reading the book. Each guide also includes book-specific vocabulary, curricular tie-ins, and suggested companion texts.
Featured books include:
Harriet Gets Carried Away by Jessie Sima
The Right One for Roderic by Violeta Noy
When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff
Drum Dream Girl by Margarita Engle
From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea by Kai Cheng Thom
Each book's guide includes discussion questions as well as writing assignments and artistic tasks that students can do after reading the book. Each guide also includes book-specific vocabulary, curricular tie-ins, and suggested companion texts.
Featured books include:
The Pants Project by Cat Clarke
Riding Freedom by Pam Muñoz Ryan
George by Alex Gino
Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender
Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake