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!
NEW FOR 2021!
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.
This year's guide also include a companion slide deck for virtual teachers.
Featured books include:
My Rainbow by Trinity and DeShanna Neal
Boys Dance! by John Robert Allman
Max and Friends series by Kyle Lukoff
They, She, He Easy as ABC by maya & matthew
Phoenix Goes To School by Michelle and Phoenix Finch Neither by Airlie Anderson
NEW FOR 2021!
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.
This year's guide also include a companion slide deck for virtual teachers.
Featured books include:
Uncle Bobby's Wedding by Sarah S. Brannen
When You Look Out The Window by Gayle E. Pitman
47,000 Beads by Koja Adeyoha and Angel Adeyoha
Sylvia and Marsha Start a Revolution by Joy Ellison
They Call Me Mix/Me Llamen Maestre by Lourdes Rivas
An ABC of Equality by Chana Giselle Ewing
NEW FOR 2021!
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.
This year's guide also include a companion slide deck for virtual teachers.
Featured books include:
Ho'onani Hula Warrior by Heather Gale
Rick by Alex Gino
The Fighting Infantryman: The Story of Albert D.J. Cashier, Transgender Civil War Soldier by Rob Sanders
The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith
Ana on the Edge by A.J. Sass