I love the Rainforest Grew All Around as an example of adapting a popular folk song for teaching. Plus, two phenomenal social justice biographies are included in this edition.
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The jungle comes alive as children learn about a wide variety of animals and plants living in the Amazon rainforest, in this adaptation of the song “The green grass grew all around.” Includes “For Creative Minds” section with animal and plant adaptation facts and a recipe.
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 | The Teachers March!: How Selma’s Teachers Changed History – Audiobook Download – $3.99 The Teachers March!: How Selma’s Teachers Changed History – Audiobook Download – Author: Rich Wallace; Narrator: Charly Palmer; Format: Audio Book (Digital Audiobook Download) |
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Reverend F.D. Reese was a leader of the Voting Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama. As a teacher and principal, he recognized that his colleagues were viewed with great respect in the city. Could he convince them to risk their jobs–and perhaps their lives–by organizing a teachers-only march to the county courthouse to demand their right to vote? On January 22, 1965, the Black teachers left their classrooms and did just that, with Reverend Reese leading the way.
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At first, master artist Rembrandt van Rijn rebuffs his young son Titus and his attempt at art, but gradually Rembrandt is won over by his enthusiasm and persistence, and begins to teach Titus the basic techniques of drawing.
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 | Through My Eyes: Ruby Bridges – Audiobook Download – $6.99 Through My Eyes: Ruby Bridges – Audiobook Download – Author: Ruby Bridges; Narrator: Ruby Bridges; Ron Butler; Robin Miles; Format: Audio Book (Digital Audiobook Download) |
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Ruby Bridges recounts the story of her involvement, as a six-year-old, in the integration of her school in New Orleans in 1960.
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