Seven Things We Learned from the D.C. Area Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action
Reading by Allison Fletcher Acosta, Faye Colon, and Deborah Menkart
Over the last several years, we have seen the power of the Black Lives Matter Movement to raise awareness and discourse nationally about race and racism in the United States. Now we’ve seen the power these conversations can have in the classroom.
“Free Our Books” Say 4th Graders After Studying Representation and Book Bans
Teaching Story by Allison Fletcher Acosta
As part of the Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action at Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS, 4th graders studied the importance of representation in books and the book bans that have been escalating throughout the country since 2021.
#LastWords
Lesson by Kimberly Spotts
Through poetry and images, students learn how words can be used as a way to reflect and inform others of issues of society and reflect on police brutality.