{"id":5782,"date":"2021-02-02T15:09:32","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T23:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/?p=5782"},"modified":"2021-02-02T15:19:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T23:19:27","slug":"black-history-month-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/2021\/02\/02\/black-history-month-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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February is Black History Month and a great time to share resources and celebrate the achievements of black creators, inventors, adventurers, and more. Below are some resources that you can share with your staff and students:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best 2020 Books by Black Authors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Elementary<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All Because You Matter<\/a><\/em> by Tami Charles (K-3)
Clean Getaway<\/a><\/em> by Nic Stone (gr 3-6)
Exquisite<\/a><\/em> by Suzanne Slade and illustrated by Cozbi A Cabrera (K-3)
I am Every Good Thing<\/a><\/em> by Derrick Barnes (K-3)
Magnificent Homespun<\/a><\/em> Brown by Samara Cole Doyon (K-3)
Nana Akua Goes to School<\/a><\/em> by Tricia Elam Walker (K-2)
The Oldest Student<\/em> by Rita Lorraine Hubbard (K-3)
The Only Black Girls in Town<\/em> by Brandy Colbert (gr 3-7)
Overground Railroad<\/a><\/em> by Lesa Cline-Ransome (K-2)
RESPECT<\/a><\/em> by Carole Boston Weatherford (K-3)
Twins<\/a><\/em> by Varian Johnson (gr 3-7)
You Matter<\/a><\/em> by Christian Robinson (K-1)
Ways to Make Sunshine<\/em> by Ren\u00e9e Watson (gr 3-5)
Woke<\/a><\/em>: A Young Poet’s Call to Justice<\/em> by Mahogany Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo & Olivia Gatewood. (gr 3-6)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Middle<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Class Act<\/a><\/em> by Jerry Craft (gr 4-8)
From the Desk of Zoe Washington<\/a><\/em> by Janae Marks (gr 4 & up)
King of the Dragonflies<\/a><\/em> by Kacen Callender (gr 4-9)
Lifting as We Climb<\/em> by Evette Dionne (gr 5-7)
Loretta Little Looks Back<\/em> by Andrea Davis Pinkney (gr 5 & up)
Maya and the Rising Dark<\/a><\/em> by Rena Barron (gr 5-7)
Stamped<\/a><\/em> by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X Kendi (gr 7 & up)
The Talk<\/a><\/em> by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis (gr 5 & up)
This Book is Anti-Racist<\/a><\/em> by Tiffany Jewell (gr 6 & up)
What Lane?<\/a><\/em> by Torrey Maldonado (gr 5-8)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Black Girl Unlimited<\/a><\/em> by Echo Brown (gr 9 & up)
The Black Kids<\/a><\/em> by Christina Hammonds Reed (gr 9 & up)
Charming as a Verb<\/em> by Ben Philippe (gr 9 & up)
Flamer<\/a><\/em> by Mike Curato (gr 8 & up)
Legendborn<\/a><\/em> by Tracy Deonn (gr 8 & up)
Not So Pure and Simple<\/a><\/em> by Lamar Giles (gr 8 & up)
Punching the Air<\/a><\/em> by Ibi & Yusef Salaam Zoboi (gr 8 & up)
Raybearer<\/a><\/em> by Jordan Ifueko (gr 7 & up)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Videos:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bessie Coleman, The First Female African American Pilot<\/a>
The breathtaking courage of Harriet Tubman<\/a>
Brown Ballerinas \u2013 Inside the Dance Theatre of Harlem<\/a>
The exceptional life of Benjamin Banneker<\/a>
Food of the Enslaved: Michael Twitty cooks recipes from American history<\/a>
Hazel Scott plays Black & White on two grand pianos (1943)<\/a>
Hidden Stories: Dorothy Vaughan<\/a>
Jackie Robinson, baseball pioneer and American hero<\/a>
James Conway Farley, an anamorphic portrait of innovation<\/a>
Katherine Johnson, the girl who loved to count<\/a>
Matthew Henson\u2019s historic expedition to the North Pole<\/a>
NASA Astronaut Leland Melvin, a Chronicles profile<\/a>
Reconstruction: The Vote \u2013 Black History in Two Minutes (or So)<\/a>
The Rocket Scientist Who Invented the Super Soaker<\/a>
Rosa Parks, her story as a lifelong civil rights activist<\/a>
Shirley Chisholm, the First Black Congresswoman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biographies:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

WorldBook Biography Center<\/a> – If you’re off your school network, you’ll need the username and password.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These resources are just a drop in the bucket. How do you recognize and celebrate Black History Month?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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