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I made a quick bulletin board, you can change once a month. It's called "Hardcore Heroes." These are people who often are not in history books, but awesome. For example, the guy who paid Rosa Parks rent for over a decade? That dude. The guy who took care of the farms of the people in interment camps during their incarceration? That dude. The lady who took down six trained soldiers with her bare hands to protect her family? Yup. One per month for the school year. Click here for it
SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER
September 11, 2001
September 11, 2001
When we talk about the modern world, we are talking about post-9/11 world. This is a very child-appropriate video about what happened, what it was like before, what the first-responders felt.
Hispanic Heritage Month
Hispanic Heritage Month
The queen of the library is the lovely Pura Belpré. She was a Puerto Rican woman visiting New York for a wedding... and decided to change the world. Read how she started off as a humble librarian assisstant to become the world-renowned librarian, often called "New York's greatest librarian." It is a great step off for Hispanic Heritage month.
OCTOBER
OCTOBER
Columbus Day or Indigenous People Day?
Columbus Day or Indigenous People Day?
That is a hard discussion to have with your class. Let's be honest. Columbus can be a touchy subject so instead focus on this guy: Bartolomé de Casas. He saw the bad things that were happening and tried very hard to stop it. And that's all kids need to know: When bad things happen, good people rise.
Halloween or Samhain?
Halloween or Samhain?
First of all, it is pronounced Sow-win. "MH" makes a w sound in in that language. It ends the harvest and starts the darker half of the year.
NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER
Veteran's Day & Memorial Day
Veteran's Day & Memorial Day
Look, this is real important to me. The military does a lot and they sacrifice a lot for people they never met, to serve our country. They all deserve our respect. But, some of them fall and it breaks my heart. I don't want to break children's heart but I want them to know. Here is a great website to show students the faces, the people, the missions. It's a great site because it breaks it down with math and there is a math lesson tucked into that ethics lessons.
If you want to make it a history lesson, use this website and it gives statistics for all the American battles since 1776!
If you want to look for the military records of someone you love, make the request with the National Archives.
When you go home, tell them of us and say, 'For your tomorrows, these gave their today. '
-- John Maxwell Edmonds
Other Countrys' Memorial Days
Other Countrys' Memorial Days
To give kids a real world view, you need to teach them that everyone has a Memorial Day, whether they were American enemies are Allies. For example, this statue in Hungary shows the same loss that American families faced. Once students realize some universal truths, like this, the world becomes smaller and thet become more connected.
DECEMBER
DECEMBER
Christmas Truce
Christmas Truce
No matter what you celebrate or believe in, this story is worth being told every year in December. On Christmas 1914, in the middle of the war to end all wars, something extraordinary happened: the soldiers all decided to stop the war themselves. They all saw the humanity in each other. I tell this story every year because no matter what students beleive, we can all believe in the kindness found in each other.
Make Christmas Cards like they did in the past!
Make Christmas Cards like they did in the past!
FEBRUARY
FEBRUARY
MAY
MAY
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