Book Summary Sofia Sanchez is a girl who has Down Syndrome. She is very proud of who she is. She wrote a book about herself to tell the story of how she is “just like any other kid.”  She wanted to bring awareness and inclusiveness to Down Syndrome and how we are all unique. 

Sustainable Development Goal 5 Correlation to the Lesson: Female empowerment is demonstrated as the main character uses her medical condition as a positive way  to communicate how she is different, yet unique. 

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Being a global educator helps to support planning instruction for my students. Traveling the world offers a variety of perspectives, not only about curriculum and instruction, but also the history and culture of the places visited. I am able to bring to them the world with its diversity and adversity, which leads to critical thinking and problem solving. Students should see themselves as change makers. They should be empowered to make an impact now, because tomorrow is not promised. 

"Be the change you want to see" provokes SDG 5 and SDG 16, because world peace, inclusiveness, and equality are words of hope. Yet, various members of society would like to eradicate these words, along with diversity and Black History from curricula, at every grade level, to include college. Students should know the history, that lead to their very being.  Maya Angelou said, "How do you know where you're going if you don't know where you've been?" Students were amazed of the historical people and events and at times appalled of the immorality they witnessed in pictures and videos. Being dismayed prompted questioning and more research. Amid the research, students made tentative career choices, posed possible solutions to today's problems, and prompted contributions to academic discourse.