Celebrate Juneteenth with Books and Lessons

Juvenile Books on Juneteenth

Branch, Muriel Miller Juneteenth: freedom day 

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Cooper, Floyd Juneteenth for Maisie 

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Johnson, Angela All Different Now: Juneteenth the first day of freedom

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(Simple, evocative book about the first Juneteenth. Important: Read Author’s and Illustrator’s notes for classroom applications for research. Also contains website urls. https://d28hgpri8am2if.cloudfront.net/tagged_assets/14605/all%20different%20now_cg.pdf)

Jordan, Denise Juneteenth 

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Murray, Julie Juneteenth 

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Nelson, Vaunda M. and Nelson, Drew Juneteenth

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Weatherford, Carole B. Juneeteenth Jamboree 

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(Teacher's Guide- https://www.leeandlow.com/books/juneteenth-jamboree/teachers_guide)

Curriculum Resources on  Juneteenth and African American History

Juneteenth- Tucson Unified District

http://www.tusd1.org/Departments/African-American-Student-Services/AASS-Web-Resources/Juneteenth

Juneteenth Freedom Day- Utah Education Network

https://www.uen.org/juneteenth/

New Jersey Amistad Curriculum

http://www.njamistadcurriculum.net/

Teaching Black Lives Matter

Lesson plans  for teaching about Black Lives Matter

A colleague, Brandi Warren, shared this resource:
https://districtadministration.com/black-lives-matter-free-curriculum-george-floyd-protests-racism-diversity-social-justice/

https://blacklivesmatteratschool.com/teaching-materials/

Other lesson plans can be found at the

Teachable Moment site
https://www.morningsidecenter.org/teachable-moment

https://www.morningsidecenter.org/black-lives-matter

Teaching Tolerance
https://www.tolerance.org/

https://www.tolerance.org/classroom-resources/lessons


Please also see
https://educationservicesnews.blogspot.com/2018/01/national-day-of-racial-healing-11618.html for books on Social Justice

And the Black Lives Matter Comics Reading Lists from the American Library association:
http://www.ala.org/rt/gncrt/-black-lives-matter-comics-reading-lists?fbclid=IwAR3DEh1uTOUGhMp6s--Dyy2rWiAn0eVeiy52pPyEzMjHiVe2NolIWibuXqQ
(Many of the titles are in the Guarini Library's print collection)

Children's/YA Authors Rally-KidLit4BlackLives-BLM

Kids

To view the video, click the link below

KidLit4BlackLives

https://youtu.be/fElXu_MdRrs

Recently (June 5, 2020)  children's and young adult authors joined together to share poetry, music and art on the theme of Black Lives Matter.

Watch your favorite authors on youtube at https://youtu.be/fElXu_MdRrs

Booklists that may be of interest:

Black History for Young Children
https://www.njcu.edu/sites/default/files/docs/2020-01/Library-Bib-BLACKHISTORYMONTHyounger-1-30-20.pdf

Black History for Older Children
https://www.njcu.edu/sites/default/files/docs/2020-05/Library-Bib-BLACKHISTORYMONTHRESOURCESolderreaders-5-1-2020.pdf

Multicultural Picture and Chapter Books
https://www.njcu.edu/sites/default/files/docs/2020-05/Library-Bib-MULTICULTURALPICTUREBOOKS-5-1-2020.pdf

Multicultural Chapter and Secondary Books
https://www.njcu.edu/sites/default/files/docs/2020-05/Library-Bib-MULTICULTURALSECONDARYBOOKS-5-1-2020.pdf

Global Picture Books
https://www.njcu.edu/sites/default/files/docs/2019-10/Library-Bib-GlobalJuvenileLiterature-9-23-19.pdf

Global Secondary Books
https://www.njcu.edu/sites/default/files/docs/2020-05/Library-Bib-GLOBALSECONDARYBOOKS-5-1-2020.pdf

Read, discuss, engage.