We had an eLearning Day yesterday so the first order of business today in #Room407 was to center our work around the idea of Black History Month. This is not "claps" or "likes." It's the thing I can do inside of the classroom that centers, captures, and celebrates this month.
The way we did this was to present CARTER READS THE NEWSPAPER by Deborah Hopkinson with illustrations by Don Tate. The book not only features Carter G. Woodson. The endpapers become a visual wallpaper of important figures to consider and share.
Again. This is about the month. This is about celebration. It's also about centering people and assuring that they can be seen in our working and learning space. Friends, this is work I was NOT doing in 2004. I can do it today. I will do it today. I will keep on doing it.
So, look for this during this month (if you wish) as we share out books for all ages in multiple formats that we can from #Room407 because we have them. We shelve them. We share them. I'd like to share them with you as much as I can.
And, if I am not the person from whom you can learn right now, please seek out those Twitter users who are doing the work. Look for Black scholarship, ideas, voices. Look to be challenged, but don't seek to be affirmed. It's important work that I JOIN, I do not profess to lead.
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