We Can All Be Friends With the Help of A.E.I.O.U

Students create “trading cards” spotlighting diverse community members who work toward social justice goals that connect to themes from the central text.

Students choose a mode of expression—e.g., writing, art or storytelling—to share theme-related ideas and feelings with a “buddy” from outside the classroom.

Students create a community puzzle mural, a large-scale artistic depiction, usually displayed in a community space. Puzzle pieces covered in student’s artwork relating to diversity, anti-bias or social justice themes from the central text comprise the mural.