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      Toolkit for The Day I Swam Into a New World
  Engage fourth- through eighth-graders in close readings and read-alouds of Margaret Auguste’s story “The Day I Swam into a New World” with the activities and audio recording in this toolkit.
      
    Girls in STEM Fields
 
  
  Teachers play a key role in helping girls realize that entering STEM careers is not only possible but necessary.
      
    The Day I Swam Into a New World
  Frances dreams of swimming with her classmates, but will everyone be welcome at her new community pool?
      
    Name Changers
 
  
  The names of Confederate and segregationist leaders label the landscape of the South. What are the consequences when these names belong to schools?
      
    Common Ground
 
  
  Research tells us that children’s engagement with natural environments offers a host of benefits. Schools can capitalize on this knowledge.
      
    Seeing ALL Identities of LGBTQ Youth of Color
 
  
  Giovanni Blair McKenzie gave this speech about supporting LGBTQ youth of color and “interlocking forms of discrimination” at the 2015 Human Rights Campaign’s Time to THRIVE conference.
      
     
  
