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Becoming a Village and Growing Together

Before the new school year begins, let’s consider the ways that we can come together in our communities to nurture all our children. The proverb “It takes a village to raise a child” reminds us that parents and caregivers, families, educators and community members are all essential in children’s support ecosystem. Parents and caregivers are children’s first teachers and play a significant role in shaping their perspectives.

  • Growing Together: For Children and Families
  • Becoming a Village
  • Story Corner
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Literature

A Room of One's Own

In this excerpt, Virginia Woolf declares that any talented woman born in the 16th, 17th, 18th or even 19th centuries would have been so hindered from sharing her gifts due to her sex--and if she somehow overcame this obstacle, her name would not have been tied to her work.
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Virginia Woolf
Grade Level
9-12
Topic
Gender & Sexual Identity
Subject
History
Social Justice Domain
Identity Justice
July 7, 2014
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Literature

Eat, My Fine Coat!

Three people wearing fancy clothes.
Which are you more likely to notice: a person’s character or his or her clothing? Hoca has a witty response when the latter is true at a dinner he attends after a day of hard work.
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Barbara Walker
Grade Level
K-2 3-5
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Class
Social Justice Domain
Justice Action
July 3, 2014
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Literature

The Fiery Tail: A Chinese Tale of True Beauty

A blue peacock flies high in the night sky. Two people watch from their window.
The Peacock Fairy needs to choose an apprentice, but all of the peacocks look alike. To stand out, most of them decide to add things to their feathers, but the Little Peacock doesn't follow suit, and his actions succeed in catching the Peacock Fairy's attention.
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Hua Long
Grade Level
K-2 3-5
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Class
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Civics
Social Justice Domain
Action
July 3, 2014
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Chris Hoeh

Chris Hoeh is a second-grade teacher at Cambridge Friends School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He has developed an academically rigorous, multi-disciplinary, yearlong social studies curriculum that follows the creation of clothing from cotton. Each step in this process is connected to historical and contemporary struggles for social justice. Hoeh has led anti-racist study groups and shares his substantial experience as a mentor to practicing teachers. He is also a recipient of the 2014 Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching.
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Sadaf Siddique

Sadaf has a background in journalism and has worked on documentaries and online media projects in India and the United States. Siddique's prior experience includes developing content around social impact investing and leading editorial strategy and project management. Siddique also has experience in managing content acquisitions as editorial manager for Imagining Ourselves, an award-winning, multilingual and multimedia online exhibit.