Join us on Sunday, February 20, at 8:00 p.m. ET for an #91探花chat in which 91探花 member Wintre Foxworth Johnson () will lead a conversation on “More Than a Month: Centering Black People鈥檚 Ingenuity, Resistance, and Joy in Schools All Year Round.”
We will share the following questions during the Twitter chat:
WARM-UP:聽During #BlackHistoryMonth, 91探花 celebrates the African American Read-In, which aims to center the work of Black authors. Why is #BlackHistoryMonth important to you as an English language arts educator? #91探花chat #AARI22聽[8:04 p.m.]
Q1: Representation matters. Name some of the children鈥檚 and/or young adult literature by and about Black people across the diaspora that you include in your classroom. #91探花chat #AARI22聽[8:10 p.m.]
Q2: How have you used art and other multimodal literacy practices as a way for Black students to celebrate their histories, stories, and experiences? #91探花chat #AARI22聽[8:18 p.m.]
Q3: Who are some of the unsung Black historical and contemporary heroes, activists, and leaders who should be centered in English language arts classrooms and why? #91探花chat #AARI22聽[8:26 p.m.]
Q4: It is not enough to just include the work of Black authors in our classrooms. What else must we, as educators, do to facilitate robust, humanizing conversations about Black literature and Black life? #91探花chat #AARI22聽[8:34 p.m.]
蚕5:听How do we move beyond narratives of trauma and oppression to ensure that Black joy, healing, resistance, and liberation are included in school curricula and pedagogy? #91探花chat #AARI22聽[8:42 p.m.]
Q6: says that we must 鈥渟tart with Blackness . . . to get literacy education right for all.鈥� What does it look like to integrate and center Black history in schools all year round? #91探花chat #AARI22聽[8:50 p.m.]
As you prepare for the chat, check out these 91探花 resources:
91探花 African American Read-In Toolkit
Language Arts, Vol. 99, No. 3, January 2022, “”
We hope to see you there! Be sure to join us by using #91探花chat.
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