Uncommon Schools Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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"Make History: A Practical Guide for Middle and High School History Instruction" leverages research from Uncommon's Paul Bambrick-Santoyo and Art Worrell, who find exciting ways to drive student understanding of history. Read more: https://t.co/CFlq1o8bGu #UncommonSense https://t.co/exzcot8tV3

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(1/2) Archbishop Desmond Tutu created a guide to personal healing called The Book of Forgiving. It includes reflections on the power that storytelling has to help us derive meaning from the events of our lives. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #BlackHistory365 #ChangeHistory https://t.co/doG2Muixhc

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How can educators effectively use the DEI Lens Tool to revise and strengthen their curriculum? Here’s one teacher’s example using a unit on Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye.” Check it out https://uncommonschools.org/uncommon-sense/revising-curriculum-with-dei-lens-tool-collectivist-approach #ICYMI #CurriculumDevelopment #UncommonSense https://t.co/qpTGXUNgLz

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In an op-ed featured in @yahoonews, @juliana_worrell, Uncommon's Chief School Officer K-8 and author of Great Habits, Great Readers, explains that reading is a code, and phonics and the brain science around reading are key to cracking that code. https://t.co/CiagI3WaHN https://t.co/puYrCjXbyv