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Books to Celebrate and Honor Women's History and Contemporary Experiences All Year Long

Books to Celebrate and Honor Women's History and Contemporary Experiences All Year Long

Shelby Kretz

By Katherine Moran When I was a fifth grade social studies teacher I would often begin the year by asking my students to brainstorm a list of important and influential...

Books to Celebrate and Honor Women's History and Contemporary Experiences All Year Long

Shelby Kretz

By Katherine Moran When I was a fifth grade social studies teacher I would often begin the year by asking my students to brainstorm a list of important and influential...

If This, Then What? A Simple Way to Get Kids Thinking About Empathy

If This, Then What? A Simple Way to Get Kids Thinking About Empathy

Shelby Kretz

By Karina Brisack Talking to children about social justice can be tough. There’s a lot of ground to cover, and it can feel impossible to cover all everything – mostly...

If This, Then What? A Simple Way to Get Kids Thinking About Empathy

Shelby Kretz

By Karina Brisack Talking to children about social justice can be tough. There’s a lot of ground to cover, and it can feel impossible to cover all everything – mostly...

4 tips to diversify your classroom holiday celebrations

4 tips to diversify your classroom holiday celebrations

Shelby Kretz

How teachers can to bring more diversity into a classroom when it comes to holiday celebrations

4 tips to diversify your classroom holiday celebrations

Shelby Kretz

How teachers can to bring more diversity into a classroom when it comes to holiday celebrations

Make Space

Make Space

Shelby Kretz

By Allison Banta  Several years ago, it came to public attention that families were being separated at the US’s southern border. A few weeks into the news coverage, my five-year-old...

Make Space

Shelby Kretz

By Allison Banta  Several years ago, it came to public attention that families were being separated at the US’s southern border. A few weeks into the news coverage, my five-year-old...

3 Activities to Do with Kids this Thanksgiving 

3 Activities to Do with Kids this Thanksgiving 

Shelby Kretz

...(that don’t appropriate Indigenous cultures or perpetuate false narratives)

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3 Activities to Do with Kids this Thanksgiving 

Shelby Kretz

...(that don’t appropriate Indigenous cultures or perpetuate false narratives)

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Shift the Sand

Shift the Sand

Shelby Kretz

By Allison Banta The news is hard. The abortion ban in Texas. Hurricane Ida and the flooding in the northeast and a planet and climate in crisis. Taliban control of...

Shift the Sand

Shelby Kretz

By Allison Banta The news is hard. The abortion ban in Texas. Hurricane Ida and the flooding in the northeast and a planet and climate in crisis. Taliban control of...