TECH TIP: The 1619 Project
A few weeks back, The New York Times Magazine had a whole issue devoted to their journalistic feature called The 1619 Project. The 1619 Project honors the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first African slave ships in the United States. Through a series of essays, poems, and other stories, The 1619 Project examines the impact of slavery on American culture, politics, art and society. It is incredibly powerful and the journalistic coverage is impressive. They also have partnered with the Pulitzer Center to provide lesson plans and curricular resources to teachers to use this in their classroom.
BOOK TIP: Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson
Laurie Halse Anderson is the author of the famous book, Speak, which some of our students read in their English classes. Speak is the story of a young woman who is sexually assaulted and stops speaking. In Shout, Laurie Halse Anderson tells the story of her own sexual assault that inspired Speak. It is written in verse, a poetic ode to her own survival and a call to action to help those who have also survived a sexual assault.
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