Eden C. Stein
"English Language Arts Standards." English Language Arts Standards | Common Core State Standards Initiative. http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy. These are the standards used in the district for which this unit was written.
"From Outsider to Insider." PublishersWeekly.com. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20020211/40294-from-outsider-to-insider.html. An astute review of the author’s work.
Ghazi, Rheema, Trinkely, Rachel, and Tobin, Jon. “Painting a Just Picture: Art and Activism.” Presentation by the National Gallery of Art on March 15, 2021. The author attended the virtual professional development session where this information was presented and was able to download a slide deck.
"Kavi Gupta Gallery." Kavi Gupta Gallery. Accessed 3 23, 2021 http://kavigupta.com/.
This Chicago based gallery has the mission of showcasing diverse art, and their website is a great place to see artwork from artists of the Africobra movement such as Gerald Williams.
Kendi, Ibram X. 2021. “The Renaissance is Black.” Time 197, no. 5-6 (Feb): 68-71.
A look at the contemporary Black art and social progress movements.
National Gallery of Art. n.d. “Uncovering America: Civil Rights Movement.” National Gallery of Art. Accessed 3 23, 2021. https://www.nga.gov/education/teachers/lessons-activities/uncovering-america/civil-rights.html. A great source of photographs and lesson plans covering the Civil Rights movement with an inspiration quote from John Lewis.
Phia, Salter S. 2021. “Learning History: Facing Reality: How Knowledge Increases Awareness of Systemic Racism.” American Educator 45, no. 1 (Spring): 26-31.This article in a publication for American Federation of Teacher members emphasizes the need to and benefits of educating students in systemic racism.
Project Muse, ed. 2019. “Jacqueline Woodson.” Bookbird 57 (4): 75. In an interview cited in the article Ms. Woodson discusses her writing and the goals of her life work.
Project Zero. n.d. “Thinking Palette.” Artful Thinking. Accessed 3 24, 2021. http://pzartfulthinking.org/?page_id=2.A website with numerous thinking routines that teachers may use in their classroom to promote all types of text analysis.
TeachRock. October 21, 2020. https://teachrock.org/.A source for a unit on music of the Civil Rights Era along with protest songs.
Time, ed. 2021. “Unity with Purpose.” Time 197, no. 5-6 (Feb): 76. An interview by Michelle Obama with Amanda Gorman which is helpful for making connections to the contemporary Black art and social progress movements.
Time, ed. 2021. “We Have Always Been Storytellers.” Time 197, no. 5-6 (February): 82-83.
A multi-author interview which Jacqueline Woodson participated in.
Wilder, Craig Steven. A Covenant with Color: Race and Social Power in Brooklyn. Columbia University Press, 2000. This text is a great overview of race interactions and relations in Brooklyn dating from 1636 to 1990.
Woodson, Jacqueline. 2003. “Motherhood my way.” Essence 34, no. 8 (December): 178-182.
Ms. Woodson describes the choices she made to conceive a child and parent in the context of a lesbian relationship.