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Calling all graphic novel fans!
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Hi Reader, How is your summer going? I've been doing a low-key World Mythology course with my teen to help make our first year of homeschooling high school a little less packed. (If you'd be interested in a blog post on mythology related titles, hit reply and let me know. I'll create one if there's enough interest.) I haven't had a new blog post for you in quite a while because I've also been hard at work on a new voting rights product for you. It'll be an activity pack for kids and teens covering the history of voting rights as well as present day fights around voting access and representation. But I took a break this week from that project to create a new blog post on Graphic Novels that Teach U.S. History to Kid and Teens. I love using graphic novels to spark my kid's interest in history. He thinks he doesn't like history (though I've definitely seen his interest sparked by particular topics!) Long blocks of unillustrated text turn him off, so we turn to graphic novels when we can. These books are also perfect for kids who DO enjoy history and want to visualize what a time period or event was like. In the post, you'll find books including: 🌉 A funny and engaging graphic novel adaptation of one of my favorite kids' books that takes place in San Francisco during the Black power movement. ⛈️ A Hurricane Katrina survival story (perfect for kids who don't like history and may not even realize they're learning about it as they follow a young boy's plight.) 🦸 A historical fantasy for teens that has Superman taking on the Klan (yes, you read that right AND it's based on a radio play from the 1940s!) 💪🏾👩🏽A thorough yet engaging history of women's rights in the United States and the world that spans multiple movements and identities.
Happy reading, Rebekah Rebekah Gienapp (she/her/hers) | rebekahgienapp.com | Connect on Instagram | Coffees for Gaza | Knit 4 Justice |
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Hi Reader, Over the next 11 days, your family will be exposed to a lot of half-truths and myths about the history of the United States. Celebrating the Declaration of Independence's assertion that "all men are created equal" without acknowledging the same celebrated document talks about how Britain hasn't protected colonists from "the merciless Indian Savages." Upholding the uniqueness of the U.S. Constitution, with no recognition that many of its ideas were taken from the Haudenosaunee...
Hi Reader, This Friday is Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the actual end to slavery, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. Historian Jemar Tisby recently referred to Juneteenth as "the counter-narrative to America 250" because it focuses on truth-telling rather than myth-making. My newest blog post has 9 children's books, plus videos, activities, and resources for Juneteenth. Here's what's inside: 🖤a brand new picture book that reads like a love letter...
Hi Reader, I've never met Dr. Debbie Reese, a children's literature scholar who is a member of the Nambé Pueblo nation, but I consider her a mentor. It's been years since I first heard her talk about what happens when you do an internet image search for Native Americans, but I still think about what she shared regularly. Typically, the top images are all of Native people of the past, not the present. This isn't true when you do searches for other racial and ethnic groups. When kids do realize...