CHARACTER EDUCATION
The Black History Literature Collection is a cross-curricular collection of 25 books designed to support the Language Arts Curriculum in Canadian Schools throughout the school year.
Included and exclusive to the collection is a Teachers Guide Principles in Action
- Teacher friendly guide for cross-curricular activities to honour and celebrate Black History
- Suggested activities for grade levels
- Reproducable black-line masters
- Universal principles to support character development
- 8 1/2 by 11 inch, 84 pages
- Click here to see the Table of Contents for the Teacher’s Guide.
Some examples of books in the collection and what the Teacher's Guide focuses on are;
Ray Charles
- Biography
- Music
- Art and drawing
- Disabilities
Singing with Momma Lou
- Civil Rights Movement
- The elderly and Alzheimer’s
Keepers
- Family Issues
- Writing and keeping journals
This collection of books provides wonderful, rich learning experiences for your students with a Black History emphasis.
Although the collection is not Kwanzaa focused, we have assigned a Kwanzaa principle to each book that we felt was most dominantly represented in that work. We acknowledge we can find more than one principle in the vast majority of the books. Below the seven principles of Kwanzaa are given in both Swahili and English.
Umoja — Unity
Kujichagulia — Self–Determination
Ujima — Collective Work and Responsibility
Ujamaae — Cooperative Economics
Nia — Purpose
Kuumba — Creativity
Imani — Faith
Using the seven principles of Kwanzaa, we can look at the roots of Black culture. We can travel back to the earliest times, learn lessons offered by those who were trailblazers and work our way to understanding our current world situation. These lessons will help us better understand why it is necessary for all peoples to embrace Ujima and work for the collective common good. We intend for these Kwanzaa principles to become universal, in that we are all members of the human race. We must consider ourselves part of a collective that is prepared to act in ways that will promote the common good in all of us. After reading each story, have students find evidence of a principle and provide an example from the story.
COLLECTION INCLUDES:
Novels
Non Fiction Reference
Poetry
Fiction Storybooks
Legends & Folklore
Biography
The books included represent a continuous and historic journey through the black experience:
A Bus Of Our Own
Crossing Jordan
Frederick Douglass – The Last Day of Slavery
Heaven Shop
If I Just Had Two Wings
Joe Louis, My Champion
Keepers
Knockin’ On Wood
Liberty Street
Lost Goat Lane
Night Golf
North Star to Freedom
Ray Charles
Rent Party Jazz
Richard Wright and the Library Card
Seven Spools of Thread
Singing with Momma Lou
The Gifts of Kwanzaa
The Legend of Freedom Hill
The Piano
The Secret to Freedom
The Sound that Jazz Makes
Tulsa Burning
Up the Learning Tree
White Socks Only
Click here for a downloadable PDF file of the brochure for the Black History Literature Collection.
1550419935
25-book Literature Collection
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