[RSCT] Teacher Educators: Adopt the Social Justice Plan Book this semester

bree breebree at mindspring.com
Tue Dec 16 15:39:10 EST 2008


Attention Teacher Educators:
There's Still Time to Take Advantage of the Resources in the Planner


  Planning to Change the World:
A Plan Book for Social Justice Teachers
2008-2009
www.justiceplanbook.com

A NYCoRE and Education for Liberation Publication

Professors across the country, from University of Illinois to New York  
University to San Francisco State, have had tremendous success using  
Planning to Change the World in their teacher education classes this  
fall. If you are teaching a class to pre- or in-service teachers in  
the upcoming semester, consider adopting the title as one of your  
course books.  Simply have your bookstore contact us at tara at edliberation.org 
  or bree at nyu.edu.

Planning to Change the World is a plan book for educators who believe  
their students can and will change the world. It is designed to help  
teachers translate their vision of a just education into concrete  
classroom activities. This unique resource has all the things you  
would expect in a lesson plan book plus:

Weekly planning pages packed with important social justice birthdays  
and historical events
Lesson plans and resources related to those dates
Tips from social justice teachers across the country
Inspirational quotes to share with students
Thought-provoking essential questions to spark classroom discussions  
on critical issues
Reproducible social justice awards for students
…and much more

BUY THE BOOK!



Click Image to View Sample Pages

Praise for Planning to Change The World

...an imaginative and innovative idea in the field of  
education...something that teachers all over the country who have  
social consciences will find useful.
—Howard Zinn, author of "A People's History of the United States"

A unique and powerful teaching tool that honors students by bringing  
to the forefront the stories of their communities.
—Lisa Delpit, author of "Other People's Children"

Useful, hopeful and visionary.
—Wayne Au, Rethinking Schools

Planning to Change the World, for me, is an integration of the  
multitude of elements that I have tried to combine…to make my  
classroom a transformative environment.
—Cristen Chapman, public high school social studies teacher


BUY THE BOOK!

  Planning to Change the World was created by the New York Collective  
of Radical Educators and the Education for Liberation Network.
  All proceeds from the sale of this book support the work of the  
Education for Liberation Network and the New York Collective of  
Radical Educators.





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