[RSCT] Looking for quality anti-racist/social studies resources for district adoption

[Bob Peterson]

Dear friends,
For nearly a year people in the Social Studies Task Force in  
Milwaukee have been waging a battle to not adopt a nationally  
produced social studies text book series and instead purchase quality  
fiction and non-fiction books and resources for our students and  
teachers. The SSTF includes people from Rethinking Schools,  
Educators' Network for Social Justice, NAACP, the Milwaukee Area  
Jewish Committee, YWCA, area universities, classroom teachers,  
librarians and other community activists. Our website is  
www.socialstudiesresources.org -- please check it out and add  
resources if you wish.

We are at the point where groups of teachers and community/university  
folks are meeting in all day sessions to identify resources for  
purchase for all the elementary classrooms in Milwaukee Public  
Schools. We are looking for materials for kindergarten through fifth  
grade in these areas:

picture books (fiction and non-fiction)
non-fiction children books
historical fiction (reading levels 1st grade - 6th grade)
teacher resources (guides, background info)
poetry books/collections
on-line sites that are particularly useful for classroom teachers  
teaching social studies from an anti-racist/social justice perspective.
photo collections, Maps, Posters

Any suggestions you have we'd welcome. We will be keeping a list of  
materials that we ultimately recommend and make it available to  
others who express interest in it.

Sincerely,
Bob Peterson


Bob Peterson
Editor, Rethinking Schools
Fifth grade teacher, La Escuela Fratney
repmilw at aol.com
www.rethinkingschools.org
414-264-3600
fax 414-964-7220



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