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<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'>Dear
Rethinking Schools Members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'>Planning
to Change the World: A Plan Book for Social Justice Teachers 2009-2010</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'> is now on
sale! You can pre-order yours online for $14.00 plus shipping and handling by
visiting <a href="http://www.justiceplanbook.com/">www.justiceplanbook.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'>Planning
to Change the World</span></em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'>
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. The new edition has all the
things you would expect in a lesson plan book plus:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'>Weekly
planning pages packed with important social justice birthdays and
historical events <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'>References
to online lesson plans and resources related to those dates <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'>Tips
from social justice teachers across the country <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'>Inspirational
quotes to share with students <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'>Thought-provoking
essential questions to spark classroom discussions on critical issues <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'>Reproducible
social justice awards for students <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'>A
new, sturdier cover<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style='font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'>…and much more<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'>Check
out these sample pages: <a href="http://www.justiceplanbook.com/sample-pages">www.justiceplanbook.com/sample-pages</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.justiceplanbook.com/buythebook">Pre-order</a> yours by Friday,
July 24 for the discount price of $14.00</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'> plus shipping and handling ($13.00
for orders of 10 or more). We will ship pre-orders order in early August
(Regular online price $16.00). Proceeds support the work of the network and
NYCoRE.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'>The
first edition of<i> Planning to Change the World</i>, which was published in
2008, was a huge success! More than 2,400 educators across the country are
using <i>Planning the Change the World 2008-2009</i>. We listened to
feedback from educators who bought last year's plan book to make this year's
even stronger. Here are some of the highlights:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'>A
new, sturdier cover <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'>More
social justice anniversaries and birthdays <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'>More
resources (including children's books) <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'>Resources
organized by topic as well as chronologically <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'>More
essential questions (one every week)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'>Planning
to Change the World</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'>
is co-published by the <a href="http://www.edliberation.org/">Education for
Liberation Network</a> and the <a href="http://www.nycore.org/">New York
Collective of Radical Educators</a> (NYCoRE). Proceeds support the work of
these two organizations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'>We
hope you enjoy the 2009-2010 edition!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif"'>Tara
and Bree<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif";
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<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://www.justiceplanbook.com">www.justiceplanbook.com</a></span></b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Lt BT","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
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<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><a
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