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6 Dynamic Scholars You Should Know to Increase Capacity for Your Equity Journey

Providing information and strategies and examples of how to create a learning space that centers equity, celebrates diversity, and affirms culture is the central focus of this piece of the internet. Helping you develop the type of learning space that you desire and your students deserve is a privilege and an honor. It matters …

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Six Sensational Ways to Celebrate Women’s History Month with Your Students

Women’s history month is an incredible opportunity to highlight the brilliance of female intellect, ingenuity, and innovation. Women are trailblazers. Herstory is an integral part of our world. Seeing, sharing, and celebrating the stories of joy and suffering is important in helping students connect the pieces of a very nuanced and elaborate puzzle. Students, regardless …

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The Trouble with Connecting Dr. Seuss and Read Across America Week

Leave a Comment / Culturally Responsive Classroom, Reflection, Transforming the classroom, Uncategorized / By Jocelynn Hubbard

Dr. Seuss and Read Across America Week have been synonymous for a very long time, but they are not one and the same. Read Across American Week is a celebration started and created by the National Education Association in 1997. The first Read Across America Day actually took place on March 2nd, 1998. This day, …

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Happy Equitable Valentine’s Day to You and Your Students – 3 Considerations

Leave a Comment / Classroom environment, Culturally Responsive Classroom, Uncategorized / By Jocelynn Hubbard

During a recent coaching session an educator asked me, “Jocelynn, how do we create a happy and equitable Valentine’s Day experience for all students?” This is a complex and nuanced question to answer because there are several things to keep in mind. Firstly, all of your students do not celebrate this holiday. Whether for …

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Three Benefits of Creating a Culture-Centered Classroom

Leave a Comment / Culturally Responsive Classroom / By Jocelynn Hubbard

Creating a culture-centered classroom is built on the foundation of culturally responsive pedagogy and culturally relevant teaching practices. These may seem like big, fancy phrases, but they are also super powerful and effective phrases that represent strategies that work for ALL students. Pedagogy & Practice Culturally responsive pedagogy (CRP) encourages teachers to observe the cultural …

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Three Fun and Unique Black History Month Bulletin Board Ideas

Leave a Comment / Black History, Culturally Responsive Classroom, Uncategorized / By Jocelynn Hubbard

Creating a Black History Month bulletin board is a great way to share and celebrate Black culture in a few ways. Bulletin boards are a resource that students can learn from again and again. Each time they see the bulletin board in your classroom or the hallway, something new will catch their eye. This is …

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9 Powerful People – What are Black Greek organizations? Why are they important?

1 Comment / Black History, Culturally Responsive Classroom / By Jocelynn Hubbard

One of my favorite ways to celebrate Black History, Black present, and Black Excellence is by sharing information about Historically Black Sororities and Fraternities – The Divine Nine. I want to share this information with you because it is likely different from all the other narratives you’ve heard when studying Black history and Black present. …

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Tips for Preparing to Share and Celebrate Black History

Leave a Comment / Black History, Culturally Responsive Classroom / By Jocelynn Hubbard

Sharing and celebrating Black history, Black Present and Black Excellence is a 365 days a year experience, not just a month long experience. However, as you prepare for the annual monthly celebration, here are a six helpful tips: Co-Create Norms for Discussion & Sharing 1. Co-create or revisit classroom norms about sharing and celebrating culture. …

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Lessons with impact series: How to create powerful culturally responsive science lessons

Leave a Comment / Culturally Responsive Classroom / By Jocelynn Hubbard

Before sharing some tips for creating culturally responsive science lessons, I want to share two definitions of science. Clearly defining words allows for the strong foundation necessary to understand what is needed to make these lessons responsive and relevant. According to Merriam Webster dictionary science is: : knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general truths …

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Lessons with Impact Series: 3 tips for creating culturally responsive social studies lessons

Leave a Comment / Culturally Responsive Classroom / By Jocelynn Hubbard

Social studies is an umbrella discipline that covers history, geography, civics, economics, and sociology. There are a few other topics that can be covered like art and anthropology and philosophy, but the five main focus areas are what I mentioned before. The thing about creating culturally relevant and culturally responsive social studies lessons is that …

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