![]() ![]() This book is a great way to ease into a unit on the Holocaust. Terrible Things: An Allegory About the Holocaust by Eve Bunting Chloe is regretful of not befriending Maya and truly realizes that “each kindness makes the world a little better.” ![]() ![]() Chloe, one of the girls who did not accept her, learns from her teacher that small acts of kindness can make great changes in the world. Rejected, Maya eventually stops coming to school. This book is about a young girl at a new school who is not accepted by her peers. This certainly bleeds into the stories she writes. I had the chance of hearing Woodson speak last January at a teaching conference and I was struck by how eloquent and endearing she is. (They are also good for sharing with our own children.) Here are 5 picture books that have influenced my teaching of social justice issues in my classroom. Every year, my focus has been to teach my students about being kind to others and being an upstander who stands for doing what is right and taking care of those who need it. I am a voracious reader and a devoted middle school English teacher. ![]()
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