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What is #Juneteenth 
? How — and why — is should kids learn about it?
This is article answers: "Lessons about Juneteenth need to recognize the challenges those who fight injustice have always faced, but they shouldn’t be marked only by the tragedy of enslavement." https://twitter.com/Tolerance_org/status/1273986413927809025
? How — and why — is should kids learn about it? This is article answers: "Lessons about Juneteenth need to recognize the challenges those who fight injustice have always faced, but they shouldn’t be marked only by the tragedy of enslavement." https://twitter.com/Tolerance_org/status/1273986413927809025
@Tolerance_org has lesson plans, materials, and discussion prompts about #Juneteenth for educators and caretakers, catalogued by age group, starting at grade 3! https://www.tolerance.org/classroom-resources/learning-plans?keyword=juneteenth
for educators and caretakers, catalogued by age group, starting at grade 3! https://www.tolerance.org/classroom-resources/learning-plans?keyword=juneteenth
Adults often worry that children (especially young children) are too young to learn about race, racism, and the roles of both in American history (Husband, 2010). But parent-child conversations about race reliably lower implicit biases, regardless of parent discomfort! (cont.)
"Our findings suggest the discomfort that White adults often experience when openly discussing racial issues need not be a barrier to progress... it may actually be helpful for White children to see their parents model discomfort with racist acts." (Perry et al., 2020)
Great thread from lead author @sylviapperry explaining findings and conclusions from that study here 
https://twitter.com/sylviapperry/status/1263583102112157696
https://twitter.com/sylviapperry/status/1263583102112157696
Dr. Aisha White, director of the P.R.I.D.E. Program (Positive Racial Identity Development in Early Education), breaks down how to talk to kids about #Juneteenth . Ex: "How might conversations about race look different for Black families and White families?" https://www.pittwire.pitt.edu/news/how-talk-children-about-juneteenth
. Ex: "How might conversations about race look different for Black families and White families?" https://www.pittwire.pitt.edu/news/how-talk-children-about-juneteenth
P.R.I.D.E. also has a great podcast called In My Skin, all about kids' conceptions of race and how they impact their lives!
https://www.racepride.pitt.edu/in-my-skin-podcast/
https://www.racepride.pitt.edu/in-my-skin-podcast/
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture @nypl has curated reading lists for kids, teens, & adults! They also have recorded storytimes for kids on their website. https://www.nypl.org/125/juneteenth2020
Providing young kids with the ability to see themselves in multicultural storybooks fosters early literacy, and can promote cultural literacy and awareness when accompanied by thoughtful conversations with caretakers! 
Want a quick primer? Videos are a great way to start these conversations off too. Here are some that might be especially engaging for younger kids.
( @PBSKIDS)
( @NBCNews)
( @PBSKIDS)
( @NBCNews)
Finally, @AmistadCenter has put together a great lineup of digital events and celebrations for #Juneteenth which you can tune into from home! Check it out here for art, storytelling, and more 
http://www.amistadcenter.org/juneteenth-virtual-community-day/
which you can tune into from home! Check it out here for art, storytelling, and more http://www.amistadcenter.org/juneteenth-virtual-community-day/
Wishing everyone a thoughtful #JUNETEENTH2020 !
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