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Jan 24, 2025 | 
slj.com | Maegen Rose |Alexandra Cornejo |Rachel Payne |Andrea Lipinski
Throughlines is a free digital resource designed to foreground earlier concepts of race and racial development for high school and university students. URL www.throughlines.orgGrade Level Gr 10 UpCost FreeOverview Much of our contemporary understanding of race stems from 19th-century anthropological studies of racism.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
slj.com | Jasmine Amiri |Angie Jameson |Rosemary Kiladitis |Andrea Lipinski
Every year on January 27th, International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorates the 1945 liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. This year marks the 80th anniversary. Share these graphic novels with young readers leading up ro the day and all year long. Run and Hide: How Jewish Youth Escaped the Holocaust by Don Brown. illus. by author. HarperCollins/Clarion. ISBN 9780358538165. Gr 8 Up–Devastating.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
slj.com | Jasmine Amiri |Angie Jameson |Rosemary Kiladitis |Andrea Lipinski
AGASAWA, Kocha. You and I Are Polar Opposites, Vol. 1. Viz. ISBN 9781974743766. Gr 7-10–Boisterous Suzuki is always concerned with others’ opinions, while Tani is reserved and truthful. However different their personalities, neither needs to change who they are as their feelings grow. A simple yet sincere rom-com, perfect for young readers. ARAI, Sumiko. The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy at All, Vol. 1. Yen Pr. ISBN 9781975399689.
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Nov 19, 2024 | slj.com | Jasmine Amiri |Angie Jameson |Rosemary Kiladitis |Andrea Lipinski
AGASAWA, Kocha. You and I Are Polar Opposites, Vol. 1. Viz. ISBN 9781974743766. Gr 7-10–Boisterous Suzuki is always concerned with others’ opinions, while Tani is reserved and truthful. However different their personalities, neither needs to change who they are as their feelings grow. A simple yet sincere rom-com, perfect for young readers. ARAI, Sumiko. The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy at All, Vol. 1. Yen Pr. ISBN 9781975399689.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
slj.com | Andrea Lipinski |Darby Wallace |Tim Needles
URL youtube.com/@MoWillemsWorkshop Cost FreeContent During the pandemic lockdown, many families relied on Mo Willems’s playful, calm, and supportive “Lunch Doodle” videos, sponsored by the Kennedy Center, on YouTube. The Mo Willems Workshop has expanded this content on YouTube: “Sparking serious silliness for kids and former kids. The Mo Willems Workshop is a space to watch, create and play,” the channel states.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
slj.com | Maegen Rose |Rachel Payne |Andrea Lipinski |Darby Wallace
URL nyccivilrightshistory.orgGrade Level 9 UpCost FreeOverview Comprised of more than 120 primary sources, the New York City Civil Rights History Project (NYCCRHP) sheds a light on the history of educational activism in New York City. Conceived in 2019 by Teens Take Charge, a New York–based youth activist group, and in partnership with Teachers College-Columbia University, the NYCCRHP is a testament to the power of young learners organizing for justice in their education.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
slj.com | Darby Wallace |Andrea Lipinski |Tim Needles |Kaitlin Srader
URL www.gale.com/schools/teen-mental-fitness-presale Grade Level Gr 6 and UpCost $115 per ebookOverview Gale offers comprehensive guides to mental health for teens. This three-book series tackles a range of mental health challenges in a direct and empowering way. Readers are provided with an overview of conditions, definitions, symptoms, examples for treatment, and practical tips for better mental health. Each volume features four brief chapters presented in clear and visually appealing layouts.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
slj.com | Rachel Payne |Andrea Lipinski |Darby Wallace
suttar tarasri/Getty Images I began exploring artificial intelligence (AI) years ago and quickly understood that it could one day revolutionize how we teach and learn. AI offers myriad innovative tools that can empower students to become critical thinkers, problem solvers, and lifelong learners. From personalized learning to interactive storytelling, there’s a wide range of possibilities in education. Here are five of my favorite ways to use it in my classes. 1.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
slj.com | Andrea Lipinski |Magnolia Porter Siddell |Maddi Gonzalez
. Aug. 2024. 240p. Tr $24.99. ISBN 9781547611188. COPY ISBN Gr 7 Up–Cousins Jalissa and Kim move to the city of Los Aguaceros together, each with their own goals in mind. As the story goes backwards and forwards in time, readers learn that the girls have unusual superpowers and grow to understand the strengths and weaknesses of their personalities. Parts of the book are action-packed, with the girls using their newfound powers to fight the mysterious monsters that are attacking the city.
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Jun 18, 2024 | 
slj.com | Andrea Lipinski |Magnolia Porter Siddell |Maddi Gonzalez |James Tynion IV
Gr 4 Up–Jenny forms a group called S.C.R.A.M. (Society of Creatures Real and Magical) with friends Emiko and Brian. Jenny is fascinated by magical creatures and spends a lot of time in the local library trying to find information about them. Her heart is set on meeting a troll, and this begins a fast-paced, funny, silly, and cute adventure. Along the way, the kids learn how not every creature is what they expect them to be.
