(NAME-MCE) New Social Justice Teacher Planner!

[Paul C. Gorski]

See below for a cool and affordable new resource from the New York Collective of Radical Educators and Education for Liberation Network. Please distribute this widely.

Paul


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Planning to Change the World:
A Plan Book for Social Justice Teachers
2008-2009
 
www.justiceplanbook.com
 
Planning to Change the World 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. This unique resource has all the things you would expect in a lesson plan book plus:
 
* Weekly planning pages packed with important social justice birthdays and historical events
* Lesson plans and resources related to those dates
* Tips from social justice teachers across the country
* Inspirational quotes to share with students
* Thought-provoking essential questions to spark classroom discussions on critical issues
* Reproducible social justice awards for students
 
...and much more
 
Visit this site to view sample pages: www.justiceplanbook.com/sample-pages
 
Praise for Planning to Change The World:
...an imaginative and innovative idea in the field of education...something that teachers all over the country who have social consciences will find useful.
--Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States
 
A unique and powerful teaching tool that honors students by bringing to the forefront the stories of their communities.
--Lisa Delpit, author of Other People's Children
 
Useful, hopeful and visionary.
--Wayne Au, Rethinking Schools
 
Planning to Change the World, for me, is an integration of the multitude of elements that I have tried to combine...to make my classroom a transformative environment. 
--Cristen Chapman, public high school social studies teacher
 
 
BUY THE BOOK at www.justiceplanbook.com/buythebook
 
 
SPECIAL OFFER!
Pre-order this plan book by August 1 for a discounted price. Your order will be shipped to you in early August.
 
Planning to Change the World was created by the New York Collective of Radical Educators (www.nycore.org) and the Education for Liberation Network (www.edliberation.org). For more information email Tara Mack on tara at edliberation.org