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Grades level iconsGrades 2–4
Session time icon1-2 Sessions, 60 Minutes Each
Genre information iconInformational
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Representation, Self-Advocacy, & Marley Dias

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Ashley Houston-King, 826 Digital Educator Leader

Ashley Houston–King is a Ph.D. student at Boston University studying Language and Literacy in Education.  Her research interests include studying the intersections of identities, race, and Blackness in education.  As a former elementary teacher and reading specialist, she is interested in studying in-and-out-of-school humanizing literacy spaces to better understand how youth navigate injustice systems and work towards collective liberation.

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What Your Students Will Learn

Students will identify key details in reading to apply while writing an informational text.

Common Core Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.2 Common Core Standards Icon
Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.2 Common Core Standards Icon
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.2 Common Core Standards Icon
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
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What You Will Do

Marley Dias is the visionary behind #1000BlackGirlBooks, a book drive focused on collecting books that feature women and girls of color as the protagonists. In this lesson, students will learn and write about Marley. STEP 1 Share or present the “Marley Dias” slide deck for students. All of the resources needed to complete this lesson are included in the slide deck. STEP 2 Discuss key vocabulary terms: representation and self-advocacy. STEP 3 Students will learn about the life of Marley Dias through included media. As they read and watch, students should note key details about her life and work in...

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