CLASSROOM CONNECTIONS Kindergarten to Grade 8 Living through Jim Crow
This selection of picture books and middle-grade novels set during the Jim Crow era in America can help extend conversations on racial injustice in the past and present. By Kathleen McBroom Children identify with the characters in their books: they share their experiences and emotions and watch and learn along with their fictional friends. Authors can introduce difficult subjects by using child protagonists set in relatable scenarios, creating episodes that will resonate with young audiences.
When students read about painful parts of history in textbooks, they can understand the words and look at the pictures. This type of literature creates empathy, and from empathy comes understanding.
The following picture-book biographies and fiction selections are set during periods steeped in the…
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