Each issue of Learning for Justice magazine features some of our favorite recently published books. And now, for your perusal this holiday season, we’ve collected these book reviews in one convenient resource page. Check it out and add some new books to your family’s 2024 to-read list!

Stories are a deeply meaningful way that we learn about the world, and they can build empathy and understanding of ourselves and others. With LFJ’s selection of books to review, we strive to reflect diverse perspectives, affirm identities, celebrate cultural differences and highlight justice. We recommend these books to share with children to expand their horizons from the comfort of home.

We hope that you and your loved ones can find some time this season to relax, rest and recuperate. From your friends at LFJ, happy holidays!

Advocating for Teaching Honest History

Advocating for Teaching Honest History offers concrete tools for educators seeking to ensure the right of future generations to an accurate accounting of our nation’s history. This guide supports our curriculum framework Teaching the Civil Rights Movement by providing guidance for how to approach teaching and advocating for honest history education in the classroom, with families, with colleagues and school leaders, and in the community at large.

Teaching the Civil Rights Movement

Teaching the Civil Rights Movement situates the Civil Rights Movement in a larger narrative of the struggle for equality and civil rights—a struggle that stretches back centuries and remains unfinished today. Organized into four chronological periods, the publication includes essential knowledge within 14 summary objectives, guiding principles to support educators in being intentional in their teaching, and a wealth of resource options.

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