CELEBRATE “Rad American Women” this March 2016, Women’s History Month!
Here’s the perfect book to use in March for Women’s History Month!
Rad American Women A-Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries Who Shaped Our History . . . and Our Future, the first kid’s book ever published by City Lights, is now a New York Times bestseller! Hardcover ISBN: 9780872866836 $14.95 64 pages Women’s History Month, March 2016, is around the corner and now is a great time to think about ways to engage students using this book. We’ve got lots of easy ideas and resources to use! with students you can . . . • Talk about the title and ask students what the word “rad” means to them. Talk about the author’s intention in using it (see book’s introduction). • Read a profile of one or two of the women featured in the book. • Share a video from our “Rad American Women A-Z” series at blogcitylights.com: A number of amazing contemporary writers, artists, activists and others read a profile from the book. Be sure to check out the children’s group “The Radical Monarchs” reading “X is for the Women Whose Names We Don’t Know.” • Ask students to either write and/or talk about a rad woman in their life.
• Have students draw a picture of a rad woman (can be same person they write or talk about). • Using the page “X is for the Women Whose Names We Don’t Know” a) Ask for a few volunteers to read from the page (or choose to show blog video) b) Ask the following discussion questions: What does the author mean when she says women “didn’t get credit for their ideas”? What’s the overall message of the page for “X”? Answer the last question: What will you do to make the world rad? • For more ideas check out the resources at radamericanwomen.com
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