Develop recognition of diversity through author resources that reflect the complexity of ourselves and the world beyond.

• Recognize the complexities of cultural identity with this Meet-the-Author Recording from Kevin Noble Maillard on Fry Bread.

• Encourage an open conversation about disability and difference using the author interview with Shane Burcaw from The Morning Call on Not So Different.

• Use our Cultural Representation Reflection Multileveled Lessons with your students to encourage them to reflect on their own identities and experiences in relation to those they encounter in the books they read.

• Try one of our Celebrating Differences Ready-to-Use writing activities and inspire thoughtful consideration of diversity, culture, communication, and more using author and book resources. You don’t need the books in hand to complete the activity.

Respond to diversity by building empathy, respect, understanding, and connections with Diverse Books Collections and Meet-the-Author resources.

• Examine the importance of respecting other cultures and uniting instead of fighting with teaching ideas for Thirty Minutes Over Oregon.

• Respond to author Jasmine Warga’s reflection on what it means to have “home” be more of a feeling than a place in this Meet-the-Author Recording for Other Words for Home.

• Create a gallery walk, define terms together, and ask some thought-provoking questions using ideas from the educator guide for This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work.

• Consider empathy, connection across differences, stereotypes, and other important themes with questions in this discussion guide for The Day Saida Arrived.

Analyze bias and injustice from history to present day through Book Guides, Activities, and Lessons.

• Reflect on the detrimental effects of religious bias while listening to this Meet-the-Author Recording for Hana’s Suitcase by Karen Levine.

• Guide deep discussion on the civil rights movement with this teacher’s guide for Troublemaker for Justice by Michael G. Long.

• Consider how some civil rights issues and struggles continue today in the Meet-the-Author Recording for Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation.

• Hear the co-author of I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story talk about the racist history of citizenship in the United States, and one man’s push for justice in this video book trailer.

Speak up against social injustice with support and empathy from the voices of authors.

• Listen to authors Ian and Sarah Hoffman talk about the ways they took action when their child faced gender bias in this Meet-the-Author Recording for Jacob’s Room to Choose.

• Spark discussion on respecting the names of others with this Audio Name Pronunciation from Thanhhà Lại.

• Brainstorm ways to practice taking action after listening to this Meet-the-Author Recording with Mahogany L. Browne for Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice.

• Consider together the many forms action and activism can take after watching this video book reading (excerpts) of Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice where the authors talk about why and how the men on the Olympic podium took a stand for justice.