- Simon & Schuster produced a super Common Core Curriculum Guide prepared by Myra Zarnowski!
- Alyson Beecher and Michele Knott developed a wonderful classroom discussion guide at Mrs. Knott’s Booknook Blog! You can also talk with kids about favorite family foods and songs that move them–or get them moving.
- And, Teaching Tolerance provided a great Common Core- and Teaching Tolerance-based lesson plan for 3rd- to 5th-graders.
- The Texas State Bar developed a wonderful guide called Be The Change. (Thank you, Lisa Wellborn!)
- Watch an interview with Audrey.
- See a Trailer for The Youngest Marcher prepared by Kirsten Cappy of Curious City.
- What was Birmingham like in the 1950s? Hear from other young marchers.
- See how Audrey decided to go to jail.
- The day Audrey–and 800 other kids–marched to jail: May 2, 1963.
- Watch Vanessa Brantley Newton, the illustrator of The Youngest Marcher, draw Audrey in The New York Times Facebook on February 10, 2017.
- And, Vanessa Brantley Newton shares how she brought Audrey to life in EMU’s Debuts.
- Read how I condensed my middle-grade book We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March into Audrey’s story in EMU’s Debuts and in Mr. Schu Reads.
- Read my interview with Cynthia Leitich Smith on CynSations. And my interview with Horn Book.
- Listen to my interview with 9-year-old Nate on The Show About Politics!
- Learn about other young activists in EMU’s Debuts.
- For background about the Children’s March (big kids and grown-ups only!), watch a PBS video and look at the terrific website by Kids in Birmingham 1963.
- For additional information about the Birmingham Children’s March, please see the Resources for Teachers and Resources for Students for We’ve Got a Job, my book about the Birmingham Children’s march for middle-schoolers.
- High schooler Max Surprenant interviewed Vanessa and me in the Los Angeles Times about youth activists.
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