We are starting our Mildred D. Taylor author study this week. She is a writer of the pre-Civil Rights era. This gives us a great opportunity to learn about the Civil Rights Movement. Today, we read Sit-In, a picture book explaining the Greensboro four. We also watched a video simulation created by National Museum of American History that shows what it was like to peacefully demonstrate.
We will continue our studies discussing Jim Crow laws, Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott, and racism in America before 1964's Civil Rights Act. We also will celebrate how one person can make a difference. Here is a recipe for change found in our book Sit-In written by Andrea Davis Pinkney:
1. start with love
2. add conviction
3. season with hope
4. extra faith to flavor
5. Mix black with white
6. let unity stand
7. fold in change
8. sprinkle with dignity
9. bake until golden
10. serve immediately
11. Make enough for all!
Here is a link to find out more about the Greensboro Four: http://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/collateral/articles/Greensboro.Four.pdf
or http://www.sitins.com/index.shtml
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