"Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History", PBS Race & Diversity Book...

"Featuring forty trailblazing black women in American history, LITTLE LEADERS educates and inspires as it relates true stories of breaking boundaries and achieving beyond expectations."

(Book 9 of 13). The Morgan County Partnership's Positive Action SEL and Wellness Programs present "Little Leaders" written by Vashti Harrison. From PBS, "Through sweet illustrations and educational text, the biographies of 40 remarkable Black women are brought to life. Scientists, artists and activists from history are all included in this inspiring book.

"I like this book because people were doing risky things." — Jada, age 8

Next, "easy questions to talk about the hard stuff!"
FOR FAMILIES/CLASSROOM TEACHERS, HERE ARE STUDENT ACTIVITIES/DISCUSSION PROMPTS:
* There are many other influential women of color who changed history! Now, try and think of another femal leader's story that was not discussed in today's read-along.
* These women are all INSPIRING! Pause on the next slide to save the image and recreate your own little leader!
To download the mentioned slide, go to this link:
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inb...

To download classroom resources packet with activities to grades K-5, go to this link (full of many illustrations and exercises for classroom or home):
https://tra-resources.s3.amazonaws.co...

MORE TO DO:
Lead-in questions:
• Can you think of any historical figures that have inspired you?
• Are there any women in your life who inspire you?
• What makes someone inspiring?
Task 1:
Look back at your annotations of the cover of the illustrations from Lesson One. Can you
match one of the following professions to each illustration? If there are any words that you
don’t understand, use a dictionary to look them up.
Javelin Thrower and Heptathlete (Tessa Sanderson)
Activist and Scholar (Angela Davis)
Teacher and Painter (Alma Woodsey Thomas)
Abolitionist, Nurse, Scout, Spy (Harriet Tubman)

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