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Readers in classrooms can see themselves in books in the classroom. Children cannot see themselves in the books that they read, or if the images are seen in a negative connotation, they feel that they are devalued in the classroom. We as educators can start to work on this by having our students become more familiar with diverse books. They should be incorporated into classroom libraries, lesson plans, and curriculums.

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Students will be divided evenly into groups and be assigned a character from the Seedfolks book. They will discuss and research the character they have been assigned and find quotes from the book to back their evidence of characteristics traits they find. The students will then make a poster about their finding and then present to the class. Becky Leathersich stated, "diverse authors are those who share the diverse identity of their main characters". This is a great way for students to connect their findings from the books about their characters and state their diversity.

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Kahoot is a useful tool in the classroom for learning and studying storylines in the book. This will allow for students to learn in a fun and engaging way. Students will be able to comprehend the story more easily with this type of studying.

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Games (Guess-Who Inspired):

Students ask their opponent questions related to the character's traits and values along with their role in the community.  These questions are related to their findings and understandings from the book. Students are demonstrating their knowledge of what makes up a community member as well as their comprehension of the story. This is an engaging and effective instructional strategy that allows the students to discuss and work with one another. They are also encouraged to use vocabulary found within the book to describe the characters.

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Reader's Theatre: After reading a text about diversity, students can portray roles that help them to connect to the curriculum. This will help them understand what the characters are expressing and feeling in this text and "switch roles". Becky Leathersich discusses how, "Diverse books share the experience of historically underrepresented
individuals and communities." Using diverse books for readers theatre, allows students to view people from different perspectives and different cultures.

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Brianna Donahue, Ellie Linder, Naomi Steinberg, Katherine Vogel, and Katelyn Woodruff

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Brianna Donahue, Ellie Linder, Naomi Steinberg, Katherine Vogel, and Katelyn Woodruff

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How can you connect this book to the social studies curriculum?

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How can you connect this book to the social studies curriculum?

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In New York State's framework for Social Studies for grades K-8, the framework that best related and connects this book to the social studies curriculum is, "Demonstrate respect for the rights of others in discussions and classroom debates, regardless of whether one agrees with the other viewpoints." This framework helps explain how students will be using the social studies practice of civic participation to have big class discussions about serious topics and learning from them. These topics should be open and all in respect to others.

http://www.nysed.gov/common/nysed/files/programs/curriculum-instruction/ss-framework-k-8a2.pdf

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What activities and/or projects could you ask your students to do while reading or after reading this book?

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What activities and/or projects could you ask your students to do while reading or after reading this book?

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Some activities and projects that students could do while reading or after reading this book would be community garden, making t-charts of the characters and their personality traits, anchor charts. The community garden would include different plants and fruits and vegetables for the students to plant. Each student would tend to the garden during the school day. T-charts of the characters and their personality traits would help the students to understand the book more clearly and through the eyes of the characters in the book.

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Are there characters who demonstrated racism? If so, how did they demonstrate racism?

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Are there characters who demonstrated racism? If so, how did they demonstrate racism?

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There were many instances of characters demonstrating racism, since the chapters are written about a certain character from another character's point of view. The way that the characters were portrayed showed many types of stereotypes and misconceptions about people of color, but this wasn't the same case for the Caucasian characters.
One instance of this was when Ana used the term 'Negro' families, which has become outdated and offensive. Ana is one of the older characters so this shows that some people may not see the impact of the terms that they were familiar with growing up. It would be more appropriate if she used the term 'African-American'. Another similar offensive term is 'the blacks' in chapter 6. This term implies that people under this category aren't treated as equal, and a more appropriate term would be 'black people' so it does not dehumanize this group.
Another instance of this was when Wendell incorrectly referred to Kim's ethnicity as Chinese when she is Vietnamese. This follows the stereotype that 'all Asian cultures are the same,' even though they have very distinct languages and cultures. Even if he did not intend this to be offensive, it would be better if he referred to her ethnicity as 'Asian' because this could be seen as insensitive.

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What was the community's culture? What and who helped establish the community's culture?

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What was the community's culture? What and who helped establish the community's culture?

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Seedfolks tells stories of many people who live within a neighborhood and build a community garden. The community culture has diverse groups from all over the world, the specific groups often linked together. The first chapter was about Kim, who was a nine-year old who planted lima beans to connect with her deceased father. Her bravery helps to establish the community's culture in trusting each other. The planting of lima beans causes other to get drawn to the lot. Ana was the first one to see Kim plant something. As she was watching her, Ana thought that Kim she was going to dig up drugs. Her opinions of the neighborhood began to change as she finds the lima beans. Ana's minds changes about seeing all children within her community as criminals and in a bad area. After this, many people within the garden start to find that the way they used to see each other was based on stereotypes. The culture of the community grows to give the neighbors a sense of community. The community grows closer and they grow to protect each other. Such as when the three random men go running after someones purse because she is apart of the community. As people begin to mingle and intertwine with each other, they are feel a sense of wanting to protect and help each other despite their differences.

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Are there characters who demonstrated prejudice? If so, who and how did the characters demonstrate prejudice?

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Are there characters who demonstrated prejudice? If so, who and how did the characters demonstrate prejudice?

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Amir, Ana, and Sae Young, stereotype others in the garden because of past experiences. Stereotypes are an idea that people have about a thing or a group that may often be untrue or only partly true, normally in a derogatory sense. This book demonstrated how stereotypes are not nice and are unhelpful because diversity what brought the community together.