https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3 Diversity in the classroom is very important because it allows for your students to not only feel safe, but also confident. Attached to this Padlet are useful resources you can use in your own 6-12 classrooms and libraries. en-us 2023-02-19 22:07:09 UTC 2025-09-24 06:11:21 UTC hello@padlet.com donkleh https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487782466 Morrison, T. (1994). The bluest eye. New York, Plume.
The Bluest Eye takes place in Lorain, Ohio, and follows the story of Pecolo who is a young African American girl. She is growing up during the great depression and the story follows themes about racism and the girl dealing with her skin color, body image, and identity.

]]> 2023-02-19 22:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487782466 donkleh https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487785827 A Raisin in the Sun follows a black family's experiences in Chicago. The family is attempting to improve their financial situation after the dead of their father. As they begin to negotiate with insurance they are faced to deal racism and discrimination]]> 2023-02-19 22:18:49 UTC https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487785827 donkleh https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487787373 The Secret Lives of Church Ladies is told in a series of 9 short stories. It explores black women and young girls who were grown up in the church and are trying to figure out their own identities for themselves. They are faced with battling the church's double standards and who they want to be for themselves.]]> 2023-02-19 22:23:08 UTC https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487787373 donkleh https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487789724 Half of a Yellow Sun is set during the Biafran War that took place in Nigeria between the years 1967 and 1970. The characters are faced with a love triangle. Due to this love triangle the characters battle themes of loyalty, betrayal, and hope. Half of a Yellow Sun offers a new insight into the realities of the war and what the characters and people had to face.]]> 2023-02-19 22:30:09 UTC https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487789724 donkleh https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487792233 A Good Cry: What We Learn from Tears and Laughter is a collection of poems by Nikki Giovanni. She is a very radical writer and recalls her own experiences as a Black woman. She talks about the importance of giving life meaning in the darkest of times and gives thanks to those who influenced her into becoming the person we all know today.]]> 2023-02-19 22:35:25 UTC https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487792233 donkleh https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487793000 Mazel Tov is a memoir about friendship. It follows a woman who offers to tutor a new family. After she begins to tutor them she begins to form friendships with the Orthodox Jewish family and takes on their culture.]]> 2023-02-19 22:37:39 UTC https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487793000 donkleh https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487796787 Two teens meet unexpectedly and are faced with learning about each other. One is set to be a Hasidic rabbi, the other has grown up in secular America. The two learn about each other despite disapproval from their parents. The story is set in WWII and explores identity and what it means to grow up.]]> 2023-02-19 22:47:13 UTC https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487796787 donkleh https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487798262 The Teacher of Warsaw is a WWII historical fiction novel based on true events. It is set during the war. The teacher talks about the drastic changes in his life from teaching at the orphanage to the Nazi invasion. The teacher does everything in his power to protect the children around him during this time of despair.]]> 2023-02-19 22:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487798262 donkleh https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487800366 After the Iranian revolution, the father of a Jewish family is wrongly accused of being a spy. He is faced with a prison sentence which caused his family to never see him again. Isaac's family is forced to learn a new way of life and is faced with constant cruelty, chaos, and danger.]]> 2023-02-19 22:56:40 UTC https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487800366 donkleh https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487803501 A Jewish soldier in the Union Army is a spy and reveals an American Jewish town that is divided by the Mason-Dixon line. He is then faced with harrowing tasks such as killing his Uncle who is being accussed to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. This novel reveals the Jewish community and life during the Civil War.]]> 2023-02-19 23:05:14 UTC https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487803501 donkleh https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487807075 After the narrator grows up in Wuhan, China where she is fully immersed into her own culture. Laura then immigrates to Texas and is put into culture shock. After a year of living in Texas, the 2020 pandemic strikes causing Wuhan China to become a popular topic.]]> 2023-02-19 23:14:25 UTC https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487807075 donkleh https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487808391 The novel follows a battle between Altan and Ahn. Both seek to reclaim the throne. During this, Ahn begins to discover her powers an learns more about who her ancestors were.]]> 2023-02-19 23:18:04 UTC https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487808391 donkleh https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487809720 The book is set in a mythical realm and Muiko is suddenly cursed. She then goes on a quest to find someone who can reverse the curse and assist her in regaining her old life back. She faces many obstacles such as demon slayers out to kill her.

]]> 2023-02-19 23:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487809720 donkleh https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487811285 Eliza Quan  and Len DiMartile are both running for Editor Chief for the school newspaper. She is qualified, but Len is a popular jock of the school which causes the election to turn into a popularity contest. Eliza decides to write an essay expressing her frustrations with the campaign and accidently sparks a feminist movement in her school.]]> 2023-02-19 23:24:46 UTC https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487811285 donkleh https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487813614 The novel follows a story of second-generation Japanese American citizens many who are teens. These teens are facing incarcerations during World War II. Their lives are forever changed.]]> 2023-02-19 23:30:23 UTC https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487813614 donkleh https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487815098 Junior decides to leave his school on the Spokane Indian Reservation and moves to an all-white rural school. He learns that the only other Indian is the school mascot causing an identity shift.]]> 2023-02-19 23:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487815098 donkleh https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487816505 Ned and other Navajo boys are placed into a boarding school. They are taught that Navajo is a useless language in the real world and are forced to learn English. They are then recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers and speak Navajo and translate for the Marine Corps during WWII.]]> 2023-02-19 23:37:46 UTC https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487816505 donkleh https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487822710 Shoe Blake is a seventh-grader that is originally from the Tuscarora Reservation. He makes a new friend named George Haddonfield on the local Air Force base. The story is set in 1975 where Native Americans were excluded in New York by Whites and he is not sure if the friendship is genuine.]]> 2023-02-19 23:53:12 UTC https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487822710 donkleh https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487823623 Set in Alaska, Luke, Chickie, Sonny, Donna, and Amiq retell their experiences in the 1960 when they were taken in the middle of the night and forced to attend a Catholic boarding school. Together they fight assimilation and retain their own culture.]]> 2023-02-19 23:55:28 UTC https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487823623 donkleh https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487826249 This is a powerful collection of Indigenous women's voices from across North America. The women express the experience of being a Native and what it entails in modern day. From abuse, humiliation, and stereotyping. These women demand change.]]> 2023-02-20 00:01:16 UTC https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487826249 donkleh https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487831264 A video of David being knocked to the ground by his bully begins to circulate around the school. He decides to get into bodybuilding. He is transformed in one summer but falls into the dark side of lifting and it could cause him to lose everything.]]> 2023-02-20 00:10:54 UTC https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487831264 donkleh https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487836407 Alex is a baseball player with scholarships lined up, but he dreams of being a poet. Naturally, his dad is pushing for him to pursue baseball. Isa is a dancer dreaming of being professional, but her Havana mother is against it. Alex and Isa have a lot in common, but are they too alike to make it work as a couple?]]> 2023-02-20 00:21:43 UTC https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487836407 donkleh https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487839564 Ri Fernández’ has been told, “We live in America and we speak English.” Raised by her strict Mexican grandma, Ri has never been allowed to learn Spanish or learn about her own culture. She has been forced to live what is known as the “American Dream".  Ri yearns to find her mother and learn about her own culture, Spanish, and step away from her Americanized life.

]]> 2023-02-20 00:27:33 UTC https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487839564 donkleh https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487843189 Isa wants to be a chef, but the death of her Cuban grandmother  causes her life to flip upside down. She decides to move in with her father and stepmom and begins to feel like an outsider in France. Despite all of this, her father lives a few blocks away from a world renowned chef. Does Isa have what it takes to make a new name for herself in Cuban cuisine?

]]> 2023-02-20 00:33:48 UTC https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487843189 donkleh https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487847023 Lillian Cruz is a first generation Latina in an all white high school. She is forced to fit in, but no matter what she does she is still seen as an outcast. She is faced with racist remarks and family secrets being exposed. Does she have what it takes to stand up for herself?]]> 2023-02-20 00:40:11 UTC https://padlet.com/donkleh/ax6uwhg140io16z3/wish/2487847023