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General High School
November 17 2020

Read Kevin Young’s Introduction to African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song

From the introduction:  The Difficult Miracle                                  This is the difficult miracle of Black poetry in America:  that we persist, published or not, and loved or unloved: we persist.                                                                                                 –June Jordan For over 250 years, African Americans have written and recited and published poetry about beauty and injustice, music and muses, Africa and America, freedoms

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Read Kevin Young’s Introduction to African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song

General High School
November 17 2020
Education & Professional Learning English Language Arts General High School History Social Studies
September 18 2020

Using They Called Us Enemy to Supplement Canon in American Literature Curriculum

By Joel Brigham   I have taught American Literature for 16 years, and for most of my career, that has meant doing what has always been done. I’ve taught Ralph Waldo Emerson and Mark Twain and F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway, just like any other self-respecting American Lit teacher in this country, but it

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Using They Called Us Enemy to Supplement Canon in American Literature Curriculum

Education & Professional Learning English Language Arts General High School History Social Studies
September 18 2020
General
September 9 2020

Racial Equity and Justice: A primer for thoughtful conversation

Written by Kimberly N. Parker, PhD. assistant director of the Shady Hill Teacher Training Center (MA), and Tricia Ebarvia, teacher and department chair at Conestoga High School (PA), and co-chair at the Institute for Racial Equity in Literacy. Kim and Tricia are cofounders of #DisruptTexts (disrupttexts.org/)   Ongoing events have led many of us to

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Racial Equity and Justice: A primer for thoughtful conversation

General
September 9 2020
General Middle School References
July 29 2020

A Reader’s Guide for Parents and Students to Use at Home

Dear Readers, Are you stuck at home, right now? Me, too. I can hear the laundry spinning in the dryer and smell overripe bananas piled on the kitchen counter. I’m spending a lot of time looking out the window, too, because I’d really like to go outside and talk to people. But I’m not supposed

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A Reader’s Guide for Parents and Students to Use at Home

General Middle School References
July 29 2020
General
May 20 2020

Educator Guides: By Educators for Educators, Now Easier to Access

Penguin Random House publishes a variety of educator guides designed to help support the teaching of our trade books in the classroom.  All of our guides are written by educators for educators, downloadable as PDFs and come in five different guide types, which are detailed below.   Please click here or on the button in

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Educator Guides: By Educators for Educators, Now Easier to Access

General
May 20 2020
High School
April 24 2020

Inclusive Texts for the High School Classroom

Now more than ever, students need literature that reflects and honors the lives of all young people. From Erika L. Sanchez’s poignant YA novel I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter to Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz’s highly informative An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People, Penguin Random House has extensive offerings for

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Inclusive Texts for the High School Classroom

High School
April 24 2020
General
April 22 2020

The Power of Authentic Texts: Effective Pathways to Developing a Reading Culture and Student Success

The spring of each school year can be an anxious time. Your district’s test scores arrive, and reading scores may not have improved enough to meet your goals. The education team at Penguin Random House understands your concerns for staff and students. To support you, we’ve asked three experienced educators to write a white paper

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The Power of Authentic Texts: Effective Pathways to Developing a Reading Culture and Student Success

General
April 22 2020
General High School
April 21 2020

Recommended Books for High School Students to Read at Home

Independent reading provides students the opportunity not only to supplement their existing literature and language assignments, but also to temporarily escape the anxieties of our current reality. From George Takei’s graphic memoir They Called Us Enemy to John Green’s Turtles All the Way Down, Penguin Random House has extensive offerings for your students. Click here

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Recommended Books for High School Students to Read at Home

General High School
April 21 2020
General Middle School
April 20 2020

Recommended Books for Middle School Students to Read at Home

Independent reading provides students the opportunity not only to supplement their existing literature and language assignments, but also to temporarily escape the anxieties of our current reality. From Adib Khorram’s poignant YA novel Darius the Great Is Not Okay to Seth Grahame-Smith’s cannibalistic take on Jane Austen in Pride, Prejudice, and Zombies, Penguin Random House

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Recommended Books for Middle School Students to Read at Home

General Middle School
April 20 2020
Advanced Placement High School
April 14 2020

AP® Course Book Recommendations!

Interested in book recommendations for your Advanced Placement® courses? We’ve put together a series of curated collections for your browsing pleasure!    As you explore, remember that you can download each of these collections as PDFs, Excel files, or even as a cost proposal request form.                   

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AP® Course Book Recommendations!

Advanced Placement High School
April 14 2020
General
April 13 2020

Virtual Author Visits for Your Classroom!

Looking to bring an author or illustrator virtually to your students? We can help! Many of our authors are available for virtual visits.   Please reach out to us for more information. k12education@edu.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Virtual Author Visits for Your Classroom!

General
April 13 2020
General
April 10 2020

NEW COVID-19 Educational Digital Access Guidelines!

To assist educational institutions temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 emergency, Penguin Random House has implemented a number of policy changes to facilitate access to our books during this time. Educators needing additional support outside the resources outlined below, a free digital copy for instructor use*, or have any other questions, please write to us at K12Education@edu.penguinrandomhouse.com   Click here

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NEW COVID-19 Educational Digital Access Guidelines!

General
April 10 2020
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