5 Tips for (White Teachers) Teaching Black History
Whew! This year is already flying by, amiright? It feels like just yesterday we were returning from winter…
January 24, 2020
Whew! This year is already flying by, amiright? It feels like just yesterday we were returning from winter…
January 24, 2020
Take a look inside my completely updated and redesigned Odyssey interactive escape room. New art, new hints, and…
January 9, 2020
With the decade drawing to a close, it’s time to reflect on the great books released in 2019!…
December 12, 2019
This week we’re chatting about Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz, a heartwarming #ownvoices tale of two…
November 21, 2019
It’s Native American History Month! How are you celebrating and honoring Native culture in your classroom? One great…
November 7, 2019
Our friend Courtney joins us to chat about A River of Royal Blood by Amanda Joy. It’s perfect…
October 31, 2019
Do you struggle to get students interested in nonfiction? Keep pushing! Fostering a love of reading nonfiction books…
October 24, 2019
Books can be both mirrors, reflecting students’ lives, or windows into the lives of others. You know the…
October 10, 2019
Looking for engaging and rigorous Halloween activities for your Secondary ELA classroom? Look no further! These mini-lessons will…
October 3, 2019
Writer & teacher L. Samantha Smith joins us to chat about The Stars and the Blackness Between Them…
September 27, 2019
Since we started the YA Cafe Podcast, we’ve gotten a lot of questions around LGBTQ middle grade novels.…
September 19, 2019
This week we’re chatting about Pet by Akwaeke Emezi. Our guest is author H.D. Hunter who has some…
September 12, 2019
Song lyrics can be so versatile in the classroom: Creative writing inspiration, making non-fiction more engaging, etc. Here…
September 5, 2019
BookTuber, Nikea JaLynn (cohost of the series #BlackGirlLit), joins us to chat about The Revolution of Birdie Randolph…
August 22, 2019
Are you teaching short stories for high school, and all you have is a dusty anthology of “classic”…
August 15, 2019
Stacey Lee does it again! The Downstairs Girl is exactly the kind of historical fiction we need right…
August 8, 2019
We know that our reluctant readers have a skills deficit that grows over time. Whereas a student may…
August 1, 2019
Project Runway meets Mulan in the new YA fantasy novel Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim. Joining us…
July 25, 2019
Have you been told you should be teaching executive functioning? Is this a totally overwhelming proposition? Where do…
July 18, 2019
sHow many Asian American YA novels do you have in your classroom library? We recently read Wicked Fox,…
July 2, 2019
We are joined by Zshavette, a Pinay bookstagrammer to chat about Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay.…
June 27, 2019
From the 17th Century adventures in Lady’s Guide, to the dystopian future predicted in Internment, this list has…
June 20, 2019
This week we chat with author Justina Chen about Gilmore Girls, Firefly, and of course our featured title,…
June 13, 2019
Have you ever used videos to inspire your students to write? Here are some TED talks for young…
June 6, 2019
Author/editor Jessica Spotswood joins us to chat about the blood witches and bad breakups in These Witches Don’t…
May 30, 2019
We read a lot of books with social issues for the YA Cafe Podcast, and I feature a…
May 21, 2019
PRIDE month is almost here! Woo-hoo! In celebration, here are 21 diverse LGBTQ+ YA novels for your high…
May 14, 2019
This week we are joined once again by our friend Anna aka @never_withouta_book to discuss Elizabeth Acevedo’s…
May 9, 2019
Teachers on Instagram often ask me for tips on teaching LGBTQ+ rights. You want book recommendations, teaching resources,…
May 7, 2019
This week we discuss an indigenous #ownvoices novel, The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline, and how we as…
May 2, 2019