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UNPACK YOUR IMPACT

By LaNesha Tabb & Naomi O'Brien

Primary educators know that little kids can do big things. So why teach the same old lessons when we can expose students to impactful, interesting, and beautiful ideas about the real world? In an era of heightened political tensions and narrowed curricular focus, superstar educators Naomi Oโ€™Brien and LaNesha Tabb have found a surprising way to expose our youngest learners to more perspectives, center culture in the primary classroom, and take the needโ€”and potentialโ€”for teaching about citizenship seriously: social studies!

By laying out their revolutionary approach to teaching social studies, Oโ€™Brien and Tabb explain how to provide students with a deep but achievable understanding of global social systems as theyโ€™re transformed by history, sociology, economics, geography, and civics. And, because theย Unpack Your Impactย curriculum can be folded into existing lessons for almost any topic, students garner an inclusive and interdisciplinary appreciation for how all learning shapes, and is shaped by, a diverse array of human cultures. Inspiring, optimistic, and empowering,ย Unpack Your Impactย shows that primary teachers can make a positive impactโ€”individually and globally.

If you, your colleagues, or school are reading our book, Unpack Your Impact, we created a free study to help you navigate each chapter. We also have a blog post detailing how you can create a book club kit for your school.