Teaching Kids About Abolitionists Through Picture Books

Picture books about abolitionists have led our reading for several months now. Deep dives. I never learned about them in school, and I’m determined that my kids will know more than I do. . . We started with the founding fathers which led to Jefferson to Sally to slavery as a whole to the Underground Railroad to abolition to women’s rights to civil rights... Its just a constant flow from one to the other but all still connected to not treating people the way we should. Far from perfect, but every step is a start. . . On our history trips in the fall, slavery was everywhere. Sally Hemings walked these halls under Monticell... Read more