Langbeschreibung
The 1619 Project's lyrical picture book in verse chronicles the consequences of slavery and the history of Black resistance in the United States, thoughtfully rendered by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and Newbery honor-winning author Renée Watson. A young student receives a family tree assignment in school, but she can only trace back three generations. Grandma gathers the whole family, and the student learns that 400 years ago, in 1619, their ancestors were stolen and brought to America by white slave traders.But before that, they had a home, a land, a language. She learns how the people said to be born on the water survived. And the people planted dreams and hope,willed themselves to keepliving, living. And the people learned new wordsfor lovefor friendfor family for joyfor growfor home.With powerful verse and striking illustrations by Nikkolas Smith, Born on the Water provides a pathway for readers of all ages to reflect on the origins of American identity.
Hauptbeschreibung
Explores the ORIGINS OF AMERICAN IDENTITY, requiring us to place the CONSEQUENCES OF SLAVERY and the CONTRIBUTIONS OF BLACK AMERICANS at the center of the story we tell ourselves about who we are as a country.A pathway for AMERICANS OF ALL AGES to engage in this conversation in a format thatimplies THIS HISTORY IS FORMATIONAL.FOR AUDIENCES INTERESTED IN 17th-19th CENTURY U.S. HISTORY: This book willbe a welcome addition to collections featuring The Middle Passage: White Ships / Black Cargo by Tom Feelings, Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson, and Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad byEllen Levine.EDUCATORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY are already TEACHING The 1619 Project, and The Pulitzer Center has a curriculum page built for 1619 in the classroom.