Planning to Change the World: A Plan Book for Social Justice Teachers

Posted by on June 04, 2012

We are pleased to announce the publication of the 2012-2013 edition of Planning to Change the World: A Plan Book for Social Justice Teachers, published by the New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE) and Education for Liberation Network.

http://www.rethinkingschools.org/ProdDetails.asp?ID=9780942961942

This unique resource is packed with all new social justice anniversaries and birthdays as well as lots of new resources, quotes and essential questions for students. Pre-order your copy at a discounted rate today.

So what exactly is a social justice lesson plan book?
Planning to Change the World is a plan book for educators who believe their students can and will change the world. It has all the things you would expect in a lesson plan book plus:

Weekly planning pages packed with important social justice birthdays and historical events.
References to online lesson plans and resources related to those dates.
Tips from social justice teachers across the country.
Inspirational quotes and thought-provoking essential questions to share with students.
and much more.

What leading educators have said about Planning to Change the World
Every teacher—novice, veteran, and in-between—will love Planning to Change the World. This is one that should be in every teacher’s backpack.
—Sonia Nieto, Professor Emerita, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

After 18 years in the classroom I have found a planning book that treats teaching as an art form. On virtually every page of this book, I find myself challenged and inspired to think more deeply about the importance of what I do every day in the classroom.
—Jeff Duncan-Andrade, Assistant Professor at San Francisco State University and high school teacher

Read more praise from educators such as Lisa Delpit, Pedro Noguera, and Linda Christensen as well as classroom teachers.

http://www.justiceplanbook.com/justiceplanbook/educator-comments

The 10-Year Rule (or why is it that the dates are different in each edition)
Planning to Change the World 2012-2013 is the fourth edition in the series, and each one has featured a unique collection of events and birthdays. When we created the first edition for the 2008-2009 school year, we realized there are so many events and people that could be featured in a planner like this, we had to find a way to narrow the possibilities. So we established the 10 year rule, which generally means that (with a few exceptions) anniversaries/birthdays must fall on a 10 year mark during a given school year to be included (i.e., the 20th anniversary/birthday, the 20th, 40th, 80th, 120th etc.). The result is the events and birthdays are different each year.

Take a sneak peak at some of the dates from the 2012-2013 plan book.

http://www.justiceplanbook.com/justiceplanbook/about-our-organizations

Sample Pages
Click to see sample pages from the 2012-2013 plan book, and order your copy today!

http://www.justiceplanbook.com/justiceplanbook/samples-pages-2012-2013

Pre-order your copy at our website by June 30, 2012 for the discounted price of $14 ($13 for bulk orders), plus shipping and handling (Retail bookstore price $18). Books will begin shipping in June.