• Read/Review this lesson plan: "'Remixing' current events- Navigating the transmedia terrain with fifth graders"
• Read"Talking to kids about current eventsand conflicts"Links to an external site.by Jill Eisenberg posted to Lee & Low Books' The Open Book Blog.
• Watchthe following:
  • Read aloud ofSomethingHappened in Our Town: A Child's Story about Racial Injusticeby Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann HazzardLinks to an external site.
  • Read aloud ofThe Day the WarCameby Nicola DaviesLinks to an external site.
  • Read aloud ofKeeping the City Goingby Brian FlocaLinks to an external site.
• Please post hereyour reflections on the above lesson plan and/or the associated children's literature, by answering these questions:

1. 1. What is something you find important, intriguing, or interesting about the resource(s), lesson plan/instructional activity, and/or associated children's literature?
   2. What (and how) could you incorporate into your own classroom from this resource(s), lesson plan/instructional activity, and/or associated children's literature?
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• (Krutka, 2017) found inSocial Studies and the Young Learner.