All Community Read
Experience the power of shared reading alongside educators, students, and community members through our annual All Community Read.
About the Author
George Takei is a Japanese-American actor, New York Times bestselling author, social justice activist, and survivor of US-run World War II internment camps.
About the Author
George Takei is a Japanese-American actor, New York Times bestselling author, social justice activist, and survivor of US-run World War II internment camps.
Read Along With Us
Literature has the power to nurture our capacity for empathy and to strengthen our communities. Our All Community Read events harness this power and bring together people from across our network — educators, students, staff, and supporters – to build shared understanding, create a shared experience, and open up conversations that connect to our mission and work.
They Called Us Enemy
For the 2023-2024 school year, we have selected George Takei’s memoir, They Called Us Enemy, as the text for our All Community Read. Throughout the year we will be hosting a series of events and sharing resources, including a discussion guide, to support bringing Takei’s story into classrooms.
About the Book
It seems important for a nation to know about its glorious achievements, but also to know where its ideals failed in order to keep that from happening again.
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George Takei
Learning for Everyone
We will be offering professional learning events for educators and special virtual discussions for students, supporters, and members of our learning community throughout the year to support this All Community Read, including an online author event with George Takei on February 13, 2024 (registration information to come).
Teaching George Takei’s They Called Us Enemy and Japanese-American Incarceration
Join us for a webinar to engage in conversation around George Takei’s memoir and gain strategies for how to use it in your classroom.
Whole-School Read Guide: Foster a Literacy Community
This planning guide will help you design and implement a Whole-School Read that centers students’ voices and experiences.
Coming of Age in a Complex World
Developed for grades 6–12, this modular collection invites students to explore the complexity of identity and develop a sense of agency as they reflect on what it means to grow up in the world today.
Exploring Identity in Literature and Life
Students explore the complexity and fluidity of identity, both in the world of the text and in their own lives.
Map the Internal World of a Character
Students practice using evidence from the text and their own understanding of the world to analyze a character’s thoughts, feelings, motivations, and sense of belonging.
All-Community Read Guide: Being Heumann and Rolling Warrior
This planning guide will support your school community as you read the memoir of Judy Heumann, one of the most influential disability rights activists in US history.
Teaching Brown Girl Dreaming
Teach a unit on Jacqueline Woodson's coming-of-age memoir in verse that invites students to reflect on their own experiences and identities.
Teaching Enrique's Journey
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This guide provides activities and discussion questions for leading your students through a six-week reading of Enrique's Journey that explores themes of identity, belonging, and choices.
Wonder: A Whole-School Read Planning Guide
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Get tips for planning your whole-school read of the young adult novel Wonder. This guide provides direction on how to structure classroom discussions and includes pre- and post-reading activities. It also features a "write your own precept" template for use in a final school-wide activity.
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