CALENDAR
February / March 2021
Music
in Our
Sls
Month
G E T R E A D Y to face the music in
March. The National Association
for Music Education (nafme.org)
offers various grade-level les-
sons that help students learn
elements of music through clas-
sic children's songs. All are free
for teachers to use during March
and year-round.
Day of Remembrance
F E B . 19 I S a day to remember the incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, set
in motion by an executive order signed by President Roosevelt on Feb. 19, 1942. Now, a new U.S. postal
stamp honors Japanese Americans who served and died for our country during WWII. "Go for Broke" was
the motto of the all-Japanese American 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team and
came to represent all Japanese American units formed during WWII.
F E B R U A R Y I S Black History Month. The 2021 theme is
" The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity ";
see weareteachers.com for classroom activities for February and beyond.
Educators can help students learn to challenge racism and oppression and gain
the vocabulary and tools needed to take action using free curriculum available at
Black Lives Matter at School (blacklivesmatteratschool.com). 2020-21 is the
movement's " Year of Purpose." Educators, students and parents are encouraged
to participate in ongoing actions and reflection throughout the year. For example,
Student Activist Day on March 6 celebrates Barbara Johns (inset; in 1951 at age 16
she led a student strike that became one of five desegregation cases consolidated
into Brown v. Board of Education) and all Black student activists.
Find more resources at cta.org/blacklivesmatter and NEA EdJustice
(neaedjustice.org/black-lives-matter-school-resources). And sign
NEA's pledge to grow the movement and support racial justice in education:
neaedjustice.org/blm-at-school-pledge.
Black History Month
Black Lives Matter
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