Alvin Ailey: He Loved Dance 6-Pack

Help students engage with diverse perspectives in the texts they’re reading! Untold Stories is an exciting series that teaches students about ordinary people doing extraordinary things, all while promoting representation and culturally responsive learning. This 6-pack of cards for Grade 2 and the accompanying lesson detail the life of dancer and choreographer Alvin Ailey.

Alvin Ailey: He Loved Dance 6-Pack includes:

• 6 student cards with engaging grade-level text, a time line of important events, words to know, and more features
• A detailed teacher lesson plan that emphasizes 8 focus areas
• Reproducible student pages connected to the topic
• Meaningful social and emotional learning activities that are woven into each lesson

As a Black man in the civil rights era, Alvin Ailey showed commitment to both dance and to supporting other Black dancers. These teacher-approved 8.5 x 11-inch cards will help students connect with Ailey’s story while they focus on vocabulary, reading comprehension, speaking and listening, writing, content knowledge, SEL, and taking action. With an abundance of student and teacher resources, this product will empower second grade students by encouraging them to explore their own untold stories.

This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a content-area focused lesson plan.