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In this episode, I discuss the top tips I recommend BEFORE integrating Black History Month (BHM) into your speech therapy treatment plans this February and BEYOND. Join me as we talk about:
[1:03.6] Doing your research before teaching BHM concepts
[1:58.6] Keeping your intentions in mind (your Why)
[3:02.2] Release the struggle
[4:40.6] Remembering Black history is American history
[5:26.6] Support Black Businesses
You can also watch this episode for a viewing experience on the Pediatric Speech Sister Network on Youtube. You can watch the visual episode HERE: https://youtu.be/rfyVUsekXco
Read the transcript HERE: http://tinyurl.com/BHMTRANSCRIPT
You can find Black History activities on my TPT store! Shop HERE: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Pediatric-Speech-Sister-Tpt-Store
Sources:
Duncan, G. Albert (2023, December 12). Black Panther Party. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-Panther-Party
Gabrielle Douglas biography, olympic medals, records and age. (n.d.). https://olympics.com/en/athletes/gabrielle-douglas
Rosa Parks. NAACP. (2021, May 11). https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/civil-rights-leaders/rosa-parks#:~:text=In%201955%2C%20Parks%20rejected%20a,to%20board%20the%20city’s%20buses
Other Websites Mentioned:
https://www.biography.com/
https://www.history.com/
https://nmaahc.si.edu/
Instagram accounts to follow:
instagram.com/jrc_theslp, instagram.com/singingslp, instagram.com/evolvedteacher, instagram.com/blackhistory, instagram.com/africanarchives, instagram.com/blackarchives.co, instagram.com/taylorcassidyj, instagram.com/unlearnwithme.slp instagram.com/brownhistory
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Hello. Hello, everyone, and welcome back to the Pediatric Speech Sisters Show. This is an episode where we will talk about ways that we can improve our black history month treatment plan. And I just want to give you all some tips. So let's go.
Melanie Y. Evans (Host):A lot of times we struggle with creating therapy materials for just kind of like, what do I even do? And I'm guilty of this too. I jump right into just going straight to TPT, teachers pay teachers, or a boom card, but there really are some more strategies that we can consider to make sure that we're being very intentional in our treatment planning this year. Now before I even get into the tips, I just want to just say black history should be taught year round. Black history should be taught year round.
Melanie Y. Evans (Host):It should not just be for February, but I did go ahead and launch this episode in February because, hey, it's only right. So the first thing I recommend when choosing your black history month plans is to do your research. Do your research. There is a lot of times, a lot of inaccurate information taught to us in our own education experiences. And so, unfortunately, sometimes that means that we're passing down misinformation to the children that we're teaching.
Melanie Y. Evans (Host):I think that it's important to give children the full picture. And so let me just tell you, for example, Rosa Parks. Even myself growing up, I learned that Rosa Parks didn't get up because she was tired. She didn't get up from her seat for the white man because she was tired. But, no, she was actually being very intentional, and that was actually an organized protest.
Melanie Y. Evans (Host):And that's something I didn't find out until college or until later years. So I think it's very important to do your research on the stories to get the full picture. The other thing I will recommend is to keep your intention in mind. So that being says really, first of all, looking at your why, why am I doing black history month? Is it because it's just another speech therapy theme?
Melanie Y. Evans (Host):Like maybe Valentine's day is a theme or fall based treatment activities are a theme, or is it because you genuinely want to make sure you are being inclusive in your treatment plans? You genuinely want to make sure that your students are being seen and appreciated, or is it because you genuinely want to make sure that the students who are non black are actually being educated about black history? Is it because you yourself want to be more intentional about learning about black history and black culture and celebrating that? Whatever that means for you. Maybe it wasn't any of those reasons from the list, but be intentional and keep those in mind.
Melanie Y. Evans (Host):That will definitely motivate you and help you be even more excited about the different activities that you bring into your treatment room this year. Another tip that I recommend when introducing speech therapy, black history month activities is to release the struggle. So a lot of times we talk about the civil rights movement. We even talk about the Black Panther Party, which, you know, is kind of along the lines of the struggle. But, I mean, even when I think about the Black Panther party, I think about the fight.
Melanie Y. Evans (Host):You know, they were the more radical fighters in the civil rights movement. And so with that being said, I'd like for us to think about different icons or figures even in modern times. For example, Gabby Douglas would be an amazing person to bring up. People in modern time and throughout history who wrote barriers within black history and black culture. Please go to the National African American Museum for History and Culture.
Melanie Y. Evans (Host):Go to their website and learn a bit more. You can go to history.com. Biography.com is a great one. If you are in Washington DC ever, please go to the African American History Museum because that museum is jam packed with yes. When you start at the bottom level, there it starts with the struggle, but they were very strategic with how they structured that museum that when you work your way up to the very top, when you get to the 4th floor, it's all celebration.
Melanie Y. Evans (Host):Go with your notebook or your notes app on your phone and just take notes because, wow, that was it was so well done that you won't even feel the energy of the excitement and the celebration of where we are today and our contribution to American society as Americans. And that is another thing. Just remember black history, African American history is American history in general. So if you are going off of the common core standards or or whatever the standards is in your state, Be sure to incorporate black history month again, year round because it's history. So a lot of times we wanna teach about maybe the revolutionary war or, you know, just things like that that are also relevant.
Melanie Y. Evans (Host):Yes. And let's make sure that we are incorporating black history into these treatment plans because I promise you the representation will make the difference. You will create safe spaces for the black children who you are interacting with on a daily basis. The last thing that I recommend doing is support black businesses, of course. So I do, you know, want to say thank you to all my non black teachers pay teacher sellers or BoomCard sellers or just overall speech therapy activity sellers who celebrate Black History Month and create their own treatment activities.
Melanie Y. Evans (Host):Yes. At the same time, I would really love for us to step outside of the box. After this episode, please check out and support my pediatric speech sister teaches pay teachers store, and you will see Kwanzaa activities. And coming up, we'll have a black hair activity book, which I'm very excited about. And just going back to doing your research and how all of this is interwoven, check out different just black Instagrammers or black speech language pathologists who are committed to showing and shining light on black history and uplifting black history, please just do that.
Melanie Y. Evans (Host):And uplifting black history, that will really just help you get into the mindset of, okay. There's so much. Yes. It it could be overwhelming a bit. It might feel like there's a lot to learn.
Melanie Y. Evans (Host):It could even be out of your comfort zone, but exposure is the first part to learning, which is the first part to growing, which is the first part to giving back. So I hope that this episode today helped you again, please check out the show notes for some additional resources, and I will see you in the next episode. Bye fam.