Presentation: Illinois Reading Council Conference 2024

Accurate Agriculture, Powerful Stories, Diverse Voices

Join IL Ag in the Classroom and Illinois author Janice Harrington as they explore the value of teaching students about food and agriculture through literature while also celebrating the impressive and important diversity that allows us to get food on our tables every day.

 

presented by: Kevin Daugherty and Janice N. Harrington

Presentation Handouts:

Rooting For Plants Resource Sheet
Buzzing With Questions Resource Sheet
Accurate Agriculture, Powerful Stories, Diverse Voices Book Recommendations

Lessons and Activities:

Build a Bee Hotel
Garden in a Glove
Tops and Bottoms
My Little Seed House
Wheat Milling
Beanie Baby
Desktop Greenhouse
Agrotourism

Other Resources:

IAITC Ag Mags
IAITC Jr. Ag Mags
IAITC Facts For Little Readers
IAITC Farm Bites
IAITC Foreign Language Texts

Presentation

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