Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry Educator Guide

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor is one of the greatest classic texts for young readers. The purpose of this educator’s guide is to support students as scholars, researchers, and, as educator Ernest Morell states, “producers and consumers of knowledge.” This guide engages young readers as knowledge-holders and supports their thinking about the book and the world. Educators and caregivers are encouraged to guide students in discourse and collective meaning-making that supports them in developing a deepened understanding of the systemic racism of the past and how it thrives in the present. It is through such reading and discourse that students can develop the tools they’ll need to become agents of change who work to disrupt oppression in all of its forms.