If a visit is not possible, try to arrange a Skype visit instead, students can still get a sense of the occupation and the role of the shop in the community through an interview conducted online. Make sure to allow for time for students to observe the comings and goings of the shop and to listen to the conversations that occur there. Students should develop a set of interview questions prior to your visit. If possible, arrange to visit a local shop and to interview the proprietor and/or the barbers or hairsylists who work there. After reading Crown, ask your students to identify the barbershops and hair salons in their community. Encourage students to add to the book over the course of the year as they get new haircuts and have new experiences to describe.īarbershops / Hair Salons in Your Community. Bind students’ writing and drawing together to create a class book that can be revisited over the course of the school year. Share the stories aloud, noting similarities and differences in your students’ experiences. This oral exploration can serve as rehearsal for writing and illustrating their story. Invite your students to pair share their haircut stories. The experience of a haircut is one to which most children in your classroom will readily relate. Oral Storytelling: Sharing Haircut Experiences. Teaching Ideas: Invitations for Your Classroom Sure to be a hit in your classroom, this book just begs to be read aloud! James’s engrossing oil paintings depict the barbershop, the styles, and the fanciful possibilities engendered by the fresh cut: “Who knows? You might just smash that geography exam tomorrow and rearrange the entire principal’s honor roll.” Broad brush strokes and vivid colors invite long gazes. That’s the you that you love the most… that’s the gold medal you.” Gordon C. Text and illustration work in perfect concert, exuding swagger and joy as our protagonist describes what it feels like to get that perfect cut: “When you see the cut yourself, in that handheld mirror…. Barnes pays tribute to a unique cultural institution – the black barbershop and the role this setting can play in the life of a young black boy. But when my man is done with you, they’ll want to post you up in a museum!” What could cause this kind of transformation? Nothing but a “fresh cut.” In a picture book ode that celebrates so much more than hairstyle, Derrick D. “You came in as a lump of clay, a blank, canvas, a slab of marble. Published in 2017 by Bolden, Agate PublishingĪ 2018 Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction Recommended Title
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