Breaking News: #BringBackOurGirls

On May 8, 2014, along with the rest of the world, my 4th graders stood in solidarity. We discussed the sad news of the kidnapping of 234 Nigerian girls from their school. My girls had heard some of the news but were not clear of all the details. Upon hearing that these girls were kidnapped because others believed that they should not be educated and even to think otherwise was sinful, my girls shed tears, got angry, and grew curious and even more thankful for the opportunity to grow smarter everyday. To show our support of #BringBackOurGirls, we spent this morning researching the news and growing our background knowledge so that we can speak out against this injustice. We watched the following videos and wrote encouraging notes. We also wore red shirts and ribbons on our wrist to show that we #StandInSolidarity #Sisterhood