The Cole Lab

Melanin Origins Black History Curriculum The Cole Lab

Melanin Origins LLC is committed to literacy and empowerment through powerful images and stories representative of diverse backgrounds and cultural pride. Our books are the perfect addition to any primary classroom for the benefit of all students.

This curriculum packet is a TEKS / Common Core focused curriculum guide which allows for seamless inclusion of Melanin Origins LLC learning materials with Grade One readers. This guide includes TEKS/STAAR based lesson plans that cover reading, writing, word study, and social studies TEKS for Grade One. These lessons cover the cognitive strategies spectrum for comprehension.

These materials are perfect for use any time of year as they focus on topics relevant to all students at all times, and the added benefit is that these materials provide diverse and culturally responsive images and topics for students. Hearing these stories and studying these historical figures will provide students the opportunity to see possibility in all people especially themselves while also helping them understand the basics of literacy and social studies.

Additionally, this curriculum is designed to be used in part or in full based on the demands/needs of each individual classroom. There are daily lesson plans for each of the six books that can be used interchangeably.