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Examples of FAIR-aligned Books
Grades K-3
- Families, Families, Families by Suzanne Lang
- Can I Play Too? by Mo Willems
- And Tango Makes Three by Peter Parnell
- The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage by Selina Alko
Grades 4-6
- Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh
- Tommy McKnight and the Great Election by Danny Kravitz
- Sylvia & Aki by Winifred Conkling
- We Were There, Too!
Disability History Week
October 9-13, 2017
SCUSD is proud to be honoring and celebrating Disability History Week.
Disability History Week is about educating youth with and without disabilities on the many contributions people with disabilities have made throughout American History.
Sign the Pledge Card
During Disability History Week we ask that you sign our pledge to respect each person’s identity and promote the inclusion of people of all abilities.
Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful Education Act (FAIR)
The FAIR Education Act (also known as Senate Bill 48) was signed into law in 2011. It requires that California public schools provide Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful representations of our diverse ethnic and cultural population in the K-12 grade history and social studies curriculum.
According to the FAIR Education Act, instruction in history/ social science shall include the following ethnic and cultural populations in the teaching California and United States history:
FAIR and the Law
, written by Senator Mark Leno, went into effect January 1, 2012. The FAIR Act amends Education Code to ensure that the contributions and roles of underrepresented racial, ethnic, and cultural populations are included in Grades 1-12 United States and California History lessons, classes, and curricular materials.