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SANKOFA is a contemporary literacy resource for all students in Grades 4 to 8.
Multi-Genre Anthologies:
- Each book is written by an author of African descent.
- The introductory spread features an essential question to introduce the theme and topic of the book to students.
- Each book includes a variety of genres, including primary documents reader’s theatre, biographies, essays, fiction, and poetry.
- Each book features both historical and contemporary content, identifying past and present views of the African Canadian experience.
- A variety of communities will be featured across the three books in each grade.
Each Title:
- Provides motivation for literacy success
- Features differentiated instruction
- Features topics that have students’ interests in mind
- Supports curriculum expectations and features crosscurricular connections for use throughout the
school year
- Features both urban and rural settings
- Features Canadian perspectives and leaders
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