Learning Guide
How do you plan to use My Name is an Address with your children, students, family, or community?
Check out this frequently updated page of videos, blogs, articles, lesson plans, and more background information. These are great resources for librarians, teachers, parents, caregivers, school counselors, and all community members!
RELATED BOOKS
My Name is an Address introduces readers to a wide range of vocabulary, topics, and themes. Identity, migration, heritage, geography, family, history, and language are just a few of the topics to explore with this text. Use these lists of books to compare and contrast related concepts in a different genre, setting, or situation.
"This book is tremendous...it's such a super combination of history, culture, & inspiration & hope. You’re a superhero Ekuwah! I’m so glad you’ve stepped out & wrote this incredible book! This is a super book for any classroom or home!"
ACTIVITY AND DISCUSSION GUIDE
Educator Chris Woods and I co-created a list of ideas to get your planning started! Also, I included sample story map templates for writers of all ages to plan their unique ABC story.
You are welcome to make changes, print copies, or republish the guide and story maps for non-commercial use as long as credit is visibly given to Ekuwah Mends Moses in the footer. For commercial use, please contact me for further details.
I’d love to hear how you imitate and innovate these ideas! If you’re able, please share with me using the hashtag #MyNameIsAnAddress or tag me on social media. I may add your examples to the extension gallery!
“The power is not in the book itself, but rather in the readers who create meaning or co-construct meaning through dialogue, develop empathy, and are inspired as change agents."
MULTIMODAL
Lesson Plans, Articles, Blogs, Picture Books, Poetry, Other Texts/Resources
By Judie Haynes (TESOL Blog)
Article by Ghana Web
Blog by Janaki Nagarajan
Videos, resources, personal stories, and more from Colorín Colorado
Teacher 2 Teacher Blog Post by Marwa Elkani
Article by Clare McLaughlin
Article by Corey Mitchell
Video and Article by Neetu Garcha
Compiled by Nawal Q. Casiano// NQCLiteracy.com
Template created by Kimiko Shibata (@ESL_fairy)
Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul
Blog by Constance Gibbs
Learning for Justice
"The more important thing is that I've always wanted to write the kind of books that could invite, as well as sustain, subsequent readings"
Toni Morrison
VIDEO GALLERY
Content related to My Name is An Address
"No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally - and often far more - worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond."
C.S. Lewis
VIDEO GALLERY of Ghana
Please preview the content of these videos before sharing with children and other people. You may want to consider sharing a short clip!
"There's always more in a book than there is time for in the classroom. Try to plant seeds, questions, that live long past the lesson."
African Proverb
"The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth"
ADULT BOOKS
I enjoy reading and learning from a wide range of books written by people of African descent, and I appreciate the opportunity to discuss the text with others. Please consider joining the Africana Studies Virtual Book Club to discuss these books (and more) with me!