Keeping Culture Alive in the Bronx 6-Pack

Many people from the Dominican Republic have immigrated to the United States. The Dominican community in the Bronx loves to celebrate their family, heritage, and culture! This 6-Pack of nonfiction text cards is part of Culturally Authentic and Responsive Texts, a collection curated by Dr. Sharroky Hollie. Each text in this collection builds literacy while engaging seventh grade students in meaningful cultural connections.

Keeping Culture Alive in the Bronx explores how life events shape people as they grow up. This engaging nonfiction text allows students to see their lives reflected in the materials they are studying, while the accompanying lesson and activities help strengthen literacy skills.

• Focuses on themes and concepts culminating from previous units
• Asks students to reflect on the cultural traditions their families celebrate
• Improves content-area literacy and vocabulary by defining unfamiliar words
• Includes discussion questions, a writing prompt, and a creative activity

This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a content-area focused lesson plan.