Curriculum for "The Rock in My Throat" by Kao Kalia Yang
- zapoura
- Aug 17
- 2 min read
A NOTE FROM ZAPOURA ABOUT THE BOOK
In this autobiographical book, the author shares her experience as an elementary school student with selective mutism. Anxiety around navigating cultural and language differences in the U.S. and the often xenophobic behaviors she and her family experience stop her from speaking at school but not at home. Loving family, a keen sense of curiosity, a strong affinity for the natural world, and hope for future connection keep Kalia going even in the face of incredibly difficult obstacles.
This book will start conversations about being a refugee, what xenophobia looks like, how anxiety feels in the body, and why offering friendship can mean the world.
BOOK THEMES
SELECTIVE MUTISM, HMONG IDENTITY, SCHOOL, ANXIETY, REFUGEE EXPERIENCE, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP
ABOUT STORYSEED SOCIAL JUSTICE CURRICULUM
Our curriculum and ongoing practices are rooted in emergent strategy: “the way complex systems and patterns arise out of a multiplicity of relatively simple interactions.” The interactions we have with books, among reading partners, inside classrooms, and within reading communities are relatively simple. What is cultivated from those interactions is something much more complex – lifelong, daily abolitionist, decolonizing, heart/body-centered, and anti-racist practices. These include learning how to make the ground more fertile for ongoing identity, healing, discussion, action, and imagination practices in ourselves and with each other.
Each curriculum includes section summaries, discussion questions, additional learning resources, and a list of books to read next.
THE ROCK IN MY THROAT CURRICULUM SNEAK PEEK
This is a literal snapshot of the curriculum or this book. I hope it gives you a little taste and leaves you wanting more!
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