Resources for educators

Bring project Happyvism to your classroom or learning space with lesson plans, read alouds, and more.

 

Happyvism read aloud

Hear a read aloud of Happyvism with authors Ryan Parker and Justis Lopez. Embedded throughout the video are opportunities for pause and reflection questions to engage readers and more.

 
 

Lesson plans

 

Lesson title: What makes you happy?

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Goals:

Learners will be able to:

  • Describe 3 personal characteristics and physical attributes that they love most about themselves. 

  • Use 3 context clues to analyze visual art and draw conclusions about the author’s message of a text. 

  • Collaboratively create a Joy anthem that positively celebrates identity (racial/cultural/linguistic/gender expression/orientation/mental & physical ability)  through music, metacognition, and social/emotional expression. 

Lesson title: Coming soon

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Goals:

Coming soon.

Lesson title: Coming soon

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Goals:

Coming soon.

Follow our journey

 
Meet the #Happyvism team! Ryan Parker Co-Song Artist Co-Book Author Ryan Parker's mission is to disrupt oppressive legacy embedded in educational spaces and to influence and empower educators and youth to also engage in the disruption. Parker&rs
Meet the #Happyvism team! Justis Lopez Co-Song Artist Co-Book Author Justis Lopez is an educator, DJ, poet, activist, son, and brother raised in Manchester, CT. He is the founder & Chief Enthusiasm Officer (CEO) of Just Experience LLC, a sta
Meet the #Happyvism team! Dr. Melissa Sue-John Publisher Dr. Sue -John is and educator, professor, and chief executive officer of Lauren Simone Publishing (LSP) House. @laurensimonepubs was founded in 2016, and is a publishing company in Hartford