BOOTH, Tom
93 Articles
Last 30 days
Last 6 months
Last 12 months
Last 24 months
Specific Dates
From:
To:
TPiB: Soldering with teens: just like hot glue, but metal
Before I did it, soldering seemed like some kind of Super Advanced Tech Stuff that was way out of my league for teen programming. The only soldering I’d done was using a wide tipped soldering iron in stained glass work which, a friend observed, was more like using a bulldozer than the garden trowel required […]
The Intersection of #Ownvoices, Genre Fiction, and Empathy: Guest post by Shaila Patel
In a recent ruling by a Virginia court, five teens (described as two whites and three minorities) were sentenced to read one book a month for an entire year as punishment for defacing a historic black schoolhouse with racist and anti-Semitic graffiti. The books assigned were mostly works of literary fiction with diverse characters and/or racial […]
What Today's Teens Have To Say About George Orwell's '1984'
With "alternative facts" in the headlines, high schoolers connect with George Orwell's classic novel and protagonist Winston Smith's world of "Newspeak" and "doublethink."
TPiB: 3 cheap and easy after school programs
I’m always looking for small program ideas that don’t take a lot of planning time, are inexpensive, are flexible, and appeal widely. Here are three to try. Sci-Fi Stitches – or – Embroidered notecards You can be silly or serious with this one. I did both and both were fun. For the “sci-fi stitches” I […]
“Nevertheless, She Persisted” A Take 5 List, plus 1
Last night, Senator Elizabeth Warren was warned, then given an explanation, but nevertheless, she persisted in reading the words of another woman who was warned, given an explanation, and persisted: Coretta Scott King. In honor and in recognition of these and other women who, despite warning and explanation, persist in their efforts, we offer you this […]
Sunday Reflections: Greater words than ours
This week, TLT is taking a break from its usual Sunday Reflections. Instead of reading our words, please take a moment reading or listening to words from The Honorable John Lewis’s long career. Here is his “Speech at the March on Washington” from August 28, 1963 when he was 23 years old. You can view the speech […]
Sassy is gone forever, but lucky you, there’s Teen Vogue
Women of a certain age are still lamenting the early demise of Sassy magazine. To those of you who are nodding your heads right now, I implore you: give Teen Vogue a chance, and while you’re at it, gift a subscription to a young woman in your life. While Sassy was pivotal… Helmed by Jane Pratt, Sassy provided a marked […]
Screening The 13th: Questions to ask yourself #SJYALit
I recently heard about how “video visits” were growing in popularity with prisons. As the details unfolded, my initial impression of interest (“Oh that’s nice – families could maybe see their incarcerated loved ones more often or from greater distances.”) turned to revulsion. The strategy is being used largely by local jails as a way to […]
ALREADY A SUBSCRIBER? LOG IN
We are currently offering this content for free. Sign up now to activate your personal profile, where you can save articles for future viewing
ALREADY A SUBSCRIBER? LOG IN
Thank you for visiting.
We’ve noticed you are using a private browser. To continue, please log in or create an account.
