Throughout the year as a business Command Performance is actively working to include new titles by new voices, not just one month a year.   That is reflected in our broadening selection of comprehensible readers (featured below).  We've included here more resources for teachers to dive deeper into Black History Month, but encourage all teachers to use these resources and books to weave Afro-Latino and Afro-Franco culture, history and representation into lessons year-round.   

One way to support Black History Month is financially.  Dollars spent in your local black community work to build the financial power of that community.  Money spent at local bookstores, local restaurants, local printers or local graphic designers is an important way to consciously re-direct wealth.  If you know of an author or content-creator we should be amplifying, let us know and we'll add them to this blog.

This year Command Performance will continue to seek out black-owned businesses, Latino-owned businesses, Women-owned businesses, LGBTQ owned businesses and environmentally conscious and sustainable businesses to collaborate with and patronize as we also continuously build our diverse selection of readers.   Dollars you spent with Command Performance are re-invested in finding and promoting new authors.  We are always looking for strong writers and a diverse array of perspectives.

Check out all of these Afro-Latino and Afro-Franco Comprehension-Based readers, resources and amazing webinars!  Find something you like?  Share the blog on your social media and help us amplify these great resources.

 One-page first-person biographies of 100 historical figures from France, Syrie, Pologne, Nouvelle-Calédonie, Louisiane, Belgique, Sénégal, Les Seychelles,  Mauritanie, Algérie, Tchad, Togo, 

Guadeloupe, Guyane, Île Maurice, Djibouti, Mayotte, Burkina Faso, Tunisie, Niger, 

Canada, Pondichéry, Suisse, Gabon, Monaco, Saint-Domingue, le Maroc, République du Congo, le Maroc, Autriche, Rwanda, Mali, Tchad, Cambodge, Polynésie Française and les États Unis.

Other French biographies and stories with Afro-franco main characters and heroes:

Benjamin Tinsley, Incorporating AfroFranco Culture in the French Classroom from Level 1, 

Abdel Khila and Dahiana Castro Francophone Products & Practices through CI : Le caftan marocain

Carla Tarini Teaching Qui Parle Francais?, with demo by Daniel Kline Dubois and Sabrina Sebban

On Aime La Musique - Thematic Unit with Benjamin Tinsley $24.99 On Aime La Musique is an acquisition-based thematic unit that centers the cultural practices and products of Black and Brown people in the Francophone world. This collection of comprehensible story scripts and authentic sources will empower French teachers of all levels to foster linguistic proficiency growth while uplifting the voices of the Global Majority. Includes: Story & Map Talk Scripts Authentic videos & texts Proficiency-Based Assessment Tools