Rainbow Library Curriculum: 2nd Grade - 3rd Grade

GLSEN’s Rainbow Library English and Spanish lesson plans support educators to use Rainbow Library books in their instruction. Aligned to Common Core ELA Standards, Learning for Justice Social Justice Standards, and National Council for the Social Studies C3 Social Studies Standards, the lessons can be taught across a range of subjects (such as reading, humanities/social studies, or SEL), and connect to a variety of units and topics. 

Six of the included lessons are in English, and two are in Spanish. Each of the Spanish lesson plans has an English lesson counterpart, facilitating usage in bilingual/multilingual classrooms.

Additionally, each lesson has recommended accommodations and modifications, as well as other grades listed that the lesson can be adapted for.

To purchase packs of the companion student workbook for this curriculum, click here. To purchase Rainbow Library curricula for other grade ranges, click here.

Second Grade Lessons Included:

• Sharice’s Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman - Character Traits

• Text Authors - Sharice Davids & Nancy K. Mays

• When Aidan Became a Brother - Key Details (lesson in English)

• Text Author - Kyle Lukoff

• Cómo Aidan llegó a ser un hermano - Detalles Clave (lección en español)

• Autor del texto - Kyle Lukoff

Third Grade Lessons Included:

• When We Love Someone, We Sing to Them / Cuando Amamos Cantamos - Central Message (lesson in English)

• Text Author - Ernesto Javier Martínez

• When We Love Someone, We Sing to Them / Cuando Amamos Cantamos - Mensaje Central (lección en español)

• Autor del texto - Ernesto Javier Martínez

• A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington - Lesson 1 - Key Details & Main Idea

• Text Authors - Rob Sanders and Carole Boston Weatherford

• A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington - Lesson 2 - Sequence & Cause/Effect

• Text Authors - Rob Sanders and Carole Boston Weatherford

• If You're a Kid Like Gavin - Uncovering Word Meanings

• Text Authors - Gavin Grimm and Kyle Lukoff