{"product_id":"nkhosana-and-the-dinosaurs-use-the-wonder-of-dinosaurs-and-african-history-to-teach-critical-thinking-reading-and-stem-to-kids-k-1-9798987766705","title":"Nkhosana and the Dinosaurs: Use The Wonder Of Dinosaurs and African History To Teach Critical Thinking, Reading, and STEM to Kids K-1!","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jen Finelli | Nathan Ssagala\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Becoming Hero Comics\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Becoming Hero Comics\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Animals - Dinosaurs \u0026amp; Prehistoric Creatures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"What is respect?\" the boy asked his father.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne day, new people came. They did not talk Khossa like the boy. They did not click their tongues like the boy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey talked Bantu.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBased on the true story of the Bantu migration with a fun dino-fantasy element thrown in, \u003cem\u003eNkhosana and The Dinosaurs\u003c\/em\u003e introduces kids to the skill of separating fact from fiction--while exploring respect, African History, and junior paleontology.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost adults today don't learn the importance of primary sources--or even how to ask for them--until college, if they learn that skill at all. Many never learn to question what they see. \u003cstrong\u003eAnd in a world of AI fakes and commercialized \"troll\" news, it's more important than ever that kids learn how to think critically from an early age.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd it's actually \u003cem\u003enot that hard \u003c\/em\u003eto make that skill fun!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNkhosana and the Dinosaurs begins with a little picture book about a kid in ancient Khossa Africa whose father walks with dinosaurs--and then, through a series of activities and lectures, kids learn to identify what about this fictional story could be true, and what would have to be false. \u003c\/strong\u003eDid you know scientists argued about stegosaurus' spine? Do you know the story behind the original \"velociraptors had feathers\" paper? And what \u003cem\u003ereally \u003c\/em\u003ehappened to the Khoi-san peoples when the ancient Bantu migrated to their lands?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInstead of telling children what to believe, the textbook teaches kids how to look for truths, \u003c\/strong\u003e with stories and activities about how scientists debate with each other and explore the world. This story is meant to be fun to read aloud to kids, but also \u003cstrong\u003edoubles as a full Common-Core, NGSS-standards-ready textbook\u003c\/strong\u003e with math, science, reading, fact-checking \"fossil digs\", and peer-interaction activities. See something odd, like dinosaurs with people, or featherless velociraptors? That's on purpose! We're going to practice debate and fact-checking in a way many kids never learn until too late. \u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for homeschoolers and public classrooms alike, \u003c\/strong\u003eadditional readings are provided for teachers who want to dig deeper, with citations to scientific papers for reference. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDrawn By A Bantu Descendant; Written By A Historian Who Graduated From The US' Top-Ranked Program\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWriter Jen Finelli \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eis a physician and graduate of the Corcoran Department of History at UVA, currently working to bring medicines to indigenous people with Becoming Hero in Paraguay.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eArtist Nathan S. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eis a proud Ugandan designer whose creations have landed him gigs with companies as prominent as Pepsi. Most Ugandans speak languages that descended from Bantu and Khoi-san tongues.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDid You Know...?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Nkhosana's (the boy's) story about walking with the dinosaurs is fictional, the story of the Khoi-san and the Bantu is based on a true story!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Khoi-san people lived in Africa thousands of years ago, before the ancestors of most modern African languages, the Bantu, arrived. For many years, historians who studied Africa thought the agriculturalist Bantu conquered the Khoi-san. 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