Unearthing Joy: A Guide to Culturally and Historically Responsive Curriculum and Instruction

"Unearthing Joy: Cultivating Genius for All Students is a groundbreaking book that adds a fifth pursuit - joy - to Dr.

Gholdy Muhammad's previously identified framework of identity, skills, intellect, and criticality.

This book provides practical examples and applications of the framework, including suggested texts, questions for reflection, and sample lesson plans.

It emphasizes the importance of school and district stakeholders undertaking this work in community with one another.

The author offers historical context for her framework, relying on the literary and educational practices of Black ancestors.

The book is firmly grounded in the need for genius, justice, and joy in education, but is also an example of what that can look like; woven throughout are poems, artwork, coloring pages, and curated playlists that encourage joy, creativity, and deep reflection.

While Dr.

Muhammad provides some discussion of her previous work, this book is recommended for readers to begin with Cultivating Genius.

This text refers to the paperback edition." Please note that I have only provided a summary of the given context text, and not the entire book.