SuitabookRaise Your Hand
Alice Paul Tapper
- Reading
- Read it together and pause after Alice notices the pattern, after the troop discusses it, and after the pledge idea develops. Invite quieter alternatives to answering aloud, without requiring a child to perform confidence.
- Themes
- Child-led civic action: Alice notices a classroom pattern, consults her Girl Scout troop and adults, and helps develop a pledge and patch programme that spreads beyond her troop. The book presents this favourably.
- Gender and classroom voice: Girls are described as keeping their hands down more often than boys because they fear being wrong, prompting Alice’s response. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Notice whether the book treats raising a hand as one possible form of participation or as the main measure of confidence. Children may also discuss who gets heard and what support different pupils need.