Free Resources
Informed by experts and extensive research, these free resources from First Book's Accelerator™ save you time and offer actionable steps you can take today to support the kids and teens in your community.
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Informed by experts and extensive research, these free resources from First Book's Accelerator™ save you time and offer actionable steps you can take today to support the kids and teens in your community.
Featured Free Resource
Featured Free Resource
Student Changemaker Action Journal
Check out the latest Time for Change resource! The Changemaker Action Journal will inspire middle and high school students to reflect on issues they notice in their communities and take action to address them. The accompanying educator guide has introductory activities and suggestions for using the journal in your classroom or program.




Student Changemaker Action Journal
Check out the latest Time for Change resource! The Changemaker Action Journal will inspire middle and high school students to reflect on issues they notice in their communities and take action to address them. The accompanying educator guide has introductory activities and suggestions for using the journal in your classroom or program.




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Toolkits & Guides to Support Your Work
Toolkits & Guides to
Support Your Work
STEM Defines Our Future
Through engaging videos, lessons, and tips and tricks from First Book educators, this initiative guides you in helping students find connections between what they're learning now and future STEM careers, with a particular focus on critical thinking skills and habits and soft skills like communication and creativity.




STEM Defines Our Future
Through engaging videos, lessons, and tips and tricks from First Book educators, this initiative guides you in helping students find connections between what they're learning now and future STEM careers, with a particular focus on critical thinking skills and habits and soft skills like communication and creativity.




2024 – 2025 School Year Calendar: Celebrating Diversity
and Inclusion in STEM
This year's STEM-themed school calendar celebrates the scientists and inventors whose contributions have changed our world for the better. Themed months, religious observances, and dates with cultural or historical significance are also included.


2024 – 2025
School Year Calendar:
Celebrating Diversity and
Inclusion in STEM
This year's STEM-themed school calendar celebrates the scientists and inventors whose contributions have changed our world for the better. Themed months, religious observances, and dates with cultural or historical significance are also included.


Taking Care: An Educator Guide to Healthy Habits for
Student Emotional Wellness
Developed in response to First Book educators' concerns about the mental health challenges faced by students, this guide contains best practices and activities to optimize mental fitness and emotional resilience and decrease stress and anxiety.


Taking Care: An Educator
Guide to Healthy Habits for
Student Emotional Wellness
Developed in response to First Book educators' concerns about the mental health challenges faced by students, this guide contains best practices and activities to optimize mental fitness and emotional resilience and decrease stress and anxiety.


Human Impact: Saving Today’s Dinosaurs
Learn the many ways human behavior has changed the Earth, including its species and ecosystems. Includes an overview plus activities that encourage students to consider the complexity of human activity and practice proposing and evaluating options for reducing harm.


Human Impact:
Saving Today’s Dinosaurs
Learn the many ways human behavior has changed the Earth, including its species and ecosystems. Includes an overview plus activities that encourage students to consider the complexity of human activity and practice proposing and evaluating options for reducing harm.


Literacy Rich Classroom Library Checklist: An Assessment
Tool for Equity
Developed in partnership with literacy researcher Susan Neuman, this resource highlights the elements that make up a literacy rich classroom environment. Assess your classroom library and advocate for the resources you need to create an equitable environment.


Literacy Rich Classroom Library
Checklist: An Assessment
Tool for Equity
Developed in partnership with literacy researcher Susan Neuman, this resource highlights the elements that make up a literacy rich classroom environment. Assess your classroom library and advocate for the resources you need to create an equitable environment.

