🐝 Latest Hive Stories released August 2025 ✨
Discover what’s buzzing in our hive! Here’s a sneak peek at the newest Empower Hive stories in our latest content release! Each one highlights powerful cultural themes in Black history, STEM, literacy, or wellness with grade-level adaptations and vibrant lessons to uplift, inform, and inspire.
📘 Grandma’s Kitchen Smells Like Love 🔒 Members-Only Lesson
Literacy • Grades K–2
In this warm and flavorful lesson, early learners explore the sights, sounds, and smells of a Black family’s kitchen through a story that highlights cultural food traditions.
📚 Why Reading Was Dangerous 🔒 Members-Only Lesson
Literacy • Grades 3–5
This lesson introduces young readers to the hidden history of why reading was once denied to Black people.
🧠 The Visit: The Lies They Told 🔒 Members-Only Lesson
History • Grades 6–8
This lesson explores how the system separated Black families.
⚖️ The Truth Behind the Welfare Queen: Part I 🔒 Members-Only Lesson
History • Grades 9–12
This lesson exposes the truth behind the ‘Welfare Queen’ stereotype used to shame Black mothers and gut social programs.
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