A review by jaelyn7
Unearthing Joy: A Guide to Culturally and Historically Responsive Teaching and Learning by Gholdy Muhammad

Did not finish book. Stopped at 39%.

 I may circle back to Unearthing Joy in the future, but I found myself heavily skimming the pages I read, and I lacked motivation to continue. Joy is something I am certain a majority of people who go into teaching want their students to experience. However, our joy-sucking school system makes that easier believed than done. I was expecting this book to center the pursuit of joy exclusively. What I felt like I was getting was a repeat of Cultivating Genius with more mindfulness activities thrown in (color this page, listen to this playlist, etc.). The message was, if you follow the other 4 pursuits, you will increase joy. To some extent, there is some interconnectedness there, but then why write a whole new book about it? I would recommend Unearthing Joy to someone who is familiar with the framework and has not yet read Cultivating Genius.