Projects
Story Starters Curriculum & Professional Development
Archaa worked closely with the Story Starters team to rewrite their parent curriculum that teaches parents, especially White parents, how to talk to their young children about race. Drawing on expertly curated picture books as conversation starters, this deeply researched family curriculum brings anti-racist practices into the home. Archaa further extended this collaboration by adapting this curriculum for an educator professional development series.
Bravo Anjali! Curriculum Guide
This curriculum guide helps children dive deep into stereotypes, roles and assumptions around gender in the accessible context of the second picture book in the Anjali series.
Lowriders in Space Series Curriculum Guide
This guide compliments this masterful comic series, which weaves in themes of Chicanx culture, immigration, indigenous Aztez culture, and more. The guide helps readers contextualize these rich topics while using Common Core Standards to deepen their understanding of the text.
Rea and the Blood of the Nectar Curriculum Guide
Aligned with Common Core standards, this guide breaks down plot development while also contextualizing the cultural inspirations of this fantasy middle grade novel by South Asian author Payal Doshi.
Finding Om Curriculum Guide
Based on the book Finding Om, this curriculum guide unpacks themes of cultural appreciation versus appropriation and teaches meditation in a kid-friendly way. Co-created by Archaa for Mango & Marigold Press, an Own Voices South Asian publisher.