Teach Twice

In order to create the children’s books that will be used as an educational tool for children within the immigrant population in Nashville, Teach Twice must complete multiple steps. Teach Twice has already partnered with two developing countries, those being Haiti and Uganda. While these countries will be the ones represented in the first two Teach Twice books, other partnerships will be made with countries specifically related to the Nashville immigrant population. The books will contain three to five narratives, written and illustrated by members of the community within the given country. Authors and their communities will be empowered through expression and the profits from their work, while readers will learn about different cultures. The stories will then be published in the United States and sold to parents in the global marketplace. In Nashville, books specific to certain immigrant groups will be provided to families in order to teach their children about the country and culture from which they came. Additionally, these books will be an asset to elementary schools in Nashville, seeing as they can add to a child’s educational experience and help them become more culturally aware. In addition, all profits from the books will be cycled back into the country from which the book originated, aiming to improve education for the children in these areas. Therefore, the cycle of learning that Teach Twice hopes to ignite will not only benefit Nashville children and immigrants, but will simultaneously help advance education in the developing world.