In The Great Rhyme Travel Machine Presents: African American Heroes, the Playbook® featured in this month's exercise, sixth grade student Kelly decides to run for class president, but she is discouraged when she learns there has never been a United States president with her skin color, or even one who was female for that matter! With some help from her friends and a couple of surprise time-travelers, Shirley Chisholm and George Washington Carver, Kelly finds the motivation to follow through with her campaign and strives to become a great leader for her school! Story characters and synopsis are shown below.

This month's exercise provides relevant passages from The Great Rhyme Travel Machine Presents: African American Heroes, along with a classroom debate activity that explains the concept in terms students can understand. For example, students are instructed to take positions on issues such as whether cell phones should be allowed at school or whether children should be allowed to have televisions in their bedrooms. Students are given the opportunity to debate, speak in support of their positions, and even vote for a winner. Follow the link below to get this month's activity!