The Teacher Guide for Us in Progress focuses on examining the experiences of young Latinx in the United States. Some of the characters students will read about are newly arrived immigrants, while others were born in the United States. All have their own stories to tell. In terms of literary skills, students will examine how details and dialogue develop themes and characters, compare structural and textual features and how they affect tone and meaning, and explore how different perspectives create narrative suspense.

Students will read selections from Us, In Progress: Short Stories About Young Latinos by Lulu Delacre, an award-winning author and illustrator who grew up in Puerto Rico with Argentinian parents.

Us, In Progress is particularly important given the increasing impact of Latinx culture in the United States. All Americans need to have a better, and more nuanced, view of this growing and influential population. Us, In Progress helps provide such a perspective.