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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Board of Directors
    • Welcome New Board Members
    • Herstory
    • Media Buzz
    • Solidarity Statements >
      • Solidarity
      • We Stand With Teachers of Puerto Rico
      • Youth Activism to End Gun Violence
      • Restorative Justice
      • LGBTQ+
      • MRH Resolution on Equity
      • Free Minds Free People
      • Rethinking Schools
      • Media
    • Contact Us
  • Current ESJ Events
    • School to Prison Pipeline
    • Housing Workshop
    • Housing Panel >
      • Housing In the Media
      • Housing Panel Panelists
    • Calendar
  • Get Involved
    • Donate
    • Racial Equity Curriculum Partnership
    • #Break the School to Prison Pipeline
    • Systems Thinking
    • Podcast >
      • Podcast Episodes
    • Educator Grant
    • Book Club
    • Speaker Series
    • Inquiry to Action Groups (ItAGs)
    • Join a Standing Committee >
      • Communications Committee
      • Finance Committee
  • Resources
    • Lesson Plans
    • Teaching to Disrupt White Supremacy
    • Children's Literature >
      • Peace Studies
    • Writing for & by Educators
    • Developing your Social Justice Education Library >
      • Restorative Justice Children's Books
    • Connecting with Social Justice Organizations
    • Academic Journals
    • Institutes, Think Tanks & Research Centers
  • Forums
  • practice slideshow

Resources on Teaching to Disrupt White Supremacy

  • For All Educators (not age-level specific)
  • The St. Louis Anti-Racist Collective: On Showing Up, Staying in Our Lane, and Doing the Work that is Ours: 8 Guideposts for White People Supporting Black Lives Matter (see PDF below)
  • Rethinking Schools Editors' Editorial Black Lives Matter: Building the School to Justice Pipeline
  • Guidelines for Discussing Difficult or Controversial Topics, by Center for Research on Teaching & Learning
  • Civil Discourse in the Classrooms, by Teaching Tolerance
  • The Differences between Dialogue and Debate
  • Diversity Activities for Youth and Adults, by PennState Extention
  • Diversity Discussion Starters: A Collection of Ice Breakers Designed to Start Conversations about Race
  • "A Talk to Teachers" by James Baldwin
  • Seven Ways that Teachers can Respond to the Evils of Charlottesville, Starting Now, by Xian Granzinger Barrett
  • The Charlottesville Syllabus, UVA Graduate Coalition
  • The First Thing Teachers should do when School Starts is Talk about Hatred in America. Here’s Help. By Valerie Strauss
  • ShareMyLesson.com Curriculum and Resources for Discussing Charlottesville in the classroom, American Federation of Teachers
  • Resources for Educators to Use in the Wake of Charlottesville, Anya Kamenetz/ NPR
  • There is No Apolitical Classroom: Resources for Teaching in these Times, National Council of Teachers of English
  • Charlottesville Syllabus: Readings on the History of Hate in America, Catherine Halley
  • If You Think Racism is Too Political For Your Classroom, Think About What Your Silence Says, Sonja Cherry-Paul
  • Responding to Hate and Bias in School from Teaching Tolerance
For Elementary Educators
  • Teaching Tolerance Anti-Bias Framework (PDF below)
  • Teaching Current Events and Media Literacy: Critical Thinking, Effective Communication and Active Citizenship, by Karon LeCompte, Brooke Blevins and Brandi Ray, Social Studies & the Young Learner
  • Addressing Current Events in Age-Appropriate Ways: Learning about the Confederate Flag Controversy, Jeannette D. Alarcón, Pratigya Marhatt, and Emily Price, Social Studies & the Young Learner
  • Join the CRESST Facebook group! (Critical Resources for Elementary Social Studies Teachers)

For Middle/High School Educators
  • Police Brutality Action Kit, created by Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) (PDF below)
  • Discussing the NAACP Travel Advisory for the State of Missouri, National Council of Teachers of English
  • Taking Race, by Teaching Tolerance

For Families
  • How to Talk to your Kids about the Violence in Charlottesville, by Sonali Kohli, LA Times
  • The Dos and Dont’s of Talking to Kids of Color about White Supremacy, Hilary Beard, Colorlines
  • What Charlottesville Means for Our Black Family, by Lori Taliaferro Riddick
  • White Supremacists Still Exist. Here’s What White Parents Can Do About It, Caroline Bologna

Children’s Book Lists
  • How to Talk to your Kids about Charlottesville, Maria Russo, NYTimes
  • Children’s Books: A Resource for Talking About Race with Young Children, Raising Race Conscious Children
  • Knowing Our History to Build a Brighter Future: Books to Help Kids Understand the Fight for Racial Equality, by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
  • 40+ Children’s Books about Human Rights & Social Justice by Monisha Bajaj

Taking Action/ Organizing
  • things you can do, re: Charlottesville (ongoing google doc)
  • Responding to Charlottesville (ongoing google doc)
  • Charlottesville Organizers Ask you to Take These 8 Actions, Solidarity CVille
  • Ten Ways to Fight Hate: A Community Response Guide, Southern Poverty Law Center
  • Speak Up: Responding to Everyday Bigotry from the Southern Poverty Law Center
  • So You Want to Fight White Supremacy, The Establishment
  • Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes Will Likely Increase.  Here’s How Not To Be A Bystander by Kelly Walters
    • Video tutorial from Buzzfeed
  • How to Intervene in a Racist Attack by Akshat Rathi

On White Accountability
  • Teaching While White: Where Whiteness Intersects with Antiracist Teaching and Learning
  • The St. Louis Anti-Racist Collective: On Showing Up, Staying in Our Lane, and Doing the Work that is Ours: 8 Guideposts for White People Supporting Black Lives Matter (see PDF below)
  • How White People Must Respond to The Disgusting, Pathetic #UniteTheRight Rally in Charlottesville, by Jamie Utt
  • What we Need White Allies to Do about the White Supremacists in Virginia, Lara Witt
  • I Am Charlottesville, Jenna Chandler-Ward, Teaching While White Blog
  • 70+ Race Resources for White People, Leslie Verner
  • Towards the ‘Other America,’ Anti Racist Resources for White People Taking Action for Black Lives Matter, by Chris Crass (e-book)
  • Ten Things Every White Teacher Should Know When Talking About Race, Angela Watson
  • White People: Stop Weaponizing Our Emotions to Avoid Your Racism, Shannon Barber
  • A boy told his teacher she can't understand him because she's white. Her response is on point.www.upworthy.com/a-boy-told-his-teacher-she-cant-understand-him-because-shes-white-her-response-is-on-point-2?g=2, by Wagatwe Wanjuki

Self-Care Resources
  • 4 Self-Care Tips for People of Color after Charlottesville, Lara Witt
  • 4 Self-Care Resources for Days When the World is Terrible by Miriam Zoila Perez
  • Self-Care for People of Color After Psychological Trauma, Just Jasmine
  • Resisting White Supremacy Can’t Happen Without Self-Care, Ebonye Gussine Wilkins
  • Here's what those of us still grieving the election of Donald Trump don't need to hear right now by Kimberly Foster
  • 11 Ways Black People Can Practice Self-Care in the Wake of Trump’s Win by Zeba Blay​

News Articles that Disrupt & Heal
  • 25 Magical Moments the Media Might Not Show or Tell you About the Anthony Lamar Smith Protest – Huffington Post by Keisha Mabry, Posted 9/18/17
  • Waiting for a Perfect Protest? – The New York Times by Michael McBride, Traci Blackmon, Frank Reid, and Barbra Williams Skinner, Posted 9/1/17
  • ExpandED Dialogue: What can you do to fight racism?​ by Sherita Love

Media Literacy
  • 10 Reasons Why Media Education Matters (PDF below)
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