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
- 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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| teaching_tolerance_anti_bias_framework_pamphlet_final.pdf |
| policebrutalityactionkit_surj.pdf |
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