Teaching for Justice
This page includes resources to help educators create a more equitable classroom experience, and is broken down into the following sections:
Video Clips
Source: Edutopia (2020, August 28). 6 Ways to Be an Antiracist Educator. YouTube https://youtu.be/UM3Lfk751cg
Source: Democracy Now! (2021, November 23). Nikole Hannah-Jones on the 1619 Project, "Teaching Critical Race Theory and White Supremacy on Trial. YouTube. https://youtu.be/HXmaEJ3Yd_I
Source: TED. (2019, March 15). How to teach kids to talk about taboo topics | Liz Kleinrock. YouTube. https://youtu.be/G9-urSR19SI
Source: The TuTu Teacher. (2020, June 3). Let's Talk About Race. YouTube. https://youtu.be/1vHymutysWU
Source: University of Pittsburgh School of Education. (2020, August 13). Equity, Antiracism, and Remote Teaching and Learning Strategies. YouTube. https://youtu.be/ObJk0vJmma0
Source: Teaching for Change. (2021, March 10). Teaching Black History and Black Lives Matter Week of Action with Fidelity: Beyond the Performative. YouTube. https://youtu.be/brfySbHt1cE
Source: Haymarket Books. (2021, March 17). Black Lives Matter at School: Early Childhood Edition. YouTube. https://youtu.be/sx6QALDCl5E
Books
Podcasts
Intersectionality Matters
Episode: Why Kids Should Learn About Racism
Black History Year
Episode: The Danger of Anti-Black Teachers with Dr. Alicia Montgomery
Teaching to Thrive
Episode: Woke Kindergarten
Intersectionality Matters
Episode: Educators Ungagged: Teaching Truth in the Era of Racial Backlash
At Liberty
Episode: Teaching the Truth about Race in America
The 21st
Episode: Children’s Book Tackling Tough Issues, Chelsea Johnson, PhD.
Cult of Pedagogy
Episode: Four Ways Teachers Can Support Students of Color
All My Relations
Episode: Lies Your Teacher Taught You: The Truth About Thanksgiving
Pitt Edcast
Episode: Dr. Bettina Love: "We Want To Do More Than Survive"
Social Media
Educator Resources
- 13 Principles in Talking to Young Kids
- 13 Principles (Kid Friendly Version)
- 21 Anti-Racism Videos to Share with Kids
- Early Childhood Anti-Bias Education Booklists
- Early Childhood & Elementary Resources | D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice
- Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books
- Learning For Justice : Learning Plans K-8
- Lesson Plans to Help Students Understand Gender and to Support Transgender and Non-Binary Children
- Ready, Set, Respect! Elementary Toolkit
- Social Justice Booklists by Theme
- The 1619 Project Curriculum
- ‘Bibi’ Lesson 2: Intersectionality in ‘Bibi’
- Analyzing Environmental Justice
- Anti-Defamation League: Lesson Plans
- Facing Ferguson: News Literacy in a Digital Age: Lesson Plans
- Black Lives Matter, the Killing of George Floyd, and the Long Fight for Racial Justice
- Black Lives Matter at School
- The Color of Law: Creating Racially Segregated Communities
- Discovering My Identity | Learning for Justice
- Islamophobia: a People's History Teaching Guide with Lessons
- LGBTQ Visibility for Elementary School
- Immigration Myths
- Learning for Justice: Classroom Resources
- Lesson Plans to Help Students Understand Gender and to Support Transgender and Non-Binary Children
- Looking at Race and Racial Identity in Children’s Books
- Race in US History
- Racial Disparity in the Criminal Justice System
- A Racial Justice Guide to Thanksgiving
- The Reconstruction Era and the Fragility of Democracy
- The Role of Gay Men and Lesbians in the Civil Rights Movement
- Teach About Selma
- Teaching Juneteenth| Learning for Justice
- Teaching the "New Jim Crow"
- Using Editorial Cartoons to Teach Social Justice
- Zinn Education Free Teaching Activities
- Abolitionist Teaching Network
- The Choices Program
- Embrace Race
- Facing History and Ourselves
- GLSEN
- Healing Centered Educator
- History Retold
- Gender Spectrum
- Learning For Justice
- NEA EdJustice
- Social Justice Books
- Teaching Books
- Teaching for Change
- Welcoming Schools
- Zinn Education
- How to Provide a Multicultural Education (Baylor)
- Asian American Racial Justice Toolkit
- Black and LGBTQ: Approaching Intersectional Conversations
- Black Lives Matter at School Toolkit
- Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture
- Conflict Resolution Toolkit
- Creating the Space to Talk about Race in Your School
- Developing LGBTQ-Inclusive Classroom Resources
- Glossary | Racial Equity
- A Guide to Being an Ally to Transgender and Nonbinary Youth
- A Guide to Indigenous Land Acknowledgment
- Guide for Racial Justice & Abolitionist Social and Emotional Learning
- Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books
- Healing in Action: Toolkit for Black Lives Matter
- Navigating the Conflict Zone and Becoming an Ally
- RaceWorks Toolkit
- Racial Equity Impact Assessment Toolkit
- Racial Equity Priniciples
- Racial Justice In Education
- Ready, Set, Respect! Elementary Toolkit
- Sexual Violence Bystander Intervention Toolkit
- #Talk About Trayvon Toolkit
- Toolkit for Continuing Courageous Conversations
- Toolkit for "Controlling the Student Body"
- Toolkit for Tongue-Tied
- White Privilege Toolkit
- Words Matter: Gender Justice Toolkit
- What Do You Say to ‘That’s So Gay’ & Other Anti-LGBTQ Comments?
- Black Minds Matter Syllabus
- #Charleston Syllabus
- Disability Justice | POC Online Classroom
- Disability Justice Documentary and Study Guide | Sins Invalid
- #Ferguson Syllabus
- #Immigration Syllabus
- Islamaphobia is Racism Syllabus
- #Standing Rock Syllabus
- #Tulsa Syllabus
- Health, Medicine, and Racism Syllabus
- Palestinian Justice Syllabus
- Police Violence Against Native Americans Syllabus
- Trans Rights Syllabus
Articles
- (2021) Anti-racism: Educators Must Do the Heavy Lifting | Nadia Moshtagh Razi
- (2021) What Critical Race Theory Is and What it Means for Teachers | Learning for Justice
- (2020) Teaching Black History in Culturally Responsive Ways | Ran Miller
- (2015) 10 Ways Well-Meaning White Teachers Bring Racism Into Our Schools | Jamie Utt
- (2020) Ending Curriculum Violence | Learning for Justice
- (2021) Queer People Have Always Existed—Teach Like It | Learning for Justice
- (2018) Educators and Race: A Conversation with Author Ijeoma Oluo on Tackling Systemic Racism in U.S. Education | by Kara Yorio
- (2001) Transforming Myself to Transform My School | by Paul C. Gorski
- (2019) Thwarting Deficit Narratives in Math Class | Edutopia
- (2020) What Anti-racism Really Means for Educators | Jamilah Pitts
- (2021) Use the Tools of Science to Recognize Inequity in Science | Shinae Park
- (2021) Strategies for Antiracist and Decolonized Teaching | Anamika Twyman-Ghoshal
- (2019) When Schools Cause Trauma | Learning for Justice
- (2022) 4 Practical Ways to Make Instruction Accessible for Multilingual Learners| Valentina Gonzalez
- (2021) It Has Stayed With Me | Coshandra Dillard
- (2020) Incorporating the Stories of Women, People of Color, and LGBTQ Scientists into the Physics Classroom | Hannah Pell
- (2022) 4 Ways to Make STEM Classrooms More Inclusive | Jackie Smalls
- (2020) Social Justice in the Science Classroom | Ann Haley MacKenzie
- (2020) Best Practices for Serving LGBTQ Students | Learning for Justice
- (2019) How Inclusive Is Your Teaching About the Environment? | Learning For Justice
- (2018) Engendering Inclusivity in a Language Class | Learning For Justice
- (2020) A Trauma-Informed Approach to Teaching Through Coronavirus | Learning for Justice
- (2021) We Need LGBTQ-Affirming Learning Environments in Person or Otherwise | Learning for Justice
- (2022) 'Born on the Water' gives Black children in America their origin story| NPR
- (2014) Teaching about Controversial or Difficult Issues | Teachable Moment
- (2020) How To Talk To Kids About Black Lives And Police Violence | NPR
- (2021) Talking With Students About Transgender Athletes | Learning for Justice
- (2015) Confronting Students’ Islamophobia | Learning for Justice
- Six Ways to Handle Student Challenges | Learning for Justice
- (2020) Speaking Up Against Racism Around the Coronavirus | Learning for Justice
- Responding to Hate and Bias at School | Learning for Justice
- Preparing Students for Difficult Conversations | Facing History
- (2020) How This Teacher Helps Students Explore Their Identities Through Children's Books | Pop Sugar
- (2021) How To Affirm the People in Your Life Who Use Multiple Sets of Pronouns | them.
- (2016) Latino and Hispanic identities aren’t the same. They’re also not racial groups. | Vox
- (2021) Supporting Arab American Students in the Classroom | Learning For Justice
- (2021) 9 Ways to Support Students During Ramadan | We Are The Teachers
- (2019) Black Minds Matter | Learning for Justice
- (2018) Students and Hair: The Freedom to Choose | Learning For Justice
- (2019) We Love That Teachers Are Speaking Up for LGBTQ Students | Learning for Justice
- Supporting Students From Immigrant Families | Learning for Justice
- (2021) After Atlanta: Teaching About Asian American Identity and History | Learning For Justice
- (2021) Humanizing Asian Americans in the Classroom Through Children’s Literature | Dr. Monisha Bajaj
Scholarship
- (2016) Becoming Queerly Responsive. | Ed Brockenbrough
- (2020) Journey "Back Over the Line": Critical Pedagogies of Curriculum Evaluation. | Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales
- (2018) Beyond Diversity and Inclusion: Creating a Social Justice Agenda in the Classroom. | Justin E. Lerner
- (2021) An Offer of Bearing and Baring Witness as Pedagogy. | Susan Wilcox
- (2021) A Pedagogy of Insurgency: Teaching and Organizing for Radical Racial Justice in Our Schools. | Wayne Au
- (2014) Bringing LGBTQ Topics into the Social Studies Classroom. | Brad M. Maguth
- (2019) Intersectionality in the Classroom: Black Lives Matter as a Consummate Example. | Leland Spencer
- (2019) Conceptualizing a Mathematics Curriculum: Indigenous Knowledge has Always Been Mathematics Education | Michelle Garcia-Olp
- (2020) Tuskegee as a History Lesson, Tuskegee as Metaphor: Addressing Discrimination as a Social Determinant of Health in the Classroom | by Tara Vijayan
- (2013) You can't erase race! Using CRT to explain the presence of race and racism in majority white suburban schools. | Thandeka K. Chapman
- (2020) Interrogating Structural Racism in STEM Higher Education | Ebony Omotola McGee
- (2021) U.S. Empire and an Immigrant's Counternarrative: Conceptualizing Imperial Privilege. | Laura C. Chávez-Moreno
- (2019) Dismantling anti-black linguistic racism in English language arts classrooms: Toward an anti-racist black language pedagogy | by April Baker-Bell
- (2018) Identifying Dysfunctional Education Ecologies: A DisCrit Analysis of Bias in the Classroom. | by Subini Annamma less...
- (2016) The Challenges of Teaching About the Black Lives Matter Movement: A Dialogue. | Donna Troka
- (2019) The Dehumanization of Black Males by Police: Teaching Social Justice—Black Life Really Does Matter! | Christson A. Adedoyin. less...
- (2020) Irreconcilable Differences: Black Teachers’ Lives and K-12 Schools. | Tracey A. Benson
- (2020) Teaching While Black and Female: Navigating Mental, Curricular, and Professional Aggression. | Stephen Hancock
- (2022) Toward a Healthy Racial Climate: Systemically Centering the Well-being of Teacher Candidates of Color | Rita Kohli
- (2021) Narrating the Immigrant Experience: Three Adult Educators' Perspectives. | Edith Gnanadass
- (2013) Diversity ≠ Inclusion: Promoting Integration in Higher Education | by Marta Tienda
- (2016) Teaching in Grief: Critical Reflections, Redefining Justice, and a Reorientation to Teaching. | Heather Cherie Moore
- (2019) You Are Because I Am: Toward New Covenants of Equity and Diversity in Teacher Education. | by Cynthia Dillard
- (2017) A model of culturally and linguistically supportive professional development for K-12 STEM educators. | Hilary Lustick
- (2020) Teaching Black Lives in College When Black Lives Didn't Matter that Much K through 12. | Sarah Trembath
- (2021) Dreams, Healing, and Listening to Learn: Educational Movements in the Everyday. | Alayna Eagle Shield
- (2017) Empathy, Teacher Dispositions, and Preparation for Culturally Responsive Pedagogy | Chezare A.Warren
- (2021) Preparing Teachers for Relationships With Students: Two Visions, Two Approaches | Victoria Theisen-Homer
- (2021) The Roles of Teacher Expectations and School Composition on Teacher–Child Relationship Quality | Kim T. Trang
- (2019) Critically Compassionate Intellectualism in Teacher Education: The Contributions of Relational–Cultural Theory | Amy Rector-Aranda
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Culturally Responsive Campus Community ConferenceWhat is CRCC?
CRCC stands for Culturally Responsive Campus Community. The CRCC conference works to actively recognize and rectify inequitable experiences and create a more just campus for all.