Resources for Educators
Below are links to suggested lessons, films, books, readings, and general teaching guides for Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action and beyond.
Lessons and Resources for Early Childhood & Elementary
Lessons and Resources for Middle & High School
13 Guiding Principles
Videos for Educators
Readings for Educators
Teaching Guides and Additional Resources
Readings for Educators of All Ages
Teaching for Black Lives
Edited by Dyan Watson, Jesse Hagopian, and Wayne Au
Black Lives Matter at School
Edited by Denisha Jones and Jesse Hagopian
What ‘White Folks Who Teach in the Hood’ Get Wrong about Education
Interview with Chris Emdin
A Talk to Teachers
By James Baldwin
Some Considerations When Working with LGBT Students of Color
from GLSEN
Making Black Lives Matter in Our Schools
By the editors of Rethinking Schools
The Black Joy Experience Resource Guide
by Jonathan Lykes and Fresco Steez
The Black Joy Experience Songs and Chants
By Jonathan Lykes and Fresco Steez
Black Students’ Lives Matter: Building the School to Justice Pipeline
By the editors of Rethinking Schools
Guide for Racial Justice and Abolitionist Social and Emotional Learning
By the Abolitionist Teaching Network
Readings for Educators of Young Children
Teaching Young Children About Race
By Louise Derman-Sparks and Julie Olsen Edwards
Black is Beautiful
By Kara Hinderlie
Heather’s Mom Got Married: Second Graders Talk about Gay Marriage
by Mary Cowhey
It’s OK to be Neither: Teaching that Supports Gender-Variant Children
by Melissa Bollow Tempel
Beyond Pink and Blue
by Robin Cooley
I Didn’t Know There Were Cities in Africa!
By Brenda Randolph and Betsy DeMulder
Readings for Educators of Older Children
Black Like Me
by Renee Watson
A Guideline for Teaching about Controversial Topics
from Morningside Center
Happening Yesterday, Happening Tomorrow: Teaching the ongoing murders of black men
by Renee Watson
Home Buying While Brown or Black
from Rethinking Mathematics: Teaching Social Justice by the Numbers (Gutstein and Peterson)
Syllabus: A History of Anti-Black Racism in Medicine
by Antoine S. Johnson, Elise A. Mitchell, Ayah Nuriddin
Videos
Teaching Guides and Additional Resources
#TeachResistance Educators ToolKit
Resources on Family Diversity from Rethinking Schools
Civil Discourse in the Classroom from Teaching Tolerance
Classroom Resources from Teaching Tolerance
Reading Ads with a Social Justice Lens from Teaching Tolerance
Ready, Set, Respect! from GLSEN
Rethinking Mathematics: Teaching Social Justice by the Numbers by Gutstein and Peterson
Freedom’s Unfinished Revolution: An Inquiry Into the Civil War and Reconstruction by American Social History Project
Rethinking Sexism, Gender, and Sexuality from Rethinking Schools
Beyond Tolerance: A Resource Guide for Addressing LGBTQI Issues in Schools by NYCoRE
GSA Network: LGBTQ Inclusive Lessons and Activities
Lessons on the Civil Rights Movement from Teaching for Change
Suggested topics and lessons for teaching #BlackLivesMatter from Teaching for Change
Black Lives Matter Curriculum from the Philadelphia Caucus of Working Educators
Black Lives Matter Week Resources from the Seattle Education Association
