Early Childhood & Elementary Resources

 

13 Guiding Principles for Young Children

Lessons for Early Childhood and Elementary

Teaching Ideas and Stories for Early Childhood

Teaching Ideas and Stories for Elementary

Videos

Books & Booklists

Readings for Educators

General Teaching Guides


13 Guiding Principles for Young Children

Teaching Ideas and Stories for Early Childhood

 
 

Teaching Ideas and Stories for Elementary

 
 

 

Freedom Reads: Anti-Bias Book Talks

Freedom Reads: Anti-Bias Book Talk is part anti-bias training, part book review. Each short segment explores anti-bias books for home and the classroom with the goal to strengthen parents’ and teachers’ anti-bias, anti-racism lens and their ability to critically analyze children’s media.

 
 

Songs for Early Childhood & Elementary

 

A message from Raffi:"We have a historic opportunity to heal the wounds of racism and injustice. In support of the Black Lives Matter movement, I wrote this ...

Jump Shamador

 

 

Lessons for Early Childhood and Elementary

 
  • Exploring Gender Stereotypes w/ Role Plays K-2ND. Children will use creative, dramatic expression to consider not only the roots of gender stereotypes, but also their consequences and strategies for counteracting them. Queer Affirming, Trans Affirming, Collective Value

  • Multilingual Resources for Teaching about Black Lives Matter in Early Childhood and Elementary Classrooms K-2ND Outline and resources from a workshop for teachers.

  • What is Community? K-2ND. Students will identify people and places that make their own neighborhoods special. Diversity and Globalism, Ethnic Studies

  • Understanding My Family’s History K-5TH. After exposure to relevant literature in class, students will research their family history by interviewing their parents and then tell their story to classmates. Inter-Generational, Black Families and Black Villages

  • Lesson based on the book Crossing Bok Chitto by Tim Tingle 2ND-3RD. Students will learn about the oral traditions of two different cultures, and how two young children braved friendship and trust and learn about different forms of resistance by enslaved Africans including oral traditions through religion, alliances with other communities, and escaping enslavement to stay together. Diversity and Globalism, Ethnic Studies

  • Lesson based on the book Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton by Don Tate 4TH-5TH. Students will read the story of George Moses Horton, an enslaved African who taught himself to read, and eventually became a renowned poet and write their own poems about freedom. Students will also learn that there were many forms of resistance by enslaved Africans including efforts to learn and teach others to read and write. Inter-Generational, Black Families and Black Villages