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American Indians in Children's Literature

Critical discussion of portrayals of American Indians in children's and young adult literature, lesson plans, curricular materials, and pop culture. Includes links to full-text free articles on the topic.

Type: Teacher Resource: Background Article • Grade Level: All Grades •
Categories: White privilege 
Keywords: American Indians  Native Americans  literature  Social Justice 

YWCA Greater Milwaukee

Eliminating racism, empowering women -- it's what we are about and what we intend to do. We coordinate anti-racist, anti-sexist youth programming and direct a Camp Everytown Wisconsin. We also offer adult programming, including Unlearning Racism: Tools for Action. The YWCA Greater Milwaukee holds two annual fundraisers, Circle of Women in April and Evening to Promote Racial Justice in December. Visit our website to learn more about these offerings.

Type: Organization: Milwaukee • Phone Number: (414) 374-1800 • Email: Martha.Barry@ywcamilw.org
Categories: White privilege 
Keywords: racial justice  racism  sexism 

Open Minds to Equality: A Sourcebook of Learning Activities to Affirm Diversity and Promote Equity

An educator's sourcebook of activities to help students understand and change inequalities based on race, gender, class, age, language, sexual orientation, physical/mental ability, and religion. The activities also promote respect for diversity and interpersonal equality among students, fostering a classroom that is participatory, cooperative, and democratic.

Type: Teacher Resource: Lesson Plan • Grade Level: 4 - 12 •
Categories: White privilege 
Keywords: Social Justice  racial equality  multiculturalism  best practices  affirming cultural identity 

Strangers

The Strangers is a 7-minute professional produced video that is a powerful critique of race hatred. A Jewish man gets unto a subway and in the far corner of a car sits across from a man who is reading an Arabic newspaper. They look at each other questioni

Type: Video: YouTube • Grade Level: 4 - 12 •
Categories: White privilege 
Keywords: racism  Nazism  anti-Semitism  anti-Arab 

Bartolome de las Casas: Champion of Indian Rights

A brief biography of a very important person in the history of the Americas. He came to the Americas as a slave owning priest, but once in the Caribbean realized the horrors that the Spanish colonialists were inflicting on the native Taino populations. Th

Type: Book: Non-Fiction • Grade Level: 4 - 12
Categories: White privilege 
Keywords: Columbus  Tainos 

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