This book includes social justice teaching ideas for students of all different ages and across a wide variety of subjects. It is divided into the following six main sections: the power of words; the power of the past; the power of critique; the power of social action; rethinking school culture; rethinking assessment. It also includes a detailed resource section at the back of the book.
This resource is an anthology that includes inspiring stories about social justice teaching with young children. It is divided into the following seven main parts that relate to specific teaching practices: prioritizing anti-bias teaching; making ample time for play; using approaches responsive to children’s developmental and intellectual pursuits; cultivating a sense of place and a connection to other creatures of Earth; emphasizing children’s social-emotional learning; learning from and standing with families; and advocating for children, families, and childcare workers. There is a separate in-depth section on helpful resources. Among the contributors are childcare teachers, early-grade public school teachers, scholars, and parents.
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.
In this story, storyteller Anne Shimojima tells about the experience of her family in the United States, especially during the time of World War II when some of her family were sent to Japanese-American internment camps.
The website provides a written lesson plan built around the story of Olga Loya, a young Mexican American woman from Los Angeles. In this story, Loya discusses what it feels to be nepantla, which means “between worlds” in the Nahuatl--the ancient language of Mexico. For Loya, there was strong tension between the culture of her Mexican-American family and the larger Anglo culture of the United States. This story includes a series of stories (in 8 excerpts, with discussion questions for each excerpt) from Loya’s youth: spending time with her Mexican grandmother who encouraged her to be proud of her identity, learning to dance with her mother, confronting gangs and drugs in her neighborhood, and being discouraged from going to college by her high school counselor. Loya shares her struggle to find a place to belong and to embrace her various identities.
