Race AntiRacism

Instructional Resources on Race, Racism, Police Violence, and Antiracism

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Facing History and Ourselves: Bearing Witness - The Death of George Floyd Facing History and Ourselves uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate.
Teaching Idea from Facing History and Ourselves: Reflecting on George Floyd's Death and Police Violence Towards Black Americans: This teaching idea is a guide for teachers to begin conversations with their students about George Floyd’s death and the events that surround it.
The 1619 Project The 1619 Project was inaugurated by a special issue of The New York Times Magazine. Click here for curricular resources, including a reading guide for the issue, activities to engage students, and more.
This text set from CommonLit features poems, informational texts, short stories, speeches, and more to help you get started.
The Learning Network. Lesson of the Day: ‘“I Can’t Breathe”: 4 Minneapolis Officers Fired After Black Man Dies in Custody’ In this lesson, students will learn about the death of George Floyd and then respond by taking action or reflecting artistically.
Teaching Tolerance: Teaching About Race, Racism, and Police Violence Explore resources that can help spur much-needed discussion around implicit bias and systemic racism and also empower your students to enact the changes that will create a more just society.
Black Lives Matter at School: Lesson Plans Explore the Curriculum Resource Guide from the National Black Lives Matter Coalition
From the Change Agent: Packet 12: Facing Racism This free lesson packet is available for download, edit and use.
Teaching for Change Supplemental teaching resources that draw direct connections to real world issues, and encourage teachers and students to question and re-think the world inside and outside their classrooms, build a more equitable, multicultural society, and become active global citizens.
National Association for Multicultural Education Resources (including teacher case studies and reflective activities) for teachers and teacher professional developers who want to know why multicultural education makes sense in the classroom, what it means, and what teachers can do. Here, we go beyond definitions of multicultural education, focusing on specifics of student learning and classroom practice.

Resources from The National Museum of African American History and Culture

Talking about Race: Resources that provide tools and guidance to empower the journey and inspire conversation about race.
The National Museum of African American History and Culture: Systems of oppression are individual, institutional, and societal and their effects on people have a long history deeply rooted in American culture. Find resources to help you guide your conservation about it.

Resources that provide broader context and perspective:

The Racist Roots of American Policing: From Slave Patrols to Traffic Stops
This piece from The Conversation explores the oft-neglected origins of modern American policing in antebellum-era slave patrols.
MappingPoliceViolence.com
This resource addresses gaps in city-reported data to provide what is thought to be one of the most complete accounts of police killings in the United States. This data has been utilized by researchers at institutions including the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, University of Pennsylvania and Indiana University.
“When Police Brutality Has You Questioning Humanity and Social Media is Enough”
Psychiatrist Dr. Imani J. Walker outlines a number of measures that people of color can take to promote their well being in the wake of police violence happening in our own communities and elsewhere.
How to Raise a Black Son in America
This acclaimed TED talk by writer and academic Clint Smith explores the unique challenges inherent in black parenting, as well as some of the broader implications of being black in the United States.
Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ acclaimed work blends memoir and searing criticism to give voice to the history and present reality of anti-black racism in the United States, as well as a vision of what the future of this country could be.

75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
A list of actions that white people can take to counter anti-black racism as it manifests in contexts ranging from city governments to one’s own interpersonal practices and approaches to childrearing.
Culturally responsive practice: This collection of culturally responsive resources include a wide range of topics related to honoring students' identities and experiences, addressing bias in schools and classrooms, and digging into the hard work of personal reflection and action.

Dismantling Racism Works: Resources related to racism, racial justice and COVID-19
TED Talks to help you understand racism in America: From passionate pleas for reform to poetic turns of phrase, these talks take an honest look at everyday realities of Black Americans and illuminate the way forward

The Conversation We Must Have with Our White Children Courtney E. Martin, author of The New Better Off: Reinventing the American Dream, offers concrete suggestions to parents about how to raise white children with an awareness of racism, and how to cultivate their sense of responsibility for challenging it within themselves and the world around them.

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