Teaching Tolerance provides free resources to educators—teachers, administrators, counselors and other practitioners—who work with children from kindergarten through high school. Educators use materials to supplement their curriculum, to inform their practices, and to create civil and inclusive school communities where children are respected, valued and welcome participants. https://www.tolerance.org/
Good Reads
How to be an anti-racist teacher https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2020/06/how-be-anti-racist-teacher/613138/
What would it take to get an effective anti-racist education https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/07/08/889112818/what-it-would-take-to-get-an-effective-anti-racist-education
Why Dr. Seuss books are problematic for kids “The Cat is Out of the Bag: Orientalism, Anti-Blackness, and White Supremacy in Dr. Seuss’s Children’s Books”
Lee & Low Books: The largest multicultural children’s book publisher in the United States. We are your diversity source.
What is internalized Racism: What is Internalized Racism? PDF
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, by Peggy McIntosh
Quick Links:
- Talking to Young Children About Race and Racism (PBS Kids Resource Roundup)
- Resources for Talking about Race, Racism and Racialized Violence with Kids (Center for Racial Justice Education)
- Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup
- Talking to kids about race
- How to talk to kids about race and racism, according to experts
- Talking Race With Young Children
- Are Your Kids Too Young To Talk About Race
- Beyond the Golden Rule: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing and Responding to Prejudice (Southern Poverty Law Center)
- Preparing Young Children for the Inclusion of Children with Disabilities into the Classroom (National Association for the Education of Young Children)
- Helping Youth After Community Trauma: Tips for Educators
- Understanding Child Trauma
- Age-related Reactions to a Traumatic Event