Topic-Specific Resources

1. ADL's No Place for Hate Program: Whether you’re a student, educator or family member, you have a role to play in combating bias and bullying as a means to stop the escalation of hate. No Place for Hate® is a self-directed program helping all members of the school community do just that. 

2. Learning for Justice's Classroom Culture Tips

3. 11 Ways Schools Can Help Students Feel Safe in Challenging Times: English and Spanish content

4. Creating an Anti-Bias Learning Environment: Ways to support environments that reflect the rich diversity of the community, nation and world

5. Moving from Safe Classrooms to Brave Classrooms: Guidelines for involving students in identifying ways they can foster inclusive classrooms

6. Talking to Young Children about Bias & Prejudice: Tips for educators and families

7. 5 Things Educators Can Do to Address Bias in Their School

1. Can We Talk? Tips for Respectful Conversations in Schools, Workplaces & Communities: Tips for having civil conversations about controversial topics

2. Responding to Jokes and Slurs: Brief summary on strategies for educators, students and families

3. Question Corner-Early Childhood FAQs: Collection of FAQs about anti-bias issues faced by early childhood professionals and families interested in promoting respect for diversity among young children

4. Guidelines for Achieving Bias-Free Communication

5. A Leader's Guide to Talking About Bias: How a binary view of racism can inhibit productive conversations about race in school settings

1. Bullying & Bias Resources from Learning for Justice: Promote empathy and perspective-taking, and help students challenge prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination. Start by reviewing bullying basics and testing yourself for hidden bias, then follow up with activities that remind students to Speak Up at School.

2. ADL's Bullying & Cyberbullying Prevention: Lessons, book activities and strategies to prevent bullying

3. Zero Indifference-Guide to Stop Name Calling & Bullying: Tools for a school community to take collective action

4. Misdirections in Bullying Prevention and Intervention: Summary of strategies that are ineffective in addressing bullying

5. 10 Things Students Wish Teachers Knew About Name Calling & Bullying

6. What Can I Do About Bullying Among Young Children: Tips for educators and families 

7. "Grown Folks" Guide to Popular Apps in Social Media: Brief summary on strategies for educators, students and families

1. Race & Ethnicity Resources from Learning for Justice: Cultivate positive identity formation, encourage students to confront racial and ethnic injustice, and prepare them to live and work together in a diverse world. These resources can help educators facilitate discussions about race and guide students through lessons on white privilege, economic inequality, mass incarceration, the complexities of identity and more.

2. Immigration Resources from Learning for Justice: Tell complex stories about immigration in the United States and find strategies for serving immigrant students and families. These resources can help you teach accurately about immigration and offer undocumented and ELL students resources and support. Address immigration myths, research changing demographics and explore the value of a diverse society.

3. Race in US History from Facing History & Ourselves: The history of race in America encompasses questions of freedom, justice, equality, and citizenship. Explore topics including the Reconstruction era, the once-influential theories of eugenics, the modern Civil Rights Movement, and current struggles over racial equity.

4. Global Immigration Resources from Facing History & Ourselves: Issues of identity and belonging are inseparable from the experience of immigration. Stories of immigrants, past and present, illuminate the human lives behind the ever-shifting global landscape we inhabit today.

5. Genocide & Mass Violence Resources from Facing History & Ourselves: How do nations struggle with mass violence and the rule of law? How do communities work to achieve reconciliation, repair dispossession, and remember those lost? Genocide and mass violence, past and present, raise all of these complex concerns and more.

6. Teaching Central America: Collection of lessons, book lists, biographies of noted historical figures, and readings for free use by classroom teachers. 

7. We Are Not a Stereotype - Breaking Down Asian Pacific American Bias: Video series from the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center exploring the complexity surrounding the term Asian Pacific American, breaking it down into topics that span multiple timelines, geographies, and identities.

8. Native Knowledge 360: Educational materials, virtual student programs, and teacher training that incorporate Native narratives, more comprehensive histories, and accurate information to enlighten and inform teaching and learning about Native America.

9. Race Talk: Engaging Young People in Conversations about Race and Racism

10. How Should I Talk About Race in My Mostly White Classroom? 

11. Dos and Dont's with Special Diversity Events

12. A Leader's Guide to Talking About Bias: How a binary view of racism can inhibit productive conversations about race in school settings

13. Colorblindness-The New Racism? Explores how the failure to see and acknowledge racial differences makes it difficult to recognize unconscious biases. 

14. Talking About Race Resources from NMAAHC: What and how the history of race in America is presented is an opportunity to engage in thoughtful, respectful and productive conversations. This site has tools and guidance to help with these conversations. 

15. Education Resources on Refugees, Muslim People and Anti-Muslim Bigotry

1. Gender & Sexual Identity Resources from Learning for Justice: Teach the facts about sex assigned at birth, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, and learn how to advocate for LGBTQ youth. Whether you're just becoming familiar with gender diversity or ready to start a gay-straight alliance at your school, our resources can help educators shape inclusive policies and empower vulnerable students.

2. Educator Resources from GLSEN: Resources for increasing LGBTQ visibility and affirmation into any curriculum. 

3. GLSEN's Ready, Set, Respect! Elementary Toolkit: Lessons on name-calling, bullying and bias, LGBT-inclusive family diversity and gender roles and diversity, which are designed to be used as either standalone lessons or as part of a school-wide anti-bias or bullying prevention program.

4. Resources to Develop LGBTQ-Inclusive Classrooms from GLSEN 

5. Toward Communication Free of Gender Bias: Guidelines to transition toward a more inclusive and less gender-biased language

6. Pronouns 101: Why they matter and what to do (and not do) if you misgender someone

7. Let's Get It Right: Using Correct Pronouns & Names

1. Religion Resources from Learning for Justice: Explore the diversity of religious beliefs within the United States, questions of religious freedom, and tensions surrounding the separation of church and state. Whether discussing religious extremism or debating the school holiday calendar with administrators, our resources support informed conversations. Learn more about the benefits of teaching about religion and best practices for serving students of all faiths—and no faith.

2. Anti-Semitism Resources from Facing History & Ourselves: Learn about how to identify and stand up to antisemitism today in your classroom and your community.earn about how to identify and stand up to antisemitism today in your classroom and your community.

3. Holocaust Resources from Facing History & Ourselves: Explore the events that led to the systematic murder of six million Jews and millions of other innocent victims. Discover the stories of survivors, witnesses, and rescuers that raise essential questions about the nature of human behavior.

4. Challenge Islamophobia Project: Lessons and resources to teach all of us to rethink what we know about Islamophobia

5. Think. Plan. Act. Tools for dealing with anti-Semitic and anti-Israel incidents on campus 

6. Discussing Anti-Semitism: A Guide for Classrooms and Families

7. Education Resources on Refugees, Muslim People and Anti-Muslim Bigotry

1. Ability Resources from Learning for Justice: Bring the voices of people with diverse abilities into your classroom, and create a learning environment that rejects ableism. From lessons on art, activism and physical disabilities to a feature story about new developments in deaf education, these resources will help your students embrace diverse abilities and understand the injustices people with disabilities often encounter.

2. Spread the Word >> Inclusion Educator Toolkit: Ideas, resources and more to support students with and without Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) in promoting inclusion at all school levels

3. ADL's Equal Treatment, Equal Access: Raising awareness about people with disabilities and their struggle for equal rights

4. Museum of disABILITY: Educator resources

5. Disability Glossary: Disability-related terms and definitions to provide a common, working language for anti-bias programs

6. The Effects of the R-Word: Advocates explain why the R-word is so hurtful when used in jokes or as part of everyday speech

7. Books with Positive Portrayals of People with Disabilities

1. Rights & Activism Resources from Learning for Justice: Help students understand the role of rights and resistance in shaping our history, and provide models of informed civic engagement. From women's suffrage to the civil rights movement to Standing Rock, our rights and activism resources can help inspire students to recognize and speak out against injustice.

2. Democracy & Civic Engagement Resources from Facing History & Ourselves: Democracy thrives when informed, active, and humane citizens coexist with institutions that uphold the rule of law and shared values. Yet we see every day how fragile democracy can be. Investigate cornerstones of successful democracies, including religious freedom, a free press, media literacy, and living with difference.

3. PBS LearningMedia Civil Rights Collection: 

DoSomething.org

Non-profit that supports the work of young people who want to make a difference in their world. Students browse through a big list of campaigns, public education and activism projects students can launch right in their own communities, and choose one or more that they’d like to participate in.

1. Racial Justice Equity

2. LGBQT+ Rights

3. Bullying

4. Discrimination

5. Mental Health

1. ADL's Table Talk - Family Conversations about Current Events:  Tools for caregivers to engage their families in conversations about important news stories and other timely discussions about societal and world events

2. Family Resource Center from the Child Mind Institute  

3. Explaining News to Our Kids from Common Sense Media