Theoretical and Historical Concepts of Youth 

Video Resources

• Why Are 18-Year-Olds Considered Adults?

  • • 6-minute video from PBS about concepts of “adult” in the US. 

• End Adultification Bias(Full Version)

  • • A 4-minute 30-second video from Georgetown Law about adultification in Black girls.

• Tik Tok

  • • 30-second TikTok about the infantilization of disabled people 

• Contesting Conceptions of 'Youth' and 'Activism': Experiences from Lebanon

  • • 20-minute video about contesting concepts of youth (Professor Dina Kiwan)

Articles

• Concepts of Youth (30-minute read)

• History of Youth and Youth Work (9-minute read)

Theorizing Adultism

Video Resources 

• Readings for Diversity and Social Justice 

  • • 5:50  minute video from scholars Dr. Barbara J. Love and Keri DeJong, M.Ed for more discussion about what adultism is and the ways that it connects to other forms of oppression

• Adultism: The Prejudice Against Young People

  • • 15 minute documentary made Harry Chanpaiboonrat, a high school senior in The Workshop" program at Phillips Andover Academy.Features young people and adult allies reflecting on their experiences of adultism with suggestions for anti-adultism practices.

Articles

• Youth Oppression as a Technology of Colonialism: Conceptual Frameworks and Possibilities for Social Justice Education Praxis by Keri DeJong and Barbara J. Love

  • • 5:50  minute video from scholars Dr. Barbara J. Love and Keri DeJong, M.Ed for more discussion about what adultism is and the ways that it connects to other forms of oppression

Examples of Adultism

Video Resources

• Episode 4: Adultism, Ageism, and Infantilization

  • • Watch the following video for an outline of the three categories of adultism and some examples of each.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXV-x2YSnpk&ab_channel=ChaseT.Guymon

  • •  Clip from Matilda.

Articles

• Transcript from CYD, youth on adultism (10-minute read)

• Article from the block club on the 2022 youth curfew (8-minute read)

• Article by a Chicago youth organizer on adultism and racism in CPS schools (4-minute read)

Tools for Critical Reflection

Videos

• Whose Agency? Building Critical Consciousness Through Maker-Centered Learning and Arts Integration

  • • brief talk by Ethnic Studies, Art, and Making teacher Kurt Kaaekuahiwi 

Articles and Websites

• • Critical Positive Youth Development: A Framework for Centering Critical ConsciousnessLinks

  • A Care Plan for Honest History and Difficult Conversations | Learning for Justice  (6 mins)

    • • Labrea Pringle offers a research-based roadmap for creating a “care plan” to infuse difficult conversations with intention, integrity, and psychological safety.

  • Supportive Youth Adult Relationships Links (4 min read time) 

  • Critical Arts Pedagogy: Nurturing Critical Consciousness & Self-Actualization through Art Education (Pt.1)

  • Critical Self-Reflection + Contemporary Art (Pt.2 of Critical Arts Pedagogy)   

  • Art21

    • • a list of prompts to spark student reflection with suggestions for related artists for each prompt. (3 mins) 

Tools for Political Efficacy

Video Resources

• Teens' Tips for Increasing Youth Voice in Youth Development

  • • The following video is from youth on how to facilitate youth voice. This video focuses on after-school programs, but many of the techniques can be adapted and transferred to the art classroom as well. 

• Positive Youth Development In Practice: Sharing Power with Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy 

Articles

• Building Confidence and Community Through Rethinking Classroom Critiques — Art21 

  • • Thomas Dareneau writes about how he used a variety of non-traditional critique formats to spark student engagement and confidence. (10 min read)

• Assessment as Dialogue: Shifting Power Dynamics in the Classroom - Art21 Magazine (7 min read) 

Tools for Critical Action

Video and Audio resources

• PYD Strengths-Based 

  • • The following video is on using a strengths-based approach to help youth develop skills

• Supporting Youth-led Activism through Creative Youth Development

• All In: How Educators Can Support Student Activism Links to an external site (57 mins)

Articles

•  7 ways to support the young activists in your life!