Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Curriculum Resources
Selection Criteria for Curricular Materials
ELA: K-4 Windows & Mirrors Texts
K-2 Text List
Hair Love, Matthew Cherry
Saturday, Oge Mora
Bedtime Bonnet, Nancy Redd
The Breaking News, Sarah Lynne Reul
Not Quite Snow White, Ashley Franklin
Kitchen Dance, Maurie J. Manning
My Papi Has a Motorcycle, Isabel Quintero
Alma and How She Got Her Name, Juana Martinez Neal
Carmela Full of Wishes, Matt DeLaPena
Big Bed for Little Snow, Grace Lin
A Big Mooncake for Little Star, Grace Lin
A Map into the World, Kao Kalia Yang
Drawn Together, Minh Lê
Bilal Cooks Daal, Aisha Saeed
Under My Hijab , Hena Khan
The Proudest Blue, Ibtihaj Muhammad
Jacob’s New Dress, Sarah Hoffman
Thunder Boy, Jr., Sherman Alexie, Yuyi Morale
We Are Grateful, Traci Sorrel
You Hold Me Up, Monique Gray Smith
Mixed Me, Taye Diggs
Black is a Rainbow Color, Angela Joy
Sulwe, Lupita Nyong’o
Honeysmoke, Monique Firelds
The Field, Baptiste Paul
Lubna and Pebble, Wendy Meddour
M is for Melanin, Tiffany Rose
We March, Shane W. Evans
3-4 Text List
We are Water Protectors, Carole Lindstrom
Arabic Quilt, Aya Khalil
Crown An Ode to the Fresh Cut, Derrick Barnes
Before She Was Harriet, Lesa Cline-Ransome
The Undefeated, Kwame Alexander
Carmela Full of Wishes, Matt de la Pena
Knock, Knock, Daniel Beaty
My Hair is a Garden, Cozbi Cabrera
We March, Shane W. Evens
The Name Jar, Yangsook Choi
Your Name Is A Song, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
A Different Pond, Bao Phi and Thi Bui
Dreamers, Yuyi Morales
I am Every Good Thing, Derrick Barnes
I Talk Like a River, Jordan Scott
Islandborn
Front Desk, Kelly Yang
Pie in the Sky, Remy Lai
Handful of Stars, Cynthia Lord
Home of the Brave, Katherine Applegate
Rock Star, Jada Jones
Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education is anchored in the belief that recognizing cultural difference (including racial, ethnic, linguistic, gender, sexuality and ability) is an assets for teaching and learning. A responsive approach to education counters the dominant narrative about differences as deficits that need to be remediated. Utilizing this approach to learning, all students are empowered, have capital, knowledge, and abilities, that should, be leveraged and promoted in classrooms.
Culturally responsive education is about teaching the students that are in front of you. To do this, educators get to know their students and develop meaningful relationships. Culturally responsive educators also encourage cultural pluralism and not cultural assimilation. All cultures are welcomed in the classroom. Differences are not just seen as strengths, but are also recognized as what makes students and families unique. How educators understand culture has real consequences for our children as a limited understanding of culture has the power to hurt & marganalize some while privileging others (Kirkland, 2012).
Culturally Responsive & Inclusive Curricular Materials K-8
An example of the Board of Education presentation on the Smithsonian Science Curriculum adoption is shown above.
Curricular Materials
All curriculum is selected with a lens of cultural competencies. The extent to which curricular materials are accessible to all students, including translations and differentiation is carefully examined. Ensuring historical accuracy while including a variety and diversity of perspectives is important. We work to ensure that students see themselves and others in the authors, characters, and storylines included in our curriculum.
