Other Resources

• Click here for social justice resources

• Click here for ELDS resources

COURSE Text

• Fundamentals of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (Aileen, Morales-Jones, Zainuddin, 2015, 4th ed.)

Other Text

• Students of Color and the Achievement Gap (Richard Valencia, 2015)

DIVERSITY References

• Rethinking Columbus

• ABOLISH Columbus Day (Zinn Education Project)

• Time to Abolish Columbus Day (Zinn Education Project)

• Leading with Diversity: Cultural Competencies for Teacher Preparation and Professional Development

• First Americans Day (PBS)

• Definition of Anti-Oppresive Education

• White Privilege Conference

• Institute for the Study of 'Race' & Social Justice

• Colorblind: The Do's and Don's to Talking to Kids about White Supremecy

• Institute of the African American Child (ISAAC)

• Kumashiro, K. (2012). Bad Teacher! How blaming teachers distorts the big picture. Teacher's College Press. ISBN: 0807753211

• Perspectives for a Diverse America (Teaching Tolerance& CCSS)

• Using Data to Engage Parents & School Leaders

• Teaching a People's History: Zinn Education Project

• Three Ways to Achieve Education Equity (Striving for Change blog)

• The Problem we all Live with (Ira Glass, 2015)

• How State Standards Represent Indigenous Peoples (Teaching Tolerance)

• Why are All Teachers White? (NCTE Blog)

• Teaching with Stories as the Content and Context for Learning (Vitali, 2016)

  • Straight Talk on Race: Challenging the Stereotypes in Children's Books (Perkins, 2009, School Library Journal)

  • Latino Heritage Month (Educator's Guide)

• Native Media Network

• Rethinking Schools

• Teaching a People's History: Zinn Education Project

  • The Voices of Power & the Power of Voices: Teaching with Native American Literature (White-Kaulaity, The ALAN Review, Fall 2016)

• White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of our Racial Divide (Carol Anderson, 2016)

DIVERSITY FILMS

• Journeys in Film

• Miss Navajo Documentary (Billy Luther)

• Reclaiming Dine' Film: Visual Sovereignty and the return of "Navajo Film Themselves"

• Lapahie Diné Home Page (comprehensive language, culture, history resource)

• World Trust Films (addresses racial equity)

• Sonia Nieto (multicultural education)

• Christine Sleeter (multicultural education)

• The Danger of a Single Story (TED Talks novelist Chimamanda)

• The Loving Story Documentary

• WP 2018 Films

WRITING WORKSHOP Resources

• Process Writing

• Stages of Writing Process

• Process Writing Method

ESL ARTICLES (also see below)

• !Colorin' Colorado! Teaching ELLs

• !Colorin' Colorado! For Families

• !Colorin' Colorado! Books & Authors

• !Colorin' Colorado! Videos 

• !Colorin' Colorado! TPR

• Find-a-Cognate Database

• 8 Beliefs for Supporting Educationally and Culturally Diverse Learners (NCTE)

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

• Lee & Low Discussions on Race

• Oyate Press (see Books to Avoid)

• Oyate Press' Recommended books about Thanksgiving

• Debbie Reese's blog American Indians in Children's Literature

NEA Teacher Resources

• NEA Diversity Calendar of Events

• Focus on What Works

• New teacher Evaluations being Debated

ORAL HISTORY

• • Raising Readers and Writers (Teacher Blog)

• Veterans' Oral History Project

• Fifty Questions for Oral Family Interviews

• How to Interview a Relative

• Oral History Association

• Family Storytelling

  • Different Colors of Beauty (Interviewing Families)

• Oral Interviews with Families

  • Interview with J.K. Rowling

  • Digital Storytelling in Classroom (Jennifer New)

• Kids Interview their Moms

• Ellen Interviews Children about Technology

• One Room School House 2011

  • Kids Interview President Obama (Scholastic)

  • Suitable for Children (American Life)

  • Storytelling as the Content & Context for Learning (Vitali)

WRITING

Cheshire, A. P. (November 5, 2013). Three ways to fire up hesitant writers. Edutopia [online], November 5. Retrieved from https://www.edutopia.org/blog/3-strategies-improve-student-writing-ali-parrish

English Language-Learners: Discover ways to optimize instruction to address the needs of students who are learning English. Edutopia [online]. Retrieved from https://www.edutopia.org/blogs/tag/english-language-learners 

Polhemus, D. (2016). Home visits: A powerful family engagement tool. Edutopia [online]. Retrieved from https://www.edutopia.org/article/home-visits-powerful-family-engagement-tool-debbie-polhemus